The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The membership program Embark provides customers with 10 flight days in a private aircraft with a one-year renewable term.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The aircraft’s captain and first officer died in the accident. No one on the ground was injured. Three buildings and 16 vehicles were damaged by impact or fire.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney expects production capacity increases will see deliveries of its PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) family continue to ramp up back toward earlier targets.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Electric truck manufacturer Workhorse will unveil a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft at the Paris Air Show.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Rigby Group, through its XLR Executive Jet Center division, has acquired the corporate jet center at the Birmingham Airport in the UK, the company announced.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
Proposal: evaluate each defect noted by repair-station personnel and determine if any are unusual or unknown. If so, the defects are then cross-referenced against the FAA’s SDR-filling criteria for design-approval holders.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Dassault Falcon Jet is cutting its U.S. workforce by less than 6% because of challenging business aviation conditions, the company said in a statement.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Six Wichita aerospace and aviation suppliers and government officials met with aerospace companies in Querétaro, Mexico, on a four-day mission to promote the city’s products and services.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
A helicopter final-assembly plant that Airbus and Chinese partners have begun building here will have room for double its designed capacity of 18 deliveries a year.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Dry ice and holograms were deployed in Palexpo yesterday as Airbus introduced Airbus Corporate Helicopters as a comprehensive vertical lift solution for high-net-worth individuals, corporations, or business aviation operators.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus Aircraft has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its Vision Jet single-engine personal jet and delivered its first aircraft into Europe.

By Molly McMillin
TAG Aviation Europe has announced it is exiting the Spanish market as it moves to consolidate aircraft operations under a limited number of Air Operator Certificates.

By Molly McMillin
Pratt & Whitney Canada has celebrated the production of its 100,000th gas turbine engine.

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier said it used biofuels supplied by AEG Fuels to fly its Learjet 75, Challenger 350 and 650, and Global 6000 jets to the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Geneva.

By Molly McMillin
RAI Jets, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, has added a Cessna Citation X business jet to its charter fleet.

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft has selected Airflite as an exclusive Piper dealer for Australia and New Zealand.

By Molly McMillin
SimpleCharters has added JetSelect Aviation’s fleet of 32 aircraft to its on-demand network of charter aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
FlairJet, a division of Flexjet, has signed a contract to manage the first Phenom 300 aircraft for Surf Air Europe as it grows its operations.

By Molly McMillin
Deer Jet will add a second Boeing 787 Dream Jet to its fleet, making it the largest operator of its type.

By Molly McMillin
West Star Aviation has received FAA Part 145 repair station certification for its Denver satellite location at Centennial Airport.

By Molly McMillin
VistaJet has eliminated ferry flight fees for new program customers, which can cost customers an additional five figures on each flight.

By Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International has added master level advanced training courses for the Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy and 900EX EASy series aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
AMAC Aerospace, based in Basel, Switzerland, has signed a contract for a VVIP completion of an Airbus ACJ320neo from launch customer Acropolis Aviation.

By Molly McMillin
Embraer Executive Jets is expanding its customer support network in Europe with the appointment of JF Service as its authorized service center for Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 business jets in Moscow.

By Molly McMillin
PayNode, a payment platform designed for business aviation, will become available in Mexico ahead of its launch in Europe in June.