Business Aviation

Satcom Direct (SD) has begun the commercial use of FlexExec’s “Power-by-the-Hour” plan as connectivity “becomes reality for business aviation,” it said.

For the second time this decade, China is disappointing makers of business aircraft. Domestic use of the aircraft, meanwhile, has flattened.

Studies suggest both the traffic and infrastructure are available to make urban air mobility attractive as a premium service.

Nine months before operators must equip aircraft flying in U.S.-controlled airspace to signal their position by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out, the FAA has issued a statement explaining how it will handle non-equipped aircraft.

Triumph Group, a major sub-tier provider of aerostructures is considering a sale or divestiture of its Aerospace Structures business unit.

Aernnova, a Spanish Tier 1 provider of aircraft empennages, wings and fuselages, has completed the purchase of aircraft engineering firm Structural Integrity Engineering.

Honda Aircraft President and CEO Michimasa Fujino has a large mission for 2019.

Preparations for a potential no-deal Brexit have cost the UK aerospace industry as much as £500 million ($660 million), analysts have suggested.

Triumph Aerospace plans to cease production of wings for the G280 and transition the work to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), its customer on the program.

Daher has unveiled the 2019 version of its TBM 910 single-engine turboprop, which includes increased protection for operational safety and new cabin features.

March European bizav departures rose 0.7% compared to 2018, although it was a “strong increase” from February, WingX Advance’s Business Aviation Monitor said.

Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH), a U.S.-based medical transport company, has agreed to acquire air ambulance provider SevenBar Aviation, based in Dallas.

Analysts are updating this year’s delivery forecasts of Textron Aviation’s new Citation Longitude, which is awaiting FAA certification.

U.S. federal lawmakers are examining the training standards of FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors who may have participated in the development of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8.

L3 Commercial Aviation has placed an order for up to 240 new aircraft options with Vero Beach, Florida, manufacturer Piper Aircraft.

Helicopter operator PHI International is partnering with Ideagen, a UK-based software developer, to deliver risk management tools for helicopter safety.

Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have teamed to pursue the FAA-led Spectrum Efficient National Surveillance Radar (SENSR) requirement.

Comlux has said Comlux Completion, its completion and service centre in Indianapolis, is raising the bar in maintenance services on large VIP aircraft such as ACJ and BBJ.

With helicopters playing a growing role in health care systems, Leonardo is envisioning technologies that could enable more treatments to take place inflight.

Aerostructures provider Triumph Group is transferring its manufacturing work on the Embraer E2 program to AeroSpace Technologies of Korea.

Principals of the Aireon joint venture on April 2 formally announced the launch of the company’s satellite-based air traffic control (ATC) surveillance system.

Piper Aircraft has announced two new trainer aircraft to its lineup—the Piper Pilot 100 and Pilot 100i.

Scaled Composites President Ben Daichun has left the company to become the president of Opener, a startup developing the BlackFly personal eVTOL vehicle.

The inaugural Urban Air Mobility Conference, which looks to the future of air transportation, will be held April 9-10 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

FlightSafety International and Textron subsidiary TRU Simulation + Training have formed a joint venture focused on providing training services for Textron’s fleet of business and general aviation aircraft.