Textron Aviation kicked off the National Business Aviation Association Conference & Exhibition with the announcement of an order option for the Citation Hemisphere business jet from fractional ownership company NetJets. Once firm, the order will be the launch order for the aircraft.

First-half worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales climbed 15.5% year over year, to $1.322 billion, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) latest Avionics Market Report. Sales during the second quarter jumped 17.8% from a year ago, to $682.1 million.

As BACA, The Air Charter Association prepares to mark its 70th anniversary in 2019, the UK organization is flexing new muscles. Last year it became a company limited by guarantee, and appointed its first CEO, Dave Edwards.

Jet Aviation’s FBO in San Juan is the first in Puerto Rico to qualify for Stage 1 registration to the International Business Aviation Council’s IS-BAH standard, “ensuring that all customers receive the maximum level of safe and secure ground-handling services.”

Bombardier plans to invest $80 million in a new service center in Miami, doubling the size of its customer service capabilities in Florida.

Vision Systems will feature the second-generation Nuance V2 electronically dimmable windows (EDW) at this year’s show.

No fewer than 20 new business aircraft are under development by major manufacturers, almost all expected to enter service within the next five years.

Located in western Montana at the Missoula International Airport (KMSO), Northstar Jet has a front-row seat to some of the West’s most devastating forest fires.