Business Aviation

SESAR, Europe’s public-private partnership for airspace technology research, has launched a series of demonstrations.

Two companies have won contracts to test the feasibility of delivering vaccines by drone to remote islands in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.

The FAA has referred an enforcement action case involving alleged illegal charter activity to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to the National Air Transportation Association.

GE Aviation has selected King Aerospace as a GE OnPoint service center for CFM56-7B engines for Boeing Business Jets.

The FAA has renewed a $500 rebate program for owners of some aircraft types who install qualified ADS–B systems ahead of the agency’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline.

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced Cirrus Services, a business unit within Cirrus aimed at addressing customer needs.

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced Cirrus Services, a business unit within Cirrus aimed at addressing customer needs.

Gulfstream Aerospace said it delivered 27 business jets in the third quarter: 21 large-cabin and six mid-cabin aircraft, a decline from 30 deliveries a year ago.

British air accident investigators are probing the first-ever loss of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine helicopter that crashed on Oct. 27.

Developed under a veil of secrecy for Bombardier’s Global 5500/6500 ultra-long-range business jets, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 15 turbofan has passed the 10,000-cycle milestone in the run-up to entry into service in late 2019.

The growing, worldwide pilot shortage is affecting virtually every segment of the aviation industry including the pre-owned aircraft market.

Traxxall has signed up Jet Linx as the latest customer for its aircraft maintenance tracking and inventory management systems.

Duncan Aviation has completed 16 Dassault Falcon 7X 1C inspections at its MRO facilities in Battle Creek, Michigan, and Lincoln, Nebraska, since 2016.

Gulfstream Aerospace has opened a 8,500-sq.-ft. sales and design center on New York's Madison Avenue in Manhattan.

The FAA has restarted its $500 rebate program to support installation of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipage.

Airbus Helicopters believes the offshore wind-farm industry will support up to 1,000 rotorcraft over the coming two decades.

Flying Colours has completed its first Ka-band installation on a Gulfstream V. Installation required the mounting of the radome, tail antenna and cabin hardware.

Duncan Aviation has announced that its new turbofan engine test cell, the Raptor, has completed all of the necessary correlation runs certified by Honeywell.

Bombardier plans to invest $80 million in a new service center in Miami, which will be one of the largest in its network.

Jetex Flight Support has been appointed the official FBO and handler for the MEBAA Show 2018. The event will be held at the Dubai Airshow Dec. 10-12.

American Aero FTW, an FBO at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, has earned a Stage 3 safety and ground handling certificate of registration.

Phillips 66 Aviation awarded $22,000 to longtime partner Corporate Angel Network during this year’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition.

Chantilly Air plans to expand its business services at Manassas (Virginia) Regional Airport with the construction of a new FBO.

Jet Aviation has acquired the KLM Jet Center at the Amsterdam and Rotterdam airports in the Netherlands.

Sky Valet has opened new facilities in the business aviation terminal at Ibiza Airport off the coast of Spain after an extensive renovation.