Daher’s 2020 Model TBM 940 turboprops will include Garmin’s Autoland system, which guides the aircraft to a landing in the event the pilot is incapacitated, the company announced Feb. 24.

Pel-Air, an Australian air ambulance provider, has signed a contract with Textron Aviation for five Beechcraft King Air 350 turboprop aircraft. 

Boeing announced Feb. 24 that former United Technologies CFO Akhil Johri and current Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf will join its board of directors.

United Airlines has reached agreements to supply dozens of Embraer regional jets to ExpressJet Airlines and SkyWest Airlines, part of a restructuring of the United Express regional fleet in the aftermath of Trans States Airlines’ decision to cease operations by 2021.

Inmarsat has announced its first distribution partners in Saudi Arabia to provide satellite connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and land-based business markets.

Emergency beacon supplier ACR Group on Feb. 24 announced an agreement to acquire avionics manufacturer FreeFlight Systems of Irving, Texas, for an undisclosed amount.

Aircraft utilization ticks up but coronavirus outbreak still taking heavy toll on Chinese carriers.

William Garvey, editor-in-chief of Business & Commercial Aviation, was inducted into the “Living Legends of Aviation” in Beverly Hills, California on Jan. 16.