Business Aviation

SECO International has signed a purchase agreement with Bell Textron for a Bell 505 helicopter and has become the first dealer in Japan for the
Business Aviation

Leonardo Helicopters has been awarded the contract to build AW169M twin engine utility helicopters for Austria. Because the purchase of the 18
Business Aviation

Cirrus Aircraft and ALSIM Simulators have formed an alliance to provide Cirrus aircraft owners and operators with training on Cirrus aircraft. ALSIM
Business Aviation

NetJets and FlightSafety International have jointly committed to a gift of $225,000 for the nonprofit Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Learning
Business Aviation

By David Casey
The Small Community Air Service Development Program aims to help underserved airports attract and retain commercial service.
Airports & Networks

By Lee Ann Shay
Four Corners Aviation President and COO Cameron Gowans explains how its new business aircraft service offers an alternative to charter and jet cards.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Sky Harbour, a provider of home-based luxury aircraft hangars based at Westchester County Airport in New York, plans to become a publicly traded company on Jan. 25, through a business combination with Yellowstone Acquisition Co., a “blank check” or special purpose acquisition company.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Roger Cox
Investigating a Bell 407 air ambulance controlled flight into terrain.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
As the aerospace industry learns to live with COVID, it faces other big challenges from a stressed supply chain to geopolitical disruptions. Listen in as our editors discuss.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Helicopter Association International and other aviation organizations reacted to the FAA’s prior-night release of nearly 1,500 Notices To Air Missions (NOTAMS) that will restrict flight operations near 5G cellular towers that AT&T and Verizon plan to activate on Jan. 19.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Teresa Ortega, a commercially-rated pilot and 25-year Textron Aviation veteran, founded Wichita-based Ortega Aviation Services with her flight instructor husband, Kirby Ortega, a former Textron Aviation chief pilot for piston engine operations, in 2018.
Maintenance & Training

By Bill Carey
Teri Bristol, the top federal executive responsible for running the U.S. air traffic control system, will retire at the end of February, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson announced.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Airline industry stakeholders are working to assess the real-world ramifications of new flight restrictions linked to the 5G wireless network rollout starting Jan. 19, but early indications suggest potentially significant disruptions at scores of commercial airports across the U.S.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Regent Craft has teamed with Rhode Island-based marine and aerospace composites specialist Moore Brothers to build a quarter-scale technology demonstrator for its seaglider, an electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicle for harbor-to-harbor overwater regional transportation.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Italian regional airline EGO Airways has had its AOC and Air Transport License suspended by the country’s aviation regulator, ENAC.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
The pilot of a Gates Learjet 35A medical jet that crashed in El Cajon, California, on Dec. 27, 2021, had asked to switch from an instrument to a visual approach to land before the jet went down in a residential area, the NTSB said in a preliminary accident report released on Jan. 11.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Airbus-sponsored Perlan 2 stratospheric glider will carry a Thales FlytLink satellite communications terminal when it returns to flight, enabling real-time data downloads from altitudes exceeding 90,000 ft.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
Genesys Aerosystems, formed from the management buyout of Chelton Flight Systems and S-TEC Corp., from Cobham Avionics in 2014, is ramping up
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Paul Seidenman
Financing Textron Branded Products Textron Financial Corp. provides debt financing exclusively for buyers of new and pre-owned Textron branded
Marketplace

By Roger Cox
The takeoff of the Bell 407 before controlled flight into terrain near Zaleski, Ohio.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
French startup Aura Aero has selected Electric Power Systems (EPS) to provide the battery system for its prototype Integral E electric-powered aerobatic training aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

JACKSON JET, ID has acquired SWIFT AVIATION, AZ, which operates FBO at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Business Aviation

KKR

KKR invested another $75m (now $265m) in JET EDGE INTERNATIONAL, OH to expand its Challenger/Gulfstream fleet.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The 2022 model includes sleeker wing and tail surfaces and redesigned wheel pants, creating up to a 9-kt. increase in true airspeeds, Cirrus says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Embraer has agreed to sell its Evora site in Portugal to Spanish aerostructures specialist Aernnova for $172 million in the hope that the facility can attract business from other aircraft manufacturers while reducing Embraer’s exposure in aircraft components.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain