Business Aviation

In an Urgent Aviation Safety Recommendation, the board said DHC-3 operators should conduct one-time inspections of the aircraft’s horizontal stabilizer actuator lock ring.

TEXTRON AVIATION earned $139m on $1.2b revenues in 3Q22 vs $98m on $1.2b in 3Q21; it has $6.4b backlog. It delivered 39 jets/33 turboprops vs 49 jets

GENERAL DYNAMICS AEROSPACE earned $312m on $2.3b sales in 3Q22 vs $262m on $2.1b in 3Q21; book-to-bill ratio was 1.15 vs 1.57 a year ago. GULFSTREAM

South Korea’s SK Telecom has signed an agreement with Daegu Metropolitan City to integrate urban air taxis into the future mobility ecosystem of the country’s fourth largest city and its planned new airport.

Efforts to build up U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capacity to at least 3 billion gal. a year by 2030 have taken steps forward, with startups Alder Fuels and LanzaJet announcing progress in establishing their first plants.

Textron Aviation delivered 72 Citation jets and turboprops during the third quarter (Q3), down from 84 a year ago, as supply chain challenges continue.

Another design has been added to the list of large uncrewed cargo aircraft under development in China, with Sichuan Tengden Science & Technology conducting the first flight of its Twin-Tailed Scorpion D on Oct. 25.

A judge has granted an injunction opposing the Town of East Hampton’s efforts to impose operational restrictions on its airport.

The Falcon 2000 series has seen continuous improvement in range and efficiency across seven variants since being introduced in 1995.

Despite macroeconomic headwinds, Gulfstream Aerospace continues to see a high level of activity and interest in its aircraft and a “replenishing pipeline of orders,” its top executive said Oct. 26.

What does the talent pipeline look like and is training evolving to better train for competency? Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University President Barry Butler talks with Aviation Week.

Aviation Search Group, an aviation recruiting firm, recorded a record 75% growth in revenue at the end of the third quarter of 2022, when compared to a year ago.

CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, NY has $4.4m Embraer order to supply Phenom 300 engine inlet assemblies through 2023.

Embraer has joined Bombardier in providing its vision of a business jet of the future, with sustainability as a central tenet of their designs.

South Korean advanced air mobility startup MintAir plans to purchase up to 10 zero-emission aircraft from Australia’s Dovetail Electric Aircraft for proposed regional cargo services.

Saudi Arabian flag carrier Saudia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lilium for the proposed development and operation of an electric vertical takeoff and landing network.

The FIFA World Cup, held every four years and one of the most-watched sporting events in the world, will take place in Doha, Qatar from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18, 2022.

In the range of solutions to drive aviation to a greener future, none alone will come close to being a silver bullet by 2050.

Airports and fixed-base operators that plan to service electric air vehicles should have plans in place at least a year ahead of their arrival, says the developer of the Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Monte Aircraft Leasing has placed a firm order with hybrid-electric propulsion startup Ampaire for 25 Eco Caravans with an option for an additional 25 of the converted Cessna Grand Caravans.

Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng has unveiled a revised design for its planned fly/drive electric vertical takeoff and landing “flying car.”

Jet Linx has moved into its newly completed private jet terminal in Scottsdale, Arizona, 10 years after it opened its original facility at the site at the Scottsdale Airport.

The initial flight will be “very short” and will set the stage for a series of follow-on flight tests of the fixed-wing demonstrator.

Targeted at certification in 2027, the nine-passenger aircraft will incorporate a distributed electric propulsion system.

Dealers closed 331 business aircraft sale transactions during the third quarter of 2022, down slightly from 340 during the same period a year ago