Business Aviation

The National Air Transportation Association's Loss of License Insurance Program now has more than 1,000 pilots enrolled.

As of Jan. 1, aircraft not equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance — Broadcast Out will have a difficult time operating in most U.S. airspace.

Bombardier celebrates delivery of the first Global 6500 to HK Bella-wings Jet Ltd. of Hong Kong, a business jet management company.

FAA type certification of the Bombardier Global 5500 and Global 6500 follows Transport Canada and European Union Aviation Safety Agency approvals.

Embraer delivered the first Praetor 500 midsize business jet to its launch customer, fractional travel provider Flexjet.

Duncan Aviation delivers a Gulfstream 150 and Bombardier Challenger 300 with interior elements produced with hydrographic printing.

Latecoere is acquiring Bombardier’s electrical wiring interconnection system assets and assuming its related workforce in Mexico.

The explosion that rocked Textron Aviation’s Plant 3 in Wichita appears to have caused no harm to the company’s Cessna 408 SkyCourier turboprop program.

Employees of financially troubled Mooney International were sent home from the Kerrville, Texas, facility Jan. 6 — their second furlough in about a

Piper Aircraft has begun the application process for its 2020 Apprenticeship Program, which is designed to qualify participants as a journeyman in aircraft assembly.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Michael Graham and Thomas Chapman to serve on the NTSB.

Safran joins supersonic jet developer Aerion as a “major partner” for its 12-seat AS2 Mach 1.4 corporate transport.

HondaJet operator WiJet reportedly has shuttered its French subsidiary and is conducting flights through subsidiaries in Luxembourg and Belgium where operations have grown.

Innovative Solutions & Support has received FAA approval for an autothrottle system that helps protect against one-engine inoperative catastrophic loss-of-control accidents.

Leonardo Helicopters completes the first flight of the fourth prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotor.

W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek, Michigan, has changed its name to Battle Creek Executive Airport at Kellogg Field.

Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its 600th G550.

Clay Lacy Aviation is performing 10-year inspections for Embraer Phenoms at Embraer service centers at two California airports.

Gulfstream Aerospace opens its second MRO facility in Southern California with a new service center at Van Nuys Airport.

Cirrus Aircraft begins delivering 2020 G6 SR Series piston aircraft with improvements.

ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia earns FAA certification to perform line and heavy maintenance on Dassault business jets.

Could it be the end of Bombardier Aviation?

Toyota buoys Joby; EHang outlines UAM thinking; HAV refines airship design; France studies Stratobus; CityAirbus flies untethered.

Conferences and events for the Business Aviation community.

Matt Baer has been named regional vice president of sales for the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada for Gulfstream Aerospace.