Business Aviation

AVIAA, a group purchasing organization for business aviation, has added LOFT, a pilot training provider, to its membership.

Tamarack Aerospace Group celebrated the 100th installation of its Active Winglet System at its Sandpoint, Indiana, headquarters.

FAI Aviation Group, a provider of mission-critical aviation services, has partnered with race team, McLaren Racing.

AviationManuals has moved into larger offices and added eight new employees to handle increases in business in its digital aviation manual development services and its Safety Management System software.

Bombardier Aviation’s construction of its Singapore Service Center is on schedule for completion in 2020, the company said.

Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Transport Risk Management, Inc.

General aviation supports more than 1.1 million jobs and has a total economic output in the U.S. of $245.8 billion, an updated study by

Private jet charter operator XOJet is moving its headquarters from Northern California to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “(The change) allows us the

A logistics division of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and a venture fund established by Japan Airlines have joined Volocopter’s Series C funding round.

Berkshire Hathaway’s top management shake-up at FlightSafety International (FSI) appears to go far beyond replacing David Davenport with Textron Aviation executive Brad Thress as head of the subsidiary.

Concerns about the FAA’s controversial Organization Designation Authorization (ODA), under which the FAA delegates certification work to manufacturers, has created a lot of misinformation.

Bombardier’s retreat shows why governments should seed technology development and let industry carry the risk of creating new products.

Its decision to shed commercial aviation and rail divisions may not be enough, given the crowded business aviation market.

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE plans to build $35m, 160,000 sq ft MRO facility at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, TX for 2H21 to complement its exisiting facility

Gulfstream Aerospace is expanding operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with the construction of a $35 million service center at Fort Worth Alliance Airport.

The fleet of Cirrus SF50 Vision Jets has largely returned to service following grounding of the global fleet by the FAA after a cabin fire on an SF50 during ground operations damaged the aircraft, Cirrus reports.

Embraer has announced that 2019 deliveries of 109 business jets, including 62 light jets and 47 large jets, were up from 91 business jet deliveries in 2018.

Timothy Obitts was named National Air Transportation Association president and CEO in February. Obitts joined NATA in 2014 and previously served as chief operating officer. He formerly served as managing partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Gammon & Grange, where he worked with many nonprofits and trade associations.

A National Academies study of advanced aerial mobility requested by NASA concludes the commercial cargo market is likely to be an early adopter of autonomous air vehicle technology for rural cargo operations, including “middle mile” distribution and “last mile” package deliveries.

Embraer Executive Jets delivered 51 Phenom 300 and Phenom 300E light jets in 2019, making it the most delivered light jet of the year.

A radically modified demonstrator made its first flight in May 2019, but it has come to light only now after video was posted on social media.

GAMA reports manufacturers delivered 2,658 general aviation aircraft (809 business jets) worth $23.5b in 2019 vs 2,432 (703 jets) worth $20.6b in 2018

EMBRAER delivered 109 Executive Jets (62 Phenoms; 31 Legacy; 16 Praetors) in 2019 vs 91 (64 Phenoms; 27 Legacy) in 2018.

Deliveries of business jets and piston aircraft rose in 2019, while turboprop deliveries declined compared to 2018, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.