The Weekly of Business Aviation

The state of Colorado is pressing ahead with plans to operate a digital tower system at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL).

Jason Hill, founder of UK startup Hill Helicopters, has committed to achieving a first flight of the company’s HX50 turbine-powered light helicopter this year.

The July 26 restrictions will involve a five-hour shutdown of traffic at the two major Paris airports Charles de Gaulle and Orly.

The tests will establish the performance of the unmodified aircraft before the start of the hybrid-electric conversion effort.

Dassault Aviation chair and CEO Eric Trappier told journalists that delays to its Falcon 10X program were inevitable given the delays to the Falcon 6X.

Skyports Infrastructure is to develop the UK’s first vertiport testbed at Bicester Motion, a former Royal Air Force airfield in Oxfordshire.

Piper Aircraft has received FAA type certification of its Piper M700 Fury six-seat single-engine turboprop.

Joby Aviation says it has acquired an existing facility at Dayton International Airport in Ohio to begin initial parts manufacturing.

Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub signs contract March 5 for another maintenance hangar.

Clay Lacy Aviation has agreed to be an authorized dealer and installer of SpaceX Starlink satellite broadband systems.

The upgrades give the aircraft an additional two hr. of endurance or the ability to carry more baggage or heavier passengers, the company says.

Daher is gearing up to test large components made from thermoplastic composites and pitch them for future commercial aircraft.

The FAA has granted a light-sport aircraft airworthiness exemption to Pipistrel’s two-seat, high-wing Velis Electro.

Jet.AI has launched new software, Reroute AI, to help Part 135 operators repurpose empty leg flights.

Ultraquiet propulsion developer Whisper Aero is proposing a concept for a 100-seat battery-electric regional airliner.

Pipistrel is part of Textron’s eAviation segment.

The funding from investors Breeze Invest and Konos Holdings boosts CycloTech toward its goal of raising €53 million this year.

U.S. startups Transcend Air and MagLev Aero are collaborating on the potential application of MagLev’s frictionless electric propulsor technology.

Spanish aerostructures and engine components supplier Aciturri is to acquire a stake in Dovetail Electric Aviation.

SAF production occupies an unhelpful position in the investment cycle.

Volocopter has received an extension to its Production Organization Approval from Germany’s aviation authority.

Bell has secured its first-ever order for its fly-by-wire 525 super-medium helicopter from a Norwegian energy company.

The Barrington Irving Technical Training School has announced plans to expand its flight training program to Mount Vernon, New York.

GE’s breakup has been years in the making after the erstwhile conglomerate appeared to expand into too many disparate sectors and built up too much debt.

Lindsey Oliver, managing director at the British Business and General Aviation Association, says that the business aviation industry is "tricky" to understand, but that is what makes it interesting.