General aviation groups have launched a 2020 European General Aviation survey to understand the trends in flight activity, aircraft equipment and fleet composition in Europe to support safety analysis.
In the next 10 years, the business aircraft fleet in Asia is expected to grow 2.5% a year from 1,360 aircraft in 2020 to nearly 1,395 by 2029, according to Aviation Week Network’s 2020 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Babcock CEO Archie Bethel says the company is unlikely to make any additional investments in its oil-and-gas helicopter support business and suggests it will exit the business once existing contracts have been fulfilled.
Fort Worth-based Bell Textron will work with Japan Airlines (JAL) to explore on-demand air mobility services in Japan with the OEM’s Nexus 4EX electric-vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
This year’s Singapore Airshow, overshadowed by coronavirus, had fewer attendees and exhibitors. But the show wasn’t devoid of news—including a possible major development from Boeing. Listen in as our team discusses.
It’s rare for an airshow to offer a chance to get into the cockpit and fly – so when we saw that Alsim had brought their AL172 simulator to Singapore, we sent along our resident flying instructor to put the device through its paces.
Dassault has completed the critical design review of its next business aircraft, the long-range, widebody Falcon 6X twinjet, and is closing in on the preliminary design of the advanced low-noise follow-on.
Yingling Aviation, a Wichita fixed base operator and maintenance, repair and overhaul provider, is in the final days of an expansion that includes a dedicated business jet maintenance hangar, paint support and interior completions facility and additional hangar and office space as it works to meet demand.
Private investment firm Summit Park has obtained a majority interest in Elliott Aviation, a Moline, Illinois-based business aviation services provider.
Collins Aerospace has named Stephen Timm as president in place of Kelly Ortberg, who is leaving his CEO’s role to become a special advisor to the chief executive of United Technologies Corp. as it merges with Raytheon.
The Trump administration has proposed a fiscal 2021 budget of $17.5 billion for the FAA, which includes new funding for safety oversight in response to the Boeing 737 MAX crashes, but falls below the budget enacted for the current fiscal year.
