Business Aviation

Two key U.S. lawmakers overseeing federal transportation policy have introduced a bill that would keep the FAA fully funded during any future lapse in appropriations.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
UK UAS developer Blue Bear has begun flight testing along a flight corridor established for BVLOS test work in conjunction with Cranfield University.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Honeywell Aerospace is closing its longtime office at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and moving repair and overhaul operations to Olathe, Kansas.
Business Aviation

This year’s winners will be recognized March 14 at a black-tie gala in Washington, when the Grand Laureates and Lifetime Achievement awards also will be presented.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Boeing will provide engineering, manufacturing and flight-test resources, “as well as strategic vertical content,” to bring the AS2 to market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
With the battle against ATC privatization over, the NBAA is turning its attention to the industry’s pressing shortage of pilots, mechanics and other professions.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Triumph Group is rushing toward the potential climax of its three-year restructuring, the major aerostructures provider’s chief executive indicated Feb. 7.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A potential partnership between Embraer and Boeing would, if OK'd, benefit Embraer’s executive jet division, which would become Embraer’s largest division.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Brad Nolen joined Bombardier in 2002 as a product strategy analyst after serving at Safran Landing Systems and Goodrich Aerospace as a structural engineering consultant.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
GE Aviation’s subsidiary in the Czech Republic is to study the combination of its H-Series turboprops with electric drives developed by Austria’s ATB Antriebstehnik to produce propulsion systems for general aviation and urban air mobility.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Boeing has made a “significant investment” in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Boeing will provide engineering, manufacturing and flight test resources, as well as “strategic vertical content,” to bring the 12-passenger AS2 to market, the company says in a statement.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Diamond Aircraft Group plans to double aircraft production and increase its staff at its facilities in Austria and Canada in 2019 as demand increases.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Improving the safety of Part 135 air carrier operations by holding them to the same requirements that apply to airlines is one of the NTSB’s top safety priorities.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has quietly started batch assembly of production-standard AW609 commercial tiltrotors.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A judge has awarded Jet Edge International an $11.9 million verdict against an ex-employee for breach of contract and duty of loyalty.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Startup company Jaunt Air Mobility has acquired the rights to Carter Aviation Technologies’ slowed-rotor compound (SR/C) concept.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
A Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) analysis of runway incursions at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) led the board to recommend reconfiguring part of the airfield and put a spotlight on how inconsistent airport-design standards can present risks for flight crews.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
A liquid hydrogen-powered unmanned multicopter flew continuously for 10 hr., 50 min. in South Korea on Jan. 23, setting a new endurance record.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Malta-based VistaJet posted a record 2018, with a 25% increase in global flights, a 46% jump in North American flights and a 31% climb in program membership.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Photos posted on Twitter show bureau officials posing with a DJI Phantom on a table, while another small quadcopter is shown in a plastic bag.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
“We’re very confident about our aero outlook for 2019,” Honeywell Chairman and CEO Darius Adamczyk said Feb. 1.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Through Turtles Fly Too, volunteer pilots transport endangered sea turtles to rehab centers throughout the U.S.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The new separation standard is seen as a steppingstone to the holy grail of “trajectory-based” operation.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
EASA has approved a Rolls-Royce request to transfer design authorization from Britain to Germany as a precaution against a possible no-deal Brexit.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Secretive startup Joby Aviation says its S4 five-seat eVTOL air taxi will be capable of flying at 200 mph and operate at noise levels 100 times quieter than a helicopter.
Business Aviation