The Week in Business Aviation - Feb 14
Daher Delivers 300th TBM 900-Series Aircraft
The TBM 940 includes a painted rose on the exterior in honor of the flower worn daily by one of its co-owners, a doctor, in honor of his patients. Credit: DaherDaher celebrated delivery of its 300th TBM 900-series turboprop aircraft. The aircraft, a TBM 940, was delivered to Ian Blair and Susan Fries. It was the couple’s fourth TBM aircraft in the past 20 years.
DeGroff Brings New PitotShield To Singapore
Aviation is an activity in which the tiniest error can produce deadly consequences. As fastidious as pilots and ground crew may be, mistakes do sometimes get made.
Elliott Aviation Gains Majority Investor
Credit: Elliott Aviation / TwitterPrivate investment firm Summit Park has obtained a majority interest in Elliott Aviation, a Moline, Illinois-based business aviation services provider.
Two New Dassault Falcons Take Shape
Dassault has completed the critical design review of its next business aircraft, the long-range, widebody Falcon 6X twinjet, and is closing in on the preliminary design of the advanced low-noise follow-on.
Forecast: Asian Bizav Fleet To Grow 2.5% Per Year
G650ER - Credit: GulfstreamIn the next 10 years, the business aircraft fleet in Asia is expected to grow 2.5% a year from 1,360 aircraft in 2020 to nearly 1,395 by 2029, according to Aviation Week Network’s 2020 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Collins Aerospace Names New President In Series Of Moves
Greg Hayes - Credit: UTCCollins Aerospace has named Stephen Timm as president in place of Kelly Ortberg, who is leaving his CEO role to become a special advisor to the chief executive of United Technologies Corp. (UTC) as it merges with Raytheon.
H145M
Babcock Hints At Oil-And-Gas Helicopter Business Exit
H160 - Credit: Airbus HelicoptersBabcock CEO Archie Bethel says the company is unlikely to make any additional investments in its oil-and-gas helicopter support business and suggests it will exit the business once existing contracts have been fulfilled.
Yingling Aviation Triples Size With Expansions
Andrew Nichols, Yingling Aviation President, and Jerry Pickett, vice president of business development, inside one of the company’s new hangars. Credit: Molly McMillinYingling Aviation, a Wichita fixed base operator and maintenance, repair and overhaul provider, is in the final days of an expansion that includes a dedicated business jet maintenance hangar, paint support and interior completions facility and additional hangar and office space as it works to meet demand.
Bell, Japan Airlines, Sumitomo Partner On UAM In Japan
Credit: Bell TextronFort Worth-based Bell Textron will work with Japan Airlines (JAL) to explore on-demand air mobility services in Japan with the OEM’s Nexus 4EX electric-vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Dassault completes critical design review, Collins Aerospace names new president, Airbus helicopter deliveries rise and more.
A roundup of business aviation news powered by The Weekly of Business Aviation. Subscribers can access the articles here. Not a subscriber? Find out more.
