The Weekly of Business Aviation

Leonardo is the subject of a $2.6 billion compensation claim launched Jan. 10 by the family of a Thai billionaire who was killed in an AW169 crash in 2018.

A firefighting Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper was taken out of service Jan. 9 after it was struck by a drone while battling the Palisades fire in Los Angeles.

Dubbed the Dubai International Vertiport (DVX), the facility is to be the first of a planned network of four vertiports that Skyports will build and operate.

The first application is the Sky One, a modified Robinson R66 light helicopter.

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

ExecuJet MRO Services Middle East received certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to provide maintenance on Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft at its Al-Maktoum International Airport (DWC) facility in Dubai.

Textron Aviation celebrated two of its employees, Dayton Hartley and Doncella White, for their service to the company over the past five decades.

AvAir, an aviation aftermarket inventory provider, announced its status as the first climate neutral certified company in the industry, the company says.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Gulfstream Aerospace announced its delivery of two additional Gulfstream G700 aircraft to Qatar Executive.

The licensing initiative comes after ARC announced late last year that it plans to sell off the C600 program.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s new $130 million customer support service center at Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona, is now open, the company says.

NBAA’s fuel calculator provides business aviation users a way to test inputs around SAF and carbon offsets.

The Daegu-based company has released video showing an uncrewed tethered hover test of a full-scale prototype of the two-seat HAM-III-2 in December.

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport hopes a decision will finally be made in 2025 on whether nearby Lelystad Airport can be brought into use as a relief landing ground.

Britten-Norman has won its largest potential order for more than a decade, with a letter of intent for 15 aircraft from Germany’s Evia-Aero.

A total of $332 million in FAA grants will fund upgrades at 171 airports across 32 states under the latest round of the Airport Infrastructure Grants program.

A subsidiary of Chinese automaker XPeng, Aero HT’s Land Aircraft Carrier features a six-propeller electric multicopter.

The companies will also work together to develop large-area displays for next-generation cockpits with thinner, higher resolution screens.

Dassault Falcon Jet and Nimbl delivered the first Part 91 Falcon 6X in the U.S. as part of Nimbl’s Ready Flight International program.

Vertical said on Jan. 8 that it has completed an initial series of piloted, low-speed thrust-borne flight maneuvers.

Embraer Executive Aviation ended 2024 with 130 executive jet deliveries, including 75 light jets and 55 medium jets, up from 115 a year ago.

Flexjet said it has formally submitted a declaration of compliance to the FAA that it meets the agency’s new SMS mandate.