Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Sean McGeough has joined Wheels Up, a member-based private aviation company, as executive vice president and head of corporate sales.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
OneSky has acquired PrivateFly, an online booking platform for private jet charter, where it will join forces with brokerage firm SkyJet, the company said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Flexjet is in the process of consolidating the operations of Flight Options and Flexjet onto the Flexjet certificate.
Business Aviation

By Lee Ann Shay
Nordam could soon resolve the lawsuit with Pratt & Whitney over the nacelles it manufactures for the Gulfstream G500 and G600 and emerge from bankruptcy in the next few months.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier Business Aircraft is making an avionics upgrade to its Learjet 75 and Learjet 70 light aircraft with the installation of the Garmin G5000 avionics suite.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Los Angeles-based Planet Nine Private Air has added a second Dassault Falcon 7X to its charter fleet.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Saudi Arabia will require 8,800 pilots and 11,700 technicians by 2024, according to the National Aviation Academy (NAA).
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Brian Proctor, President and CEO, Mente Group, LLC, discusses business trends regarding business aircraft values.
Business Aviation

With just 11 working days remaining for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation reauthorizing the FAA, industry watchers are expecting the most likely path forward to be another short-term extension that would last through the end of the year.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
An Airbus spinoff company has been contracted to provide parafoils for the ships which support the airframer’s manufacturing process.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
The history of aviation has largely been about improving performance, and a thread running through that narrative has been industry efforts to reduce the cost of its expensive products.
Aerospace

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is working on a fix to meet FAA requirements for fuel tank flammability requirements on the Citation Longitude that can be done before the first aircraft are delivered to customers.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Duncan Aviation is currently working with the Trump administration to develop a Safety Management System for all its operations in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Parts provider and aftermarket specialist Heico on Aug. 30 announced its Flight Support Group has acquired Optical Display Engineering (ODE).
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell International is looking to generate new sales by offering up its aerospace and defense engineering and testing groups for outsourcing .
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Garmin has acquired Flight Plan, a privately held provider of electronic fight planning, scheduling and trip support services for business and general aviation operators.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Swift Fuels has ceased work on its Phase-II Piston Alternative Fuels Initiative (PAFI) and has transitioned to a high-octane unleaded avgas replacement not part of the PAFI program, the company announced.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Airborne collision avoidance and tracking system developers Flarm Technology and uAvionix have partnered to supply electronic conspicuity and detect and avoid systems for manned and unmanned aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The FBI plans to purchase a new Gulfstream G550 ultra-long-range jet from Gulfstream Aerospace to support its Counterterrorism Division and for other missions.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Bell is closing its Lafayette, Louisiana, assembly facility after economic incentives provided by the state government were cut because the helicopter manufacturer failed to generate jobs.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Bell is closing its Lafayette, Louisiana, assembly facility after economic incentives provided by the state government were cut because the helicopter manufacturer failed to generate jobs.
Business Aviation

By Adrian Schofield
A rapid expansion in aircraft fleets is expected to give the Asia-Pacific region the highest growth rate for all types of aviation workers over the next 20 years, according to a new Boeing report.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The FAA has granted 1,960 waivers to operators of small UAS—mostly to fly at night—in the two years since its Part 107 reg governing the commercial use of drones took effect.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Fair Wind Air Charter has notified industry and lawmakers of a safety hazard after an FBO mistakenly added diesel exhaust fluid to the fuel of a Dassault Falcon 900EX it manages.
Business Aviation

Ben Goldstein
Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have announced a bill that would re-establish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control at the EPA.
Business Aviation