The Weekly of Business Aviation

NetJets executive Robert Mosbergen has joined Excelaire.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has earned FAA approval to upgrade Gulfstream GIV and GV aircraft with ...

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft plans to exhibit at the Africa Aerospace and Defense show to be held Sept. 14-17 n Pretoria, South Africa.

Piper Aircraft has received European Aviation Safety Agency approval for the Piper M500, which paves the way for ...

USAIG, or United States Aircraft Insurance Group, has launched a safety program for unmanned aircraft systems.

Russian Airlines, commonly known as Aeroflot, has taken delivery of its 30th Sukhoi Superjet 100.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX and Falcon 2000EX airplanes.

Fred Reid, founding CEO of Virgin America and former president of Delta Airlines, has joined OneJet’s board of directors.

Aug. 30-31—4th Airline Cost Conference, ​IATA Conference Center, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iata.org/events/Pages/airline-cost-conference.aspx

View the June 2016 Used Business Jet Sales and Used Turboprop Sales - North America and Outside North America charts in PDF format.

Platinum Air Center, a new fixed based operation, has opened at Jack Edwards Airport in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Textron Aviation is moving Cessna 208 Caravan turboprop production from here to its site in Independence, Kansas, 125 mi. away.

Flight and certification testing of Embraer’s new-generation E190-E2 airliner is set to speed up, following the first flight of the third prototype Aug 27.

The FAA and the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Commerce are planning to create a new cross-government program to investigate replacement options for long-range, short-range and weather radar systems supporting the aviation sector in the continental U.S.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a way of reinforcing composites using tiny carbon nanotubes (CNT) that testing has shown can increase strength by 30%.

Bombardier has issued layoff notices to 30 Learjet 70/75 production workers here as softness continues in the light jet market. But not all will go out the door.

The National Mediation Board (NMB) on Aug. 22 dismissed challenges filed by fractional aircraft ownership companies Flexjet and Flight Options against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Embraer Executive Jets is offering a new Phenom Ace enhancement package for Phenom 100 owners to bring new life to their very light jets.

The National Business Aviation Association’s annual compensation survey of members shows all 16 Part 91 flight department positions enjoyed an increase in average salaries in 2016.

Wichita-based Greenwich AeroGroup has sold Aero Precision Industries International, DAC International and NASAM to a fund managed by Odyssey Investment Partners.

A second officer on an Aug. 25 Talon Air charter flight was removed from the aircraft at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Michigan, and arrested, having registered .30 on a blood-alcohol test.

With continuing softness in the light jet market, Bombardier is working to transfer a “limited” number of Learjet 75 production workers here to other open positions at the site.

Designers looking for fuel savings and emissions reductions beyond those possible with today’s conventional tube-and-wing configurations face additional challenges when the aircraft are smaller, such as regional and business jets.

Haeco Americas is building a fifth hangar at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Aviation industry representatives have welcomed the FAA’s acceptance of industry recommendations proposing “alternative, acceptable” means of compliance for single-engine helicopters to meet Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) certification for Part 27 rotorcraft.