Business Aviation

Blackstone is in talks with Signature Aviation for a possible takeover bid of $5.17 per share of Signature stock, Signature confirmed in a statement, noting the recent movement in its share price.

The FAA and the Kansas Department of Transportation have agreed to establish a flight corridor for testing civil supersonic aircraft, state officials announced Dec. 17.

SHELTAIR AVIATION opened new 20,000 sq ft hangar (to handle large-cabin business jets) at Ocala International Airport, FL.

Assuming a successful rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, business aviation activity is expected to reach “numbers never seen in the modern age of our industry” in 2021, according to a just-released forecast and white paper by Argus International.

The buyer of Kestrel Aviation assets, owned by One Aviation, has asked a bankruptcy court judge to address a delay of the sale’s closure.

A UK government initiative to reduce quarantine durations for international travelers got off to a difficult start after at least one approved COVID-19 test provider was overwhelmed with requests.

Mountain Aviation laid claim to being the world’s largest operator of the Citation X after receiving delivery of its 26th Cessna jet.

The FAA, codifying a lesson learned from the Boeing 737 MAX saga, plans to use ad-hoc internal review boards to help validate work as during the aircraft certification process, administrator Steve Dickson said.

LYNX FBO NETWORK acquired FBO assets of NORTHSTAR AVIATION at Theodore Francis Green State Airport, Providence, RI.

GARMIN INTERNATIONAL upgraded its GFC 600 digital autopilot to include Smart Rudder Bias for select piston twin-engine aircraft.

DUNCAN AVIATION plans next week to complete construction of new flammability lab at Battle Creek, MI; it is also expanding its testing capabilities to

GULFSTREAM delivered its first EASA-certified G600 to an unidentified customer in Europe; aircraft has range of 6,600 nm.

TRU SIMULATION+TRAINING has Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) order for Citation M2 Level D full flight simulator (FFS) for its

FAI RENT-A-JET added Global Express (9092) to its aircraft management fleet, and now has 29 aircraft (seven Global Express).

MOUNTAIN AVIATION, CO added its 26th Citation X to its private jet fleet, and says it is the largest Citation X operator in world.

Business aviation groups have launched a new group, the Air Charter Safety Alliance, to collectively combat illegal on-demand charter flights.

As 2020 comes to a close, cybersecurity has become headline news once again, and business aviation has been directly affected.

SCOTT IPC and SATCOM DIRECT teamed to provide integrated data solution to use SDR or SDR Gateway as GPS data source to accurately depict aircraft

Despite the pandemic, the industry continued to make progress in sustainability, space, aviation safety and more.

Airbus appears to be planning to develop a hydrogen-powered helicopter.

Garmin on Dec. 15 announced upgrades to its GFC 600 autopilot that include a Smart Rudder Bias system designed to help the pilots of select piston twin-engine aircraft maintain control if one engine fails.

Four and half years since the Brexit referendum and aerospace is no nearer to understanding what the UK’s future trading relationship with its nearest and largest trading partner will look like.

Air taxi startup Blade Urban Air Mobility will be taken over by a special purpose acquisition company, setting up what could become the first publicly traded electric-powered air vehicle service provider as the technology emerges this decade.

German air rescue service ADAC Luftrettung has reserved two VoloCity electric air taxis from Volocopter to prepare for operational emergency medical service tests of the piloted multicopters in 2023.