Business Aviation

Alessandro Salvia to Controller of Aerion, Reno, NV.

Robert Lewis to Director-System Test Evaluation of Aerion, Reno, NV.

AERION plans to move headquarters/production to new $300m facility in Melbourne, FL; groundbreaking is planned in 2H20.

Russian light-aircraft developer PRO-Avia has begun studying a light multipurpose twin-engine transport aircraft and has selected German manufacturer RED Aircraft’s A03 diesel-cycle piston engine for the preliminary design phase.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has canceled its 2020 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition—the world’s largest business aviation event—scheduled to take place Oct. 6-8 as challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue.

Vertis Aviation has added a Gulfstream G450 to its management program.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

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Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Daher has launched a new Kodiak Care Maintenance Program designed to provide free scheduled maintenance for Model Year 2020 Kodiak 100 aircraft.

Flying Colours Corp. has delivered a reconfigured Falcon 2000LXS to a Canadian customer, marking its 12th project for the customer in 20 years.

Blackhawk Aerospace has received the FAA approval of its XR Upgrade Kit for King Air 350 Series aircraft.

FlightSafety International is now providing maintenance technician training at its new Learning Center at the Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia.

Duncan Aviation is set to complete and make available its first Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Aviation Clean Air (ACA) ionization system for a Global aircraft on July 24.

FAI rent-a-jet AG has partnered with Atalanta Golden Yachts, a Greece-based yacht management company, to provide VIP air charter services.

This month’s program profile highlights the Leonardo AW189.

Air BP has marked 250,000 aircraft fuelings using its digital Airfield Automation technology.

WEST STAR AVIATION was approved by FAA for Global, Phenom, and Legacy 120/134/145 maintenance at Perryville, MO.

NBAA cancelled its 2020 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, which had been scheduled for October 6-8 in Orlando.

The first Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, NC-1, will follow an initial developmental test event, NC-DT, to be staged this year.

“We’re taking a very aggressive position right now, in trying to get more and more companies into the standard airworthiness process,” the head of FAA's UAS Integration Office said July 1.

These corridors are a key feature of the agency’s first concept of operations, ConOps 1.0, for urban air mobility.