The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Avfuel Corp. and Sheltair have renewed their branding partnership, effective Dec. 1.

By Molly McMillin
Colibri Aircraft has announced record growth for 2017.

By Molly McMillin
JetSuiteX will add special flights in January to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and to the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City.

By Molly McMillin
The Russian Helicopter Holding Co., part of Rostec State Corp., has begun testing of its multipurpose Ansat helicopters in Pakistan.

By Molly McMillin
DC Aviation Al Futtaim in Dubai will open a second hangar on Nov. 12, the first day of the Dubai Airshow.

By Molly McMillin
Munich Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport have signed a sister airport agreement to provide an exchange of knowledge for employees and managers at both airports.

By Molly McMillin
3S Engineering, a division of Sierra Nevada Corp., has issued a Supplemental Type Certificate enabling airborne text messaging through Send Solutions Airtext and Airtext+ systems.

By Molly McMillin
JetCraft has partnered with Aerolineas Ejecutivas to expand its presence in Latin America.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, and CL-604 Variants) Bombardier Challenger 600 series airplanes.

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Richard Walker has been appointed business development director of Osprey Flight Solutions. Walker comes to Osprey from a UK-based HondaJet dealership.

Nov. 6-8—2017 Marketing & Communications Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, http://www.aci-na.org/conferences

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By Molly McMillin
STC Group has received FAA approval to add Piper Cherokee PA-28 aircraft to its list of certificated aircraft eligible for installation of the digital “Pro Pilot” autopilot.

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier believes the 135 business jets it is on track to deliver this year will be the low point in the market.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The number of pre-owned business jets on the market has declined with 2,225 jets for sale, although it remains a buyer’s market, said JetNet, which released September and year-to-date figures on Oct. 30.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Launch Technical Workforce Solutions, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, has acquired Aviation Managed Solutions (AMS), based in Griffin, Georgia, the companies announced.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Export-Import Bank heard an earful of opposition and doubt from senators on both sides of the political aisle Nov. 1.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Mark Briggs, co-founder of Safety Management Resources, says taking bad risks is "an awful difficult thing to change.” Briggs spoke at Bombardier’s 21st Safety Standdown USA in Wichita.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is stepping up flight trials of its H160 medium twin-engine helicopter with the first flight of the third prototype.
Business Aviation

By Lee Ann Shay
There’s “no aircraft in production that has content exclusively from an OEM’s region,” said Subhranshu Sekhar Das, Frost & Sullivan’s vice president and practice head for aerospace.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Startup Advanced Tactics Inc. has switched its focus from a fly/drive military truck to the commercial autonomous cargo and air taxi market and unveiled the smaller AT Transporter.
Business Aviation

Unfortunately, only two-thirds of the rebates offered by the FAA during its year-long automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) rebate program were reserved before the program’s end in September.

By Molly McMillin
Sun Air Jets in Camarillo, California, has added a Gulfstream GIV-SP to its fleet of charter aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
Reno-Tahoe International Airport is one of four Class C commercial airports to take part in a pilot program allowing FAA-approved Part 107 drone operators to obtain “almost real-time approval to fly their drones” with the use of an app.