Business Aviation

Duncan Aviation's helicopter component repair services business rose 80% in 2017, and the growth is expected to continue through 2018, the company said.

Aircraft deliveries at Vero Beach, Florida-based Piper Aircraft rose 23% in 2017 compared to 2016, while billings increased 27%, the company said.

FlightSafety International and Pilatus have announced that training for the Pilatus PC-24 is underway at FlightSafety's Learning Center in Dallas.

Oriens Aviation recorded a strong 2017, with the sale of five new Pilatus PC-12 aircraft to customers. The company also has secured its first new-build delivery position for 2018.

Pratt & Whitney Canada has unveiled six new service packages as part of its growing focus on tailored after-market support.

When Duncan Aviation recently installed LoPresti Aviation "Boom Beam" high-intensity discharge (HID) lighting in a Phenom 300 light jet, the technology was described by Vice President of Sales David LoPresti as a work in progress.” Indeed it was, and is. The Sebastian, Florida-based company has already installed the HID lighting in 550 different aircraft models, from owner-flown light turboprops to widebody VIP personal jets.

Flying Colours Corp. has signed an agreement with the Conair Group to modify six production Bombardier Q400MR aircraft to support multipurpose missions. Conair Group provides fixed-wing firefighting aircraft.

Daher has introduced electrically heated seats to its 2018 production TBM 910 and TBM 930 aircraft as part of its cabin restyling.

Gulfstream Aerospace created the center dedicated to the resolution of aircraft-on-ground (AOG) issues, providing operators with integrated support and ensuring faster return to service for the aircraft, the company says.

CrewID has expanded to include ground crews with the latest release of its Web-based credentialing system.

The Hong Kong Business Aviation Center (HKBAC) attained Stage 1 of the International Standard Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) registration.

Conklin & de Decker has released its 2018 State Tax Guide for General Aviation. The guide contains the latest taxes and fees imposed on general aviation in all 50 states, and it addresses the sales and use taxes applicable to aircraft sales, ownership, leases, parts and labor.

Bombardier Aerospace has filled about half of the 1,000 jobs it needs in Montreal to support the interior completion of its new Global 7000 business jet.

Chicago O’Hare International Airport was the most viewed airport for business aviation users of acukwik.com in February 2018, according to a study of site traffic.

The massive fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill the U.S. Congress is attempting to push through this week would increase FAA funding nearly 4% over FY17 figures, including a 13.8% jump in Facilities and Equipment (F&E) spending, where most NextGen air traffic control modernization program spending resides, and a boost in airport grant funding.

The massive fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill the U.S. Congress is attempting to push through this week would increase FAA funding nearly 4% over FY17 figures, including a 13.8% jump in Facilities and Equipment (F&E) spending, where most NextGen air traffic control modernization program spending resides, and a boost in airport grant funding.

Canadian air charter and medevac services provider Discovery Air has started a court-monitored liquidation.

Israel’s Elbit Systems is completing the acquisition of privately-owned Universal Avionics Systems Corp., the companies said March 22.

Drone data provider Skycatch and manufacturer DJI are to deliver a fleet of 1,000 small UAVs to Komatsu Smart Construction to map and model job sites.

The May 31, 2014, crash of a Gulfstream IV at Hanscom Field (KBED), Bedford, Massachusetts, was a call to action for many in business aviation. These pilots threw out the book and came up tragically short.

The pilot of a Hawker Hunter jet that crashed during aerobatic maneuvers at the Shoreham Airshow, killing 11 people on the ground, will face criminal charges.

After a fatal New York City helicopter crash, the NTSB is urging the FAA to prohibit commercial flights that use harness systems that are not easy to release.

A coalition of aviation groups has written a letter to congressional leaders to reassert the vital role of contract air traffic control towers.

Germany’s Lange Research Aviation is developing a fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with 40 hr. endurance when flown unmanned.

A Florida man pleaded guilty in District Court March 6 to operating an aircraft without an airman’s certificate, wire fraud and falsification of records.