Business Aviation

Business & Commercial Aviation News from December 1970

Business flows uninterrupted in both directions across the Atlantic, but certainly has been slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless the routes remain intact and accessible by business jet.

Aviation has been in the sights of environmental activists for some time and particularly in Europe, where aviation has become a target for “shaming” as a source of atmospheric pollution.

We asked our business aviation brain trust of corporate and charter pilots if their operations had committed to installing ATN B1 CPDLC avionics. Three of them responded, and all frequently operate in European airspace.

The CEO of Italy’s Leonardo has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in a previous role. Alessandro Profumo was recently found

Jet It, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based fractional operator, has ordered 10 HondaJet Elites with delivery to be completed over the next year.

RUAG International is selling production of the 19-seat Dornier 228 twin-turboprop regional aircraft to General Atomics.

AOPA is working with Save Dillingham Airfield Group, an organization pushing to keep open Dillingham Airfield on the north shore of Oahu in Hawaii.

Urban air mobility is a case study in the benefits of digital design.

The North American charter jet services market is projected to record a compound annual growth rate of 3% per year from 2020 through 2025,

Pyka believes it an accelerate fielding of two of the hottest technologies in aviation: autonomy and electric propulsion.

Italy’s Tecnam has partnered with Rolls-Royce to develop the 9-passnger P-Volt, an all-electric version of the airframer’s P2012 Traveller regional aircraft.

The AOPA Air Safety Institute notes a continued decrease in overall accident rates for noncommercial and commercial fixed-wing operations, noncommercial and commercial helicopter operations, and sport/experimental operations.

The U.S. Transportation Command wanted scientific answers regarding the infection risk posed by aircraft cabins.

Cybersecurity is a top priority as connected aircraft become the norm in business aviation.

Garmin International and its Autoland technology were named the recipients of Aviation Week Network’s 2020 Grand Laureate for business aviation

Transport Canada has granted geomatics company MVT Geo-solutions permission to fly drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of an operator, to

Bill Boisture, the former president and/or CEO of Hawker Beechcraft, Gulfstream, NetJets and Butler Aviation, has joined the executive team of Spike Aerospace.

AML Global Eclipse reached an agreement with One Aviation Corp. in October to buy the assets of Eclipse Aerospace and the Eclipse Aircraft project for a proposed $5.25 million.

Bombardier Aviation is developing a new service center at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne, Australia.

Although FAA’s years-long search for a lead-free replacement to 100LL avgas has had no success as yet, Avfuel Chairman Craig Sincock believes one will be found.

A Cessna 337 Skymaster whose forward gas engine was swapped out with an electric motor, completed a 297-nm flight from Camarillo to Hayward

Obituary for international procedures expert Guy Gribble/

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Five Questions For Walt Fricke, founder of Veterans Airlift Command.