The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
SevenJet Private Travel has expanded its aircraft maintenance facility in Clearwater, Florida.

By Molly McMillin
CAE Oxford Aviation Academy in Mesa, Arizona, has placed an order for its second CJ1+ Level 5 Flight Training Device from Frasca International.

By Molly McMillin
Signature Flight Support’s second London location for its Signature Elite Class service is now operational at the new London Luton private jet terminal.

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) airplanes.

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John Stuart has been named vice president of Francis Aviation, a charter and fixed base operation in Santa Teresa and Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Sept. 1-3—EPFL Drone Days 2017, Rolex Learning Center, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, http://dronedays.epfl.ch/

By Molly McMillin
Seeker Aircraft America has formed a partnership with KAHA Aviation Solutions, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as it expands into a new market.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Pilatus is ceasing production of its PC-6 Porter multirole aircraft—which has been produced without interruption since 1959.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Crystal Skye, a VIP Boeing 777-200L, was delivered Aug. 1 to Crystal AirCruises, a subsidiary of Crystal Cruises.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
Taiwan-based aerospace manufacturer Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) sees its considerable engineering force as a way to sidestep competition with manufacturers in developing countries.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) test fleet has been temporarily grounded pending investigations into the engine problem on one of the prototypes.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
“As the FAA’s authorization quickly approaches its expiration, Congress appears likely to pass another short-term reauthorization extension,” according to a new analysis by the American Action Forum center-right think tank.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Despite a recent flameout on a Global 7000 flight test aircraft, chances are “realistic” that Bombardier Aerospace’s long-range jet will enter service as planned in the second half of 2018.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
A spin-off from the push to develop self-driving cars will improve the efficiency of future drones from Taiwanese manufacturer Geosat.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
General aviation accident rates declined in 2014 although flight activity rose, according to the just-released 26th Joseph T. Nall Report.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
VistaJet, a private aviation provider, has received a $150 million cash investment into the business from Rhone Capital, an investment management firm.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The assets of Pacific Aerospace Resources & Technologies, a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility based at the Southern California Logistics Airport, are being offered in a sealed bid turnkey sale.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris, Joe Anselmo
Flight tests of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian Predator B variant have expanded to encompass longer-range excursions including initial flights through non-restricted airspace.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost A3 (“A-Cubed”) has selected Near Earth Autonomy to provide landing zone assessment technology as part of the sense-and-avoid suite on its Vahana autonomous single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
German defense electronics firm Hensoldt has acquired avionics supplier EuroAvionics GmbH from its owners, Equistone Partners Europe.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation says it will exit its St. Louis Downtown Airport maintenance operations. As business winds down, Gulfstream Aerospace Services Corp. will launch maintenance operations at the site.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Michael Lemaire, CEO of Stratos Aircraft in Redmond, Oregon, has had a lifelong interest in aviation.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Winglet Technology has received the FAA’s Supplemental Type Certificate for transitional winglets for the Citation Sovereign business jet.
Business Aviation

Aug. 24-26—Flight, Location & Data Recovery China Conference 2017, Beijin Marriott Hotel Northeast, Beijing, en.fldrconference.com