Business Aviation

A European Union-funded project is researching the use of urban air mobility for emergency medical services, with test flights in Finland, Germany and Norway planned for 2023.

Kopter Group has completed the first flight of its SH09 single-engine light helicopter in its new and final configuration.

Organizers of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, scheduled for May 18-20, have canceled the live event in Geneva and will host a virtual event, the associations announced Feb. 4.

BCA Senior Editor Bill Carey spoke with Alex Franz, COO of private aviation services company Airshare about aviation preparations for Super Bowl LV in

London-based aircraft dealer Steve Varsano warns that the burgeoning urban air mobility industry may herald the end of the helicopter business, and, in the longer term, it could supplant the light jet segment too.

Steve Varsano, founder and owner of London-based aircraft dealership The Jet Business, found himself the victim of two police raids at his office after reports of a large party. But the attendees were cardboard cutouts.

AIRBUS delivered an ACJ319neo to an Asia-Pacific private customer and has now delivered nine ACJneo private jets.

Studies exploring how unmanned air systems could be used to help respond to oil spills at sea will be undertaken by a partnership of UK firms FlyLogix and Oil Spill Response Ltd.

Utilizing Aviation Week’s Marketplace, the BCA Staff has collated four recent announcements of new cabin electronics system upgrades and components. 1

SR TECHNICS (as program manager) announced December delivery of 787 VIP aircraft from unidentified completion center.

Airports called on U.S. lawmakers to approve $17 billion in targeted aid as part of a new stimulus package currently being negotiated on Capitol Hill.

GKN Aerospace is to lead the study of a “park-and-ride” concept for urban air transport under the UK’s Future Flight Challenge to develop a next-generation integrated aviation system.

Kenny Dichter has been called a “serial entrepreneur,” starting with Bucky’s, a retail shop he opened as a freshman at the University of Wisconsin and

WHEELS UP plans to become public-traded company via SPAC merger with ASPIRATIONAL CONSUMER LIFESTYLE that values company at $2.1b; Jefferies acted as

DC AVIATION GROUP opened 77 sq meter business jet wheel shop at Stuttgart, Germany.

AIR ARCHIPELS, Tahiti ordered one each Beechcraft King Air 260 and King Air 260C (with cargo door) for delivery in 2H21.

Wheels Up has entered an agreement to become a publicly traded company through a merger with Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, Wheels Up announced Feb. 1.

Effective Jan. 19, 2021, new tax regulations clarify how the charter industry should address the Commercial Aviation Federal Excise Tax (FET) with

Efficient regional transportation, urban mobility, medical delivery and industrial inspection key targets of new UK research projects.

In a bid to accelerate the commercial availability of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, the German government has commissioned aerospace research agency DLR to plan a pilot plant for the production of electricity-based fuels on an industrial scale.

As expected, Bombardier has announced the closure of the sale of its rail business to French-based Alstom, with net proceeds of about $3.6 billion, including $600 million in Alstom stock shares.

UEC-KLIMOV began testing first VK-650V light helicopter engine, which is manufactured with 12% of 3D-printed parts

BOMBARDIER closed previously announced sale of its Transporation business to ALSTOM, repositioning company as a pure-play business jet manufacturer

Avionics manufacturer uAvionix on Jan. 26 announced FAA technical standard order authorization of its tailBeaconX 1090 MHz automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Out transponder, which replaces a rear navigation light on general aviation aircraft.

Skyservice Business Aviation announced on Jan. 26 that it has reached an agreement to be the exclusive distributor and reseller in Canada of the VisionSafe Emergency Vision Assurance System, designed to protect a pilot’s vision during a smoke emergency in the cockpit.