Business Aviation

Environmental groups have joined with 12 U.S. states and the District of Columbia to file a lawsuit challenging adoption of the first CO2 standards for aircraft, arguing they will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation.

Advanced air mobility, electric aircraft and hypersonic flight are the focus of the latest academic research projects to be funded under NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.

With no certainty that a suitable unleaded alternative can ever be developed, the FAA must lead a broad-based and sustained commitment by government and the aviation community to reduce lead emissions from gasoline-powered aircraft, concludes a new report by the National Academies.

GAMA added AVIATION SAFETY RESOURCES, KY and WHELEN AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES, FL as full members; KITTY HAWK, CA as a full associate member; and AURA

Honda Aircraft Co. has opened a new Wing Production and Service Parts Facility at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, for more efficient production, the company says.

The National Business Aviation Association is applauding a final IRS rule clarifying federal excise tax obligations for aircraft management companies and aircraft owners, following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

HONDA AIRCRAFT opened $24.3m, 83,100 sq ft wing production/service parts facility at Greensboro, NC.

Randy Morelock to Vice President of Maintenance of Eagle Creek Aviation Services, Indianapolis.

JETSUPPORT, Amsterdam opened new 2,250 sq meter hangar facility at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany for line maintenance.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new testing requirements for COVID-19 that apply to private aviation as well as airline passengers arriving in the U.S. from foreign countries.

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Avfuel Corp. has formed a partnership with Neste to create a continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel in the U.S.

Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam is repurposing a P2012 utility twin-piston-engine aircraft for COVID-19 vaccine transportation to carry products to remote areas.

ELLIOTT AVIATION, IL acquired Atlanta-based THE MAINTENANCE GROUP (business aviation MRO at ADeKalb-Peachtree).

WALTZING MATILDA AVIATION, MA acquired majority stake in Helena, MT-based aircraft charter/management business (six aircraft) of EXEC AIR; deal

BUSINESS AVIATION GROUP broke ground of first 38,000 sq ft hangar facility at Northern Colorado Regional Airport to launch construction of 4-hangar

Retired Airbus CEO Thomas Enders has joined the board of Lilium, adding the weight of his reputation to the German startup’s ambitious plans to launch a regional air mobility service by 2025.

General Motors’ urban air mobility aspirations have been confirmed following CEO Mary Barra’s keynote on Jan. 12 at CES 2021.

Biotechnology company United Therapeutics is an unlikely driving force behind the development of eVTOL technology.

With the UK entering its third full national lockdown on Jan. 6 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, private charter flights have all but stopped.

Signature Aviation, which operates Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest FBO chain, has accepted a cash offer of $4.63 billion from Global Infrastructure Partners for the business, the company said Jan. 11.

After a hit in sales caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, member dealers of the International Aircraft Dealers Association experienced a trend of increasing transactions of pre-owned aircraft in 2020.

PREMIER AIR CHARTER acquired leases of four Citation Xs to bolster charter fleet; first arrived at its base in Carlsbad, CA.

LATITUDE 33 AVIATION, CA took delivery of new Challenger 350 for pax charters (3,200 nm range) out of San Diego.