Business Aviation

John Langford has been succeeded as president and CEO of Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences by Per Beith, formerly a senior director at the Boeing NeXt future mobility business unit.

Raytheon is proposing a multisensor aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6500 for a South Korean ground-surveillance requirement, partnering with Korean Air.

MEBAA has entered into an Agreement with National General Insurance Company (NGI) UAE, to provide uniquely designed Medical Insurance Scheme for its member companies operating within UAE.

The sky's no longer the limit.

European flight activity decreased slightly in September compared to a year ago, but rose slightly compared to August, according to Argus International.

Business aircraft flight activity in North America rose 2.4% in September compared to a year ago, with light jet activity posting the largest increase at 4.1%, according to Argus International data.

The next step in the antitrust review process for the proposed merger of Raytheon and UTC could happen within a month, UTC Chief Executive Officer Greg Hayes said Oct. 14.

Gulfstream Aerospace may launch its answer to Bombardier’s ultra-long range Global 7500, an extended G650 called the G700, during the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, Cowen & Co. analyst Cai von Rumohr said.

C&L Aerospace, a division of C&L Aviation Group, has purchased the Beechjet 400 rotable parts program from Global Parts in the Wichita area.

An alliance has been formed to promote the creation of a commercially operated civilian supersonic corridor to allow developers of supersonic transports to flight test their aircraft over land.

There were 1,214 accidents involving general aviation aircraft in 2016 and of those, 195 resulted in fatalities, an accounting released in October says.

2020 will be a good year for business aviation in the MENA region, according to Ali Alnaqbi, founding and executive chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA).

According to ASI Executive Director Richard McSpadden, the reduction in general aviation fatal accidents -- preliminary figures for 2017 suggest the decline is continuing -- appeared to support the effectiveness of numerous industry initiatives to reduce those mishaps.

British aerospace trade association ADS has written to senior government ministers in a bid to urgently clarify post-Brexit trading agreements.

BOMBARDIER BUSINESS AIRCRAFT reports a Global 7500 flew record nonstop Sydney, Australia-Detroit, MI (8,225 nm).

JET AVIATION opened new 40,000 sq ft hangar (to accommodate most large aircraft) and renovated FBO at Teterboro, NJ.

AIRMED INTL added a Challenger 601 with dedicated medical interior to serve longer range flights; it is based in Sacramento.

BRISTOW GROUP announced that has received confirmation from US Bankruptcy Court for its Amended Plan of Reorganization and now expects to consummate

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES marked its 100th anniversary on October 7 and is the oldest airline to still be operating under its original name. It now has

CTG (Crestwood Technology Group) has opened office in Berlin to support demand for critical parts and material for the commercial and military

BOEING agreed to fund new lab facility within Stanford University’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics for research and testing of autonomous

AAR launched use of DONECLE drone technology at its Miami MRO facility to perform end-to-end visual inspections of 737s and A320s in under an hour.

TAP AIR PORTUGAL began operating 171-seat A321LR on Lisbon-Washington Dulles, the first narrowbody to operate on route; it plans to take 14 A321LRs

EMBRAER and UFES (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo) completed taxi testing of first autonomous aircraft in Brazil: https://vimeo.com/364414355

JORAMCO received EN9110:2018 certification for its quality management system.