Business Aviation

PREMIER PRIVATE JETS acquired UNIQUE ONE AIRCRAFT AVIONICS & INTERIORS, MI to offer cabin upgrades.

987 INVESTMENTS lost MD-87 VIP (4904; built in 1987) from aborted takeoff at Houston Executive Airport; no fatalities.

EMBRAER EXECUTIVE JETS delivered 21 aircraft (14 Phenom/seven Praetor) in 3Q21 vs 21 (19 Phenom/two Praetor) in 3Q20, and 54 (36 Phenom/18 Praetor) in

LEADING EDGE AVIONICS acquired ADVANTAGE AVIONICS to expand service footprint in Southern California to >30 airports.

PROPELLER AIRPORTS acquired FBO at Seattle's Paine Field from CASTLE & COOKE and formed Propeller Aero Services to focus on FBO development (new FBO

EMBRAER delivered the first Praetor 500 in Canada to AIRSPRINT PRIVATE AVIATION, which has ordered three.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics has closed a $26 million funding round to develop hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft for longer-range parcel and cargo delivery.

Embraer delivered 21 business jets and nine commercial aircraft during the third quarter of 2021, bringing its number of deliveries so far the year to 54 business jets and 32 commercial aircraft, the company said Oct. 21.

Harold Summers, Helicopter Association International director of flight operations, has died unexpectedly, HAI announced Oct. 20.

After NBAA-BACE was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, the business aviation community reconvened in Las Vegas.

SINOJET, Beijing took delivery of new LEAP-powered ACJ319neo (10673); aircraft can carry up to 19 pax.

The Machinists union in Wichita is pushing back on a government mandate requiring employees of government contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as Textron Aviation and Spirit AeroSystems work to comply.

DHL Express plans to demonstrate the use of delivery drones for port logistics in a joint initiative with Malaysian aviation services company Pen Aviation and local cargo operator Raya Airways.

The first electric racing aircraft built for the new Air Race E series is being readied for flight.

Major events such as the Olympic Games that focus the world’s attention on one country are emerging as key early showcases for urban air mobility.

Three crewmembers and 18 passengers evacuated safely after their McDonnell Douglas MD-87 left the runway and caught on fire Oct. 19 while attempting to take off from Houston Executive Airport in Brookshire, Texas.

Despite pandemic-related supply chain disruption, the redesigned Eviation Alice is in final assembly ahead of first flight by year-end.

Modern Aviation, based in New York, has signed an agreement to acquire five Sheltair Aviation fixed base operations in New York, subject to government approval. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021. Modern Aviation is backed by Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a private equity fund.

The European Space Agency and UK air navigation service provider NATS are exploring whether 5G cellular communications technology could help to provide a resilient positioning capability for uncrewed air systems.

Srikanth Satya to Chief Technology And Development Officer of Wheels Up, New York.

MODERN AVIATION agreed to acquire Sheltair Aviation's five FBOs in New York area, comprising those at LaGuardia, JFK, Westhampton, Republic

European engineering services company Akka Technologies has unveiled its concept for a zero-emission regional aircraft.

Aircraft finance and asset management company Amedeo has entered a strategic partnership with Aura Aero that includes a letter of intent to purchase 200 of the French startup’s planned 19-seat ERA hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

The U.S. Forestry Service has retired its Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopters used for the aerial supervision of firefighting operations.