Business Aviation

Omaha-based Jet Linx has launched a new corporate jet card service, Enterprise Jet Card Membership, to provide businesses with a suite of services and products for a “flexible and reliable corporate travel solution,” the private jet management and jet card membership company says.

Bombardier has donated 2,800 face shields to HCA Healthcare East Florida Division in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and delivered them using its Global 7500 aircraft.

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Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Acropolis Aviation, a UK-based VVIP charter operator, has selected Satcom Direct (SD) to provide high-speed connectivity to the first VVIP Airbus ACJ320neo.

Bye Aerospace has selected Aviation Safety Resources (ASR), to supply its Soteria line of whole aircraft recovery parachutes systems for its eFlyer 2 electric trainer.

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NASA has awarded New York State’s FAA-designated unmanned aircraft systems test site an $897,000 task order to research automation technology for vertiport operations.

Chris Brenner, John Odegard and Seth Zlotkin were tapped as Partners to lead Wheels Up Aircraft Sales, New York.

Wheels Up has formed a new business division called Wheels Up Aircraft Sales, offering aircraft brokerage, acquisition, trade and advisory services.

Safety margins on wintry runways remain thin, and every landing needs the flight crew’s utmost attention and error-free performance.

Contaminated runways are “normal daily life” at Norwegian airports.

The new NOTAM reporting format for field conditions integrates well with the Runway Condition Assessment Matrix.

Scandinavia and Canada have led the way in researching better methods for quantifying anticipated runway braking action.

The FAA has awarded $3.29 million in grants to its unmanned aircraft systems center of excellence, a coalition led by Mississippi State University.

WHEELS UP AIRCRAFT SALES, NY was established to offer aircraft brokerage, acquisition, trade, and advisory services.

AEA reports global business and general aviation avionics sales were $490.7m in 2Q20, down from $782.7m in 2Q19.

SIGNATURE TECHNICAIR was selected by UK-based Citation Mustang operator to develop manuals/procedures to formalize their approach to EASA regulatory

Japanese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing start-up SkyDrive is looking at launching an air taxi service in 2023 in either Osaka or Tokyo, with initial flights over the sea, CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in an interview with the Japan Times.

During the first six months of 2020, business and general aviation avionics sales declined 23.6% from the same time a year ago due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, reversing three consecutive years of growth, the Aircraft Electronics Association says.

Israeli company Percepto says its Sparrow small unmanned aircraft system for industrial applications now features an integral parachute that meets FAA requirements.

Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Wisconsin, while Chinese and “other foreign interests” are poised to buy the company’s assets and intellectual property.

Honeywell and urban air mobility vehicle developer Vertical Aerospace have signed a letter of intent naming Honeywell as the avionics supplier for Vertical’s passenger-carrying demonstrator aircraft.