Business Aviation

A turboprop engine developed from the Franco-Chinese WZ-16 turboshaft could be in the works.

Texas-based helicopter operator Bristow Group has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

FAA says the second phase of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM) Pilot Program (UPP) will test technologies to remotely identify drones in high-density airspace.

The FAA has developed a plan to allow operators of aircraft equipped with ADS-B equipment to opt out of real-time flight-tracking.

Bye Aerospace and Oxis Energy have developed a research program aimed at increasing the flight time of Bye electric aircraft from a battery charge by 50-100%.

Two leasing companies plan to start implementing a system geared toward automating and digitizing critical parts of aircraft lease transitions.

At 12:12:23 UTC today, Action Aviation Chairman Hamish Harding, Astronaut Terry Virts and crew made history by beating the world record for any aircraft flying over the North and South poles in a Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER aircraft.

A Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER is on schedule to create history later today when it lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Textron Aviation, through subsidiary Able Aerospace Services, said it has entered the Boeing 737NG landing gear aftermarket business.

Aviation Week pilot gets first-hand experience of the first emergency Autoland system for general aviation.

The strategic tie-up was anticipated by many observers as Spirit is seen as the most well-off Tier 1 or Tier 2 aerostructures provider and about the only buyer.

Thrush Aircraft, based in Albany, Georgia, has completed a 10-week restructuring and has new ownership and leadership.

Officials of the town of Dover Foxcroft, Maine, are considering whether to close the Charles A. Chase Jr. Memorial Airfield and use the site for a solar generating plant.

Interceptor Aircraft Co. has placed for sale the FAA type certificate, drawings, jigs, tooling and blueprints of the Interceptor 400, a pressurized single-engine turboprop, as well as the shared type certificate and tooling for the Meyers 200 piston-powered version.

Package carrier UPS and pharmacy giant CVS on Nov. 5 said they completed the first moneymaking deliveries of medical prescriptions to customers by drone.

Hundreds of high school educators plan to attend a two-day aviation STEM symposium in Denver to help build aviation curriculum and promote aviation careers.

Safran’s board has chosen the head of Safran Aircraft Engines, Oliver Andries to be group CEO from January 2021.

An array of ground recording systems would be deployed to gather acoustic data across the entire sonic-boom carpet under the flight path of the aircraft.

Aerostructures supplier Triumph Group is to cooperate with Embraer to demonstrate a thermoplastic primary structure in flight.

Canadian business aviation services provider Skyservice has purchased the Muskoka Aircraft Center hangar and Part 145 approved maintenance organization (AMO) in Gravenhurst, Ontario.

Jefferies predicts manufacturers to deliver 648 business jets in 2019, up 11% from a year ago, followed by 642 deliveries in 2020 and 659 in 2021.

Jetex announces third location in Japan at Kansai International Airport (RJBB/KIX), the official airport of the G20: Global Summit Meeting to be held in June.

Ethiopian business aviation operator, Krimson Aviation, is growing fast. Dawit Lemma, CEO, tells Dave Calderwood how the company is coping.

Developed in secret like the Pearl 15, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 700 has already amassed 1,200 test hours in advance of first flight on the new Gulfstream G700.

Developed in secret like the Pearl 15, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 700 has already amassed 1,200 test hours in advance of first flight on the new Gulfstream G700.