The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has launched a new “Smart Services” program, giving business jet customers an expanded menu of coverage choices based on their needs.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier is growing its service presence, which includes the opening of a newly expanded interior facility at its Tucson Service Center.
Business Aviation

By John Morris
Web Manuals, a leading digitizer of documentation for flight operations and safety, is expanding its relationship with Argus International to further help its customers keep their back offices up to speed on operating procedures, safety and compliance.
Business Aviation

By John Morris
Despite closing its corporate flight department and disposing of nearly all its executive jets, General Electric is bullish on business aviation.
Business Aviation

By John Morris
Jetcraft, the international aircraft sales, marketing and ownership strategies consultancy, delved deeply behind the scenes of the business jet world to develop its latest 10-year forecast.
Business Aviation

Nextant officials predict that the firm’s remanufactured and highly modified $8 million 604XT will be able to fly 500+ nm mi. farther than a stock Bombardier Challenger 605/605/650 due to a wing extension and new winglets, plus a 4,000-ft. increase in maximum operating altitude to FL 450.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has issued a temporary restraining order halting plans to reduce the length of the runway at Santa Monica Municipal Airport.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aerospace and its largest union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, have reached a new collective labor agreement at its Wichita facility.
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By Molly McMillin
Honeywell’s 2018-2027 forecast projects 10-year global demand for 8,300 business jet deliveries worth $249 billion.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Since its launch, the 1Call process has cut the time it takes to get an aircraft back in the air by about 60%, said Kriya Shortt, Textron Aviation’s senior vice president of customer service.
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Private membership flying provider Wheels Up said Oct. 6 it closed an equity-based fundraising round of $117.5 million and claimed to have an enterprise value of $1 billion.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A wing-flexing competition, a 3D virtual environment, an Innovation Zone and a lineup of aviation leaders and legends are some of the highlights of the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition to be held Oct. 10-12 in Las Vegas.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois
Safran this week inaugurated a ground testbed for a full-scale counter-rotating open-rotor engine in Istres in southeast France, marking key progress in the EU-funded demonstration program.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Authorities estimate some 100,000 pets have been displaced by the hurricanes that devastated the island of Puerto Rico in September, and aviation in the form of Wings of Rescue is leading the relief effort.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The business aircraft resale market has shown continued transaction growth and inventory contraction during 2017 in most market segments.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Aurora is a specialist in unmanned aircraft and autonomous systems, but also a supplier of composite aerostructures to Bell Helicopters, Sikorsky, Northrop Grumman and others.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The business aircraft fleet is expected to grow from 32,000 aircraft at the end of 2018 to more than 36,500 by the end of 2027, a 1.5% annual growth rate, according to Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery and 2017 Business Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation departures in Europe rose 3% year-over-year in September to 79,280 flights, although traffic remained 4.4% behind the pre-crisis peak in September 2008, according to WingX’s Business Aviation Monitor.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, says his amendment will be "even more explicit in prohibiting federal appropriations."
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas Oct. 1, the NBAA is working with law enforcement to help ensure participants at its upcoming convention and exhibition there will be safe and secure.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
The company’s first public long-term forecast claims the helicopter market will be worth around €370 billion ($434 billion) over the next 20 years.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Garmin International, based in Olathe, Kansas, is expanding its portfolio of integrated flight deck upgrades to include the G1000 NXi for the Cessna Citation Mustang light jet.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
The AW609's powerplant—Pratt & Whitney’s 2,000 shp PT6C-67A—received Transport Canada certification on Sept. 12.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The number of U.S.-registered turboprops accidents, including fatal accidents, rose during the first half of 2017.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Worldwide deliveries of new western-produced helicopters are expected to total 7,660 from 2018 to 2027, according to Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery and Business Fleet and MRO Forecast.
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