Business Aviation

Inflite The Jet Center, a division of the Inflite group of companies, is adding base maintenance capability for the Bombardier Global Express BD700 Series.
Business Aviation

Avant Aerospace, a subsidiary of West Star Aviation and a supplier of aircraft parts, spares, equipment, and tooling, has relocated from Dallas to Hangar #12 at the St. Louis Downtown Airport.
Business Aviation

Japan’s National Police Agency has ordered one H225 twin-engine heavy helicopter and four H135 twin-engine light helicopters from Airbus Helicopters.
Business Aviation

Signature Flight Support has acquired SEA Prime’s 40% minority interest in Signature Flight Support Italy.
Business Aviation

New Business Aircraft Deliveries Worldwide - May 2020
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Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
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Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Diamond Aircraft has unveiled its new jet-fuel-burning, five-seat, carbon-fiber DA50 RG aircraft with retractable gear, with features adopted from its twin-engine DA62 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Rolls-Royce is progressing toward commercial certified electric propulsion across a range of system architectures and power outputs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has announced the entry-into-service of its long-range, large-cabin Global 5500, with a recent delivery to a customer that it did not identify.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
A new item has been added to the already lengthy list of challenges facing the UK’s business aviation sector as it struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic: effective communication with government.
European Business Aviation Special Report

By Graham Warwick
Now owned by Chinese automaker Geely, flying-car developer Terrafugia has unveiled the design of the full-scale prototype for its TF-2A all-electric urban air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a citation and penalty to Textron Aviation as part of its investigation into a December explosion at its Wichita Plant 3 facility that injured 15 employees.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

BOMBARDIER announced entry-into-service of the first Global 5500, which was recently delivered to an undisclosed customer.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
The European Business Aviation Association and General Aviation Manufacturers Association have joined with 11 other air transport bodies to urge European Union leaders to link COVID-19 recovery funding initiatives to ongoing carbon-reduction programs.
Business Aviation

DALLAS AERONAUTICAL SERVICES (DAS) and FLITE COMPONENTS teamed to provide composite and aerostructure repairs.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Machinists union members at Textron Aviation voted June 23 to reject the company’s request to open labor contract negotiations early as it adjusts to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marketplace

RUAG MRO INTERNATIONAL was approved by EASA to provide Global 7500 base/line maintenance at Munich.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
With more than three months to go before opening day, the National Business Aviation Association plans to provide an update in early July on the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, the world’s largest business aviation show.
Marketplace

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland’s Kopter Group has resumed flight-test activities in Sicily after a three-month hiatus caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

AVANT AEROSPACE (West Star Aviation) moved from Dallas to 20,000 sq ft hangar #12 at St. Louis Downtown Airport.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Electric flight startup ZeroAvia has completed its first electrically driven flight in the UK as it gears up its operations to demonstrate a 250-300-nm flight with its hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
About 250 Textron Aviation employees received 60-day layoff notices June 23, including 70 in Wichita, as the company adjusts to the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company told employees.
Marketplace

By Steve Trimble
Tupolev has released specifications and a seven-year schedule for completing design of a 30-seat, supersonic business jet, which includes flying a testbed aircraft possibly derived from the Tu-160 bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Be The Match, a not-for-profit operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, has a particular shortage of volunteer pilots to fly donors or bone marrow and their couriers in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the U.S. and between Canada and the U.S.
Safety, Ops & Regulation