The Weekly of Business Aviation

The Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) has launched MEBAA Insurance to offer a suite of insurance products in addition to its aviation products.

Duncan Aviation’s satellite avionics facilities in Van Nuys, California, and Scottsdale, Arizona, have received certifications from Mexico’s Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC).

Excelaire has added a new Legacy 600 business jet equipped with Gogo’s Avance L5 wireless equipment.

Clay Lacy Aviation is offering a $30,000 savings to Gulfstream and Challenger business jet owners.

Executive Flight Services in Lenexa, Kansas, has added a new Embraer Legacy 500 and a Phenom 100 EV to its managed fleet of aircraft.

The Kansas Aviation Museum will honor Jack Pelton, Experimental Aircraft Association CEO and former Cessna Aircraft executive, as he is inducted Nov. 11 into the Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame.

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2015-22-51 for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109A and A109A II helicopters.

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Nicholas Choo Son has been appointed director of business development for Marsh Brothers Aviation.

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Not long ago, those in the business aircraft industry were waiting for the market to turn around. Today, the thinking is changing.

Sikorsky is targeting European Aviation Safety Agency and Transport Canada certification of its gross weight expansion for the S-92 twin-engine heavy helicopter from 26,500 lb. to 27,700 lb.

Avic’s Changhe and Harbin helicopter companies signed deals for a total of 26 rotorcraft at the recent China Helicopter Exposition, including a breakthrough into the international police aviation market.

The CAAC has relaxed its famously tough physical requirements for entry into pilot training, potentially improving the availability of personnel who are always in short supply in China.

Hundreds of relief flights into areas in Florida hardest hit by Hurricane Irma are bringing food and other supplies.

The world’s only dedicated single-seat, medium lift helicopter is back in production after a 10-year lapse, and the first two are going to China.

With nearly 240 Robinson R44 and 32 Schweizer 300Cbi piston-engined helicopters in China, Frasca Flight Simulation anticipates growing demand for simulators and flight traing devices for these basic trainers.

Airbus Helicopters has broken ground on a final assembly line in Qingdao, Shandong Province, under a deal for 100 H135 light twin-engine helicopters to be supplied over 10 years for law enforcement and air ambulance missions. The first should roll out in mid-2019.

China is undergoing a surge in demand for civil helicopters, experts note as the China Helicopter Exposition opened in Tinajin, China, on Sept. 14.

Imagine a helicopter that nearly flies itself, leaving the crew free to concentrate on the mission at hand.

The key to selling business jets takes more than building a great aircraft and understanding what it can do.

With momentum building behind an engine upgrade for the U.S. Air Force’s 1960s-vintage Boeing B-52H strategic bomber, Rolls-Royce has proposed its 16,000-lb.-thrust BR725 turbofan, made in America.

Boeing’s 737-based offer for the U.S. Air Force’s $6.9 billion J-Stars Recapitalization program includes provisions for a larger, more powerful single or dual-sided radar.

Business aircraft flight activity in North America surged in August, posting the busiest month since May 2008, the latest Argus International TraqPak data shows.

Work has begun on Duncan Aviation’s new $70 million maintenance, modifications and paint complex at its Provo, Utah, location.