The Weekly of Business Aviation

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Sentient Jet has flown more than 1 million passengers to more than 2,500 international destinations and has carried nearly 6,700 active card owners.

According to Gulfstream, both aircraft have surpassed 100,000 flight hours and have received FAA certification for steep-approach operations.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

Dan Naaman used his network of international professionals and market demand to found PorterJets, a subsidiary of A Porter Co.

The new records build on earlier speed-setting flights, which include a 8,225-nm flight in October 2019 from Sydney to Detroit.

The program has been put into practice at its sites in Brazil and other sites where it operates.

The SPEEA Wichita Engineering Unit voted to accept a four-year contract offer from Spirit AeroSystems.

Bombardier Defense has delivered the first converted Global 6500 business jet, a prototype, to the U.S. Army in support of its HADES program.

The FAA has awarded certification to Spectrum Aeromed for a variety of its advanced air ambulance equipment on the Pilatus PC-24.

The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) is gearing up for its landmark 10th edition of the MEBAA Show.

Both aircraft are based on Gulfstream business jets.

Air Marshall Islands, an airline owned by the Pacific island republic, is adding Textron Aviation’s Cessna SkyCourier twin-engine turboprops to its fleet.

Downtown Skyport, backed by Skyports Infrastructure and Groupe ADP, has been selected to operate the Downtown Manhattan Heliport for five years from January.

The region’s business aviation market is growing in fleet, infrastructure, technology and flight hours.

Sierra Nevada has conducted the first flight of its Rapcon-X aircraft, a Bombardier Global 6500 SNC is developing for an Army ISR prototyping program.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former congressman Sean Duffy as the next secretary of the U.S. Transportation Department is earning praise from some industry leaders.

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Diamond Aircraft announced the sale of two DA40 and one DA42 aircraft to Project Aviation, a flight school in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) has begun construction of a new flight training center at the Central Kentucky Regional Airport (CKRA).