Business Aviation

TRAXXALL, a business aviation maintenance management firm, was ranked by the Financial Times as 71st in its America’s Fastest Growing Companies 2020

Tamarack Aerospace Group, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, is repurposing its 3D printing capabilities to help its local community during the COVID-19

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 airplanes.

Steve Farber has joined GlobalParts.aero as director of sales and customer service. Farber most recently served as vice president of the aftermarket

Surviving and thriving in the new non-normal era

Mistrusted by the federal government but appreciated by municipal authorities, Chinese drone manufacturer DJI is distributing 100 small unmanned aircraft systems to U.S. police, fire and public safety agencies to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

March business aircraft activity in North America dropped 31.7% compared to a year ago, while April activity is expected to drop 67% as “stay-at-home” orders spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Argus International.

SkyQuest has completed the sale of aircraft from Great Lakes Airlines plus its assets to Alpine Air, based in Provo, Utah.

Aerostructures maker halts work after Boeing announces a temporary shutdown of its Puget Sound facilities,

Bankruptcy judges ordered her to sell companies to repay collateralized loan obligations worth nearly $2 billion.

International Aero Engineering and Aviation Clean Air offering an ionization purification system as a portable ion distribution unit for ground use only.

Textron Aviation is extending furloughs for most employees in response to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company said April 9.

Labor and other costs for air ambulance providers are expected to grow dramatically over the next few months while revenues are down because of the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Association of Air Medical Services, representing the air medical transport industry.

Iris Automation on April 6 announced the commercial release of its Casio 360 collision avoidance system for drones, which it described as the first such onboard system with a 360-deg. radial field of view.

Despite oil prices tumbling, offshore helicopters are continuing to operate as a critical component of international energy production.

Industry has rapidly developed modifications enabling the carriage of bulky bio capsules to transport COVID-19 patients.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, business jet deliveries in 2020 could drop anywhere from 12.5% to as much as 40-50% compared to last year, with recovery unlikely before 2023, according to a new forecast by JetNet IQ.

Leonardo has completed its $185 million takeover of Switzerland’s Kopter Group from private equity firm Lynwood.

FlightSafety International will now provide the ground school portion of its recurrent training programs online through a training system called LiveLearning led by an instructor, the company announced.

COVID-19 lockdowns in California and the UK have affected a U.S. startup’s plan to fly a hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion testbed as early as this month.

In an ordinary crisis, when commercial airlines were unable to meet an increasingly urgent need for flights, business aviation would be racing to take up the slack.

With key customer Boeing recently suspending much of its own work indefinitely to try to deep-clean amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems announced April 8 it has also practically halted production for Boeing programs performed at its headquarters and in Oklahoma for an indefinite period of time.

Harnessed passengers unable to break free.

Aviation professionals have responsibility to provide passengers with a safe environment and well-thought out emergency plans.

Selected accidents and incidents in March 2020. The following NTSB information is preliminary.