The Weekly of Business Aviation

The FAA has issued its final rule of Part 23 regulations, which overhauls the FAA’s standard for small general aviation aircraft—ushering in a new era of safety and innovation, leaders say.

The design of Amazon’s delivery drone has evolved since CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the company’s Prime Air concept in December 2013.

The two largest sectors of U.S. aviation—airlines and fixed-wing general aviation—are at odds when it comes to the race to meet the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline for equipping with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) “Out” avionics.

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Jean Lydon-Rodgers has been named president and CEO of GE Aviation, Services.

Pierre Rossignol has been appointed president of Esterline Corp.’s Advanced Sensors Group of companies

Tim Bueschen has joined C&L Aerospace as regional sales manager.

Chris Jordan has joined the turbine engine service sales team at Duncan Aviation at its Mesa, Arizona, location

Damien Farret has been named director of customer relations and field service at Dassault Aviation.

Calvin Ford has joined Pentastar Aviation in the position of Client Relations—Emerging Markets

Gary Horobin has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president of business development Asia at Farsound Aviation. Horobin

Jan. 11-13—2017 Risk Management Conference, Los Angeles, California, http://www.aci-na.org/conferences Jan. 24-25 —NBAA Security Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, https://www.nbaa.org/events/security-conference/2017/ Jan. 25-26—MRO Latin America, Cancun, Mexico, www.aviationweek.com/events

This is the final issue of The Weekly of Business Aviation in 2016. The next issue will be dated Jan. 9, 2017. From all of us at The Weekly of Business Aviation, happy holidays, and we wish you all the best in 2017.

Chorus Aviation said Dec. 20 it will establish a new regional aircraft leasing subsidiary, Chorus Aviation Capital. Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Chorus has entered into an agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings for 200 million Canadian dollars ($150 million) in debenture financing.

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has delivered its first CRJ200 Special Freighter to Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, its launch customer. The company does business as IFL Group in Waterford, Michigan.

Austro Engine, a division of Diamond Aircraft Group, has reached 1 million flight hours for its AE300 jet fuel aviation engine.

JetSuiteX has begun selling seats for charter service to and from Santa Monica, California. Flights begin Feb. 6 to Las Vegas

Air Methods Corp. has acquired three Airbus H145 helicopters for hospital-based air medical transport.

Bell Helicopter has signed a purchase agreement with the New South Wales Police Force for a Bell 412EPI to be delivered in 2017.

Ruag Aviation has delivered its third Dornier 228 from new series production to New Central Airservice in Japan.

LifePort, a Sikorsky company, has received FAA airworthiness certification for its Patient Loading Utility System (PLUS) for Pilatus PC-12/47 and PC-12/47E aircraft.

Jet Aviation has earned European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for line support of Challenger 604/605/650 aircraft at its maintenance facility in Vienna.

TAG Farnborough Maintenance Service, along with Zodiac VIP Business Aircraft Interiors, has expanded its business aircraft interiors capabilities with smart repairs

TruAtlantic Manufacturing, based in Kernersville, North Carolina, has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for its Cessna 206, 207 and 210 series SmoothRide Engine Mount System

AviationManuals now has more than 3,500 clients in 78 countries and territories since it was founded in 1996, the company reports.