Business Aviation

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a pilot cadet training program jointly developed by Airbus and Toulouse-based civil aviation university ENAC, Airbus said Dec. 6.

Bombardier’s aerospace focus going forward will be on the high end of the bizjet market and building up its aerostructures division around contracts with Airbus.

William Garvey interviews Robb Williams to discuss the mission of the Triple Tree Aerodrome to ignite and expand passion for aviation.

Embraer and the Brazilian federal government plan to challenge a Brazilian court order that stops Embraer and Boeing from finalizing their proposed commercial-aircraft joint venture (JV) before the country’s new administration is in power.

Honda Aircraft Co.’s HondaJet Elite has received type certification from Japanese authorities, the company announced.

Bombardier’s Business Aircraft division expects to deliver from 150 to 155 business jets in 2019 and post revenue of $6.25 billion, Bombardier said.

Former airline pilot and Boeing executive Terry McVenes joined standards organization RTCA as its new president and CEO Dec. 1.

Drone Delivery Canada is to transport mail, packages and medical supplies to isolated communities in northern Ontario under a commercial accord.

The British government is making £125 million ($159 million) in research and development funds available for future flight technologies.

The provider of the batteries for Airbus’ Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric UAV says it is working with eVTOL developers on applications for its high-energy-density lithium-ion cells.

PrivatAir SA in Switzerland and its subsidiary PrivatAir GmbH in Germany have filed for insolvency and ceased operations, the company announced Dec. 5.

Besieged inflight entertainment provider GoGo is still weighing a corporate sale and other strategic options but has repositioned debt and secured more of a financial lifeline in the meantime.

British investigators probing the fatal crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine helicopter have revealed that the tail rotor actuator had become disconnected from the pilot’s anti-torque pedals.

Bell has selected Moog to provide the flight control actuation system for its planned eVTOL and urban air mobility aircraft.

It seems we pilots never run out of ways to be stupid. I think the best way to avoid that is to examine the actions of others who clearly did not.

Once it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, One Aviation’s plans include buying existing Eclipse 500 and 550 very light jets, upgrading them and reselling them as the GSE, a remanufactured aircraft.

Drone research collaborations in Ohio and New York have announced recent developments to advance unmanned traffic management systems in their respective states.

Aircraft OEM Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre are forming a partnership to recycle excess aerospace-grade composite material from 11 Boeing manufacturing sites.

Wing, Google parent Alphabet’s drone delivery service, is setting up in Finland.

Indra plans to use UAVs to collect precision data for airport and terrain maps used in generating virtual environments for visual systems on flight simulators.

Operators of business jets are showing great interest in Israeli-developed systems that protect aircraft from shoulder-launched missiles.

Eclipse Air Charter, an on-demand charter operation based in Toronto, is opening a new office in Midtown Manhattan in New York City to meet growing demand.

Krimson, based in Ethiopia, has obtained a business aviation license from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA).

EPS Diesel has received supplemental funding that should allow it to complete FAA certification and receive a production certificate for its Graflight 8 diesel engine.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is evaluating a range of initiatives in all of its operations, including civilian ones.