Business Aviation

Innovative Solutions & Support, based in Exton, Pennsylvania, has received FAA approval for an auto-throttle system that helps protect against one-engine inoperative catastrophic loss-of-control accidents.

Planet Nine Private Air, a private charter operator and aircraft management company in Van Nuys, California, has added an ultra-long-range Gulfstream GV to its charter fleet.

Elit’ Avia, a provider of charter, aircraft management and related services, is now a Wyvern “Wingman Certified Operator” through its Maltese air operator’s certificate (AOC).

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, under an agreement with Bell, will begin testing of some of Bell’s systems on its property in rural southeastern Oklahoma.

Bell has delivered the first of 12 Bell 505 helicopters to Horizon International Flight Academy under an agreement signed in November.

ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia, a subsidiary of Dassault Aviation Co., has earned FAA certification to perform line and heavy maintenance on Dassault Aviation business jets.

Journey Aviation, a private jet charter operator and aircraft management company based in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired a Gulfstream GIVSP long-range jet.

RUAG MRO International’s business aircraft facilities in Munich are providing a modification to the Quick Access Recorder (QAR) for Challenger 850 business jets operated by charter operator Vistajet.

Business aircraft manufacturers delivered 108 aircraft during November, according to Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery Database.

President Donald Trump is poised to sign into law a spending package that will send $17.6 billion to the FAA for fiscal 2020 and reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank for seven years.

Most business and general aviation and commercial operators who fly in ADS-B Out airspace plan to meet the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020 deadline.

Joby Aviation has signed an agreement with Uber that makes it the first developer of an eVTOL aircraft to commit to meet the Uber Elevate initiative’s 2023 target to deploy commercial urban aerial ridesharing services.

The FAA has sent a letter to Blackbird Air, a company that created a web-based application to connect passengers with pilots, emphasizing the agency’s regulations regarding pilots who transport paying passengers.

Consumers are becoming more aware of urban air mobility, but also more concerned about its safety, a survey says.

U.S. startup Skyryse has flown a Robinson R44 light helicopter converted to autonomous flight control.

South Korean automaker Hyundai will unveil its first eVTOL PAV concept at the CES 2020 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas.

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) have partnered to study joint development of a light military transport with a hybrid-electric propulsion. system

Key trends to watch for in business aviation in 2020 include an acceleration in electric aircraft.

A former FAA aviation safety inspector has been sentenced by the U.S. District Court in Miami to more than six years in prison for bribery and fraud.

The holiday season is a special time of giving, and the business aviation industry is doing its part.

Textron Aviation has completed the mating of the wings to the fuselage of its first new Cessna 408 SkyCourier.

Paint involves a plethora of environmental and regulatory issues, new technologies, care and maintenance, and more.

Rolls-Royce has released the first images of an all-electric demonstration aircraft.

The FAA has a long-standing clear policy on whether a pilot may consume marijuana.

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