The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Executive Flight Services has received FAA certification and has the capability to manage and fly Part 135 aircraft with 10 seats or more.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Desert Jet Center signed a lease to build a new FBO operation at a California regional airport. But construction has turned into battle after battle.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
They were warned, but shareholders of aerospace supply chain management provider Wesco Aircraft still shaved almost 4% off the company’s stock price Nov. 29.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Scottish prosecutors will hold a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the November 2013 Clutha helicopter crash in Glasgow, Scotland, that killed 10 people.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Drone collisions with aircraft will cause more impact damage than a bird strike of equivalent size and speed, concludes a study conducted for the FAA.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Tecnam U.S. has completed delivery of the first three of 30 P2006T twin-engine aircraft to an unnamed geospatial data acquisition company.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
PrivateFly is expanding its U.S. operations with the acquisition of Bird Dog Jet in Reno, Nevada, as it seeks additional opportunities to grow.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has launched a new twin-engine, utility turboprop called the Cessna SkyCourier 408, with entry-into-service scheduled for 2020.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Companies have wrapped up their third-quarter earning reports, which showed business jet revenue down 4% in the quarter

By Molly McMillin
Sky380 has launched a business-to-business private jet charter seat sales tool that allows Part 135 charter operators

By Molly McMillin
Garmin International celebrated delivery of its one millionth certified avionics product from its manufacturing facility in Olathe, Kansas, the company said.

By Molly McMillin
Lancair’s first customer for its four-seat composite Mako took advantage of the company’s new Builder Assistance Center at the company’s headquarters in Uvalde, Texas.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation, along with its partner, Al Mulia Business Group, celebrated the opening of its new 600-sq.-meter fixed base operation at the shared terminal at Dubai South during the 2017 Dubai Airshow, the company reports.

328 SUPPORT SERVICES GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by AvCraft Aerospace GmbH; Fairchild Dornier GmbH; Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH) Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2016-9568; Product Identifier 2016-NM-150-AD; Amendment 39-19077; AD 2017-21-06].

DASSAULT AVIATION AIRPLANES [Docket No. FAA-2017-1023; Product Identifier 2017-NM-144-AD; Amendment 39-19104; AD 2017-23-10] The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-19-17

BOMBARDIER, Inc., Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2017-0338; Product Identifier 2016-NM-153-AD; Amendment 39-19103; AD 2017-23-09] The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2A12 (CL-601 Variant) and CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, and CL-604 Variants) airplanes.

Scott Kruce has joined Duncan’s Lincoln, Nebraska-based avionics install sales team.

Robert Jubb has been appointed Air Partner’s freight trading manager based at its UK headquarters in Gatwick.

Brendan Lodge has joined Jet Support Services as aircraft acquisitions specialist and will be based at JSSI’s Farnborough

James Brown Jr., former Hartzell Propeller Chairman, has died. Brown served as a board member of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association from 1998-2008.

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By Molly McMillin
Companies have wrapped up their third-quarter earning reports, which showed business jet revenue down 4% in the quarter,

By Molly McMillin
About 30 medium and large business jets valued at $1.5 billion are expected to be delivered to owners in Florida each year between now and 2025, according to Global Jet Capital.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Optis has opened a virtual reality lab within Wichita State University’s 3DExperience Center to enhance design processes for the aviation and aerospace industry.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Chinese carmaker Zhehjiang Geely Holding Group, the owner of Volvo and Lotus, has completed its acquisition of roadable-aircraft developer Terrafugia.
Business Aviation