Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
Comac is building the first aircraft of the ARJ21 regional jet’s corporate version, intending to complete it next year as a demo to show to prospective customers.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
A spate of inflight malfunctions involving the DJI Matrice quadcopter that started late last year has generated recent safety investigations in the UK and a safety notice from Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
FAA’s proposed expansion of rules that aviation maintenance technician schools (AMTS) must follow to train mechanics will not please those in the industry who were hoping for more flexibility and less bureaucracy.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
FAA’s proposed expansion of rules that aviation maintenance technician schools (AMTS) must follow to train mechanics will not please those in the industry who were hoping for more flexibility and less bureaucracy.
Business Aviation

Recently-proposed legislation in the U.S. Senate would require Customs and Border Protection (CPB) to hire at least 600 additional officers each year until the agency’s staffing needs are completely met.
Business Aviation

By Alan Dron
Measures to improve Europe’s faltering air traffic control (ATC) system have been put forward to the European Commission by a panel of experts.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The FAA’s regs governing commercial drone operators does not require enough aeronautical experience, the Air Line Pilots Association says in comments on a rule change that would allow drone flights over people.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
The worst capacity crunch in Chinese business aviation should be solved next year with the opening of Capital Jet’s ground facility at the new airport at Daxing.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Unusual debuts at Aero; Wing delivers in Australia; Ehang flies food; UK counters UAS; DARPA challenges launch teams; Connecting UAS to ATC.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Two unusual designs are among new aircraft making their debut at the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany on April 10-13.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Dubai-based Vista Global, owner of charter providers VistaJet and XOJet, plans to acquire troubled JetSmarter, an online jet sharing provider.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The University of North Dakota, Harris Corporation and the Northern Plains UAS test site have completed initial field testing of a ground radio control system that supports drone flights beyond the operator’s visual range.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
China’s regulator gives autonomous air taxi developer Ehang permission to begin passenger flights for specific missions at special locations.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Europe’s two-year General Aviation Improved Navigation and Surveillance (Gains) project is moving toward flight demonstrations of advanced procedures using aircraft equipped with Garmin avionics.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Norway-based OSM Aviation, a provider of air crew to the airline industry, has ordered 60 all-electric light aircraft from Bye Aerospace.
Business Aviation

U.S. DOT Secretary Elaine Chao defended the FAA’s practice of delegating certain safety and certification activities to manufacturers in the wake of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Bendix King unveiled a new touchscreen avionics suite for Part 23 aircraft April 10 during the AERO Friedrichshafen 2019 trade show in Germany.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s aerospace industry has cautiously welcomed the European Union’s approval to postpone the UK’s exit from the European Union by six months.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Continental Aerospace Technologies says it has invested in Ampaire, Inc., a tech innovation firm developing electric aircraft and electric propulsion system concepts.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Tecnam has launched a new, updated P92 MkII light aircraft, along with the latest editions of its low-wing P2002, called the P002JF MkII IFR, and the P2002 Sierra MkII EU.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Alphabet Wing on April 9 announced the launch of a commercial drone delivery service in the suburbs of Canberra, Australia’s capital.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Shearwater Aero Capital, a Georgia-based provider of corporate aviation finance, has announced strong growth in 2018.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
The International Aircraft Dealers Association will begin the testing of individual aircraft brokers later in April for certification.
Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau
René Obermann is in line to succeed Denis Ranque as chairman of the Airbus board of directors in 2020, completing the European group’s leadership transition.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
North American business aviation flight activity declined 0.6% year-over-year in March, although flight activity rose 13.3% compared to February, according to Argus International TraqPak data.
Business Aviation