The Weekly of Business Aviation

Business aircraft flight activity in North America rose 4.8% in November compared to a year ago, but fell 4.9% when compared to October figures.

North Sea offshore helicopter operators have completed simulator trials of Honeywell’s Mark XXII enhanced ground proximity warning system for helicopters.

Advanced composites provider Hexcel has decided to double down on its investments in additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials.

Pilatus has received FAA and EASA type certifications for its PC-24 twin-engine business jet, the company’s first business jet, the Swiss company announced.

The board requested $105.2 million for the current fiscal year, a level equal to the funding Congress appropriated for the NTSB in fiscal 2016.

Global Aviation Technologies will update 19 C-21A jets, the military designation for the Learjet 35A, for the U.S. Air Force.

The company has surpassed 200 deliveries of its Challenger 350 super-midsize aircraft and has made more than 50 deliveries of its Challenger 650 large-cabin aircraft.

Spirit AeroSystems plans to add 1,000 jobs and invest $1 billion over the next five years at its Wichita headquarters.

Adding to the scores of similar projects already in the works, Erik Lindbergh—grandson of Charles Lindbergh and long-time advocate for electric flight—has formed a company to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

The Regional Airline Association has urged the FAA to approve additional safety enhancing, structured training pathways for Part 121 airline first officers.

NetJets and Teamsters Local 284 in Columbus, Ohio, have officially concluded labor contract negotiations that began in 2012, and have reached a tentative agreement, the union said Dec. 1.

Triumph Group said Dec. 4 it will combine its Aerospace Structures and Precision Components groups into one business unit come Jan. 1, 2018.

Russia Post plans a drone delivery trial in 2018 using a heavy-lift unmanned aircraft developed by Kazan-based ARDN Technologies.

SmartSky’s new 4G LTE-based network goes live for business jet owners in mid-2018 to provide access to high-speed internet and data.

King Aerospace Commercial Corp., based in Ardmore, Oklahoma, has obtained AS9110 Rev. C certification for its FAA repair station following a series of independent audits.

C&L Aerospace, based in Bangor, Maine, has added about 1,800 line items from a Dornier 328 teardown to its regional aircraft parts inventory.

The 51 North Group, based at Farnborough Airport, has added a Falcon 900 business jet to its Executive Aviation Services (EAS) fleet.

Surf Air, an “all-you-can-fly” membership airline, is relocating its London service to London City Airport from London Luton Airport.

B. Coleman Aviation has completed construction of its 40,000-sq.-ft. hangar at Gary/Chicago Airport located 25 mi. from Chicago.

Business jet operations in North America rose 3.8% in October, in line with September results and slightly above the year-to-date average of 3.5%.

RBR Maintenance, a FAR 145 Repair Station in Dallas, has acquired a Hawker 125-800A for its parts.

Flamingo Air in Cincinnati is establishing agreements with partner companies in Japan to offer drone training and maintenance and repair courses in the country.

​​For information about placing Classified Advertising in BA’s Marketplace Section, please contact Miguel Ornelas at 1 (661) 480-7000.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain ATR–GIE Avions de Transport Régional Model ATR42-500 airplanes and Model ATR72-212A airplanes.

CemAir of South Africa has signed an order for two new Bombardier Q400 aircraft valued at about $66 million.