The European Business Aviation Association is urgently asking European national authorities to eliminate administrative flight barriers caused by Brexit for flights from the UK to the European Union, saying it is “unacceptable.”
U.S. airlines are set to receive another $14 billion in payroll support after House lawmakers approved the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on March 10.
Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X made its first flight on March 10 from Bordeaux-Merignac Airport, thus maintaining a key program on schedule as the company tries to regain lost market share in business aviation.
Dassault Aviation’s widebody Falcon 6X has successfully completed its first flight as planned in the first quarter of 2021, demonstrating the maturity of the programme and opening the test campaign for certification.
Don Grommesh, Bill Lear’s employee No. 8, served as chief engineer, vice president of Learjet engineering and vice president and general manager of customer service. Al Higdon, Joined Lear Jet in 1964 and helped make Learjet a household name. Higdon, now retired, is co-founder of Sullivan, Higdon & Sink, now Signal Theory. Dave Franson, joined Learjet as director of public affairs from 1997 and served for seven years. Franson is now president of the Wichita Aero Club.
The unnamed suitors are proposing to purchase the two companies—Piaggio Aviation and Piaggio Aero Industries—which form Villanova d’Albenga-based Piaggio Aerospace.
The market for pre-owned twin-engine helicopters dropped by half during the first half of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, but the segment finished the year with a 10% increase in sales compared to 2019, according to Aero Asset, a Toronto-based helicopter trading firm.
Two industry trade groups are concerned that general aviation and business aircraft operators continue to deal with issues related to the intentional jamming of Global Positioning Systems for defense exercises and have asked the Department of Defense and the FAA for a briefing.
In response to higher power requirements for the emerging autonomous air cargo and urban air mobility markets, Honeywell is developing a 1-megawatt turbogenerator based on the company’s HGT1700 auxiliary power unit.
The entry into service of the new Falcon 6X is still scheduled for 2022, despite the difficulties that the COVID-19 crisis caused in the business jet’s development, according to Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier.
Privately held PCX Aerosystems, a Newington, Connecticut, aerospace supplier, will buy Senior Aerospace Connecticut (SAC) in Enfield from Tier 2 supplier Senior for $74 million.
Switzerland-based Vertis Aviation, is expanding its footprint in Africa with the addition of a Bombardier Challenger 604 to the Vertis Charter Management Programme (VCMP).
