Business Aviation

The Trump administration rolled out a fiscal 2019 federal budget on Feb. 12 that seeks $16.1 billion for the FAA.

A top Gulfstream Aerospace executive will not be drawn into whether the company is planning a new aircraft beyond its flight-tested G500 and G600.

The Flight Safety Foundation is calling on the ICAO to expedite the development of global standards for regulating small drones.

As the USAF launches a new program to replace the B-52H's TF33 engines, turbofan manufacturers are getting serious about their propulsion system offerings.

As the USAF launches a new program to replace the B-52H's TF33 engines, turbofan manufacturers are getting serious about their propulsion system offerings.

General and business aviation aircraft deliveries rose 2.5% in 2017 compared to a year ago, although billings declined 4.2%, according to GAMA.

LoPresti Aviation's “BoomBeam” high-intensity discharge lighting is “a work in progress” and "an evolving technology," VP of Sales David LoPresti says.

India’s state-run military aircraft maker HAL is ready to transfer the tech of its Dhruv helicopter to a local private manufacturer for commercial production.

Leonardo has pushed back the timeline for the certification of its AW609 commercial tiltrotor by another year in a bid to further mature the aircraft.

As the government prepares to privatize Paris’s airports, the broader French airport sector is working out how to adapt to a rapidly evolving environment.

A look inside NASA’s fiscal 2019 aeronautics budget: low-boom supersonics; electric propulsion; urban air mobility.

Authorities closed London City Airport and canceled all flights Feb. 12 following the discovery the previous day of an unexploded World War II-era bomb in the nearby Thames River.

Embattled British provider GKN fleshed out more of its proposed corporate restructuring and turnaround plan on Feb. 14, including improving "core" aerospace businesses, growing engine work, developing additive manufacturing (AM) initiatives, and "fixing" aerostructures operations in Alabama that still might be divested.

The move was expected and cements Adamczyk’s takeover after Cote’s long reign.

Rolls-Royce North America CEO Marion Blakey will leave her position at the end of June, the company announced Feb. 15.

Bruno Even, 49, who has run Safran’s helicopter engine business since 2015, will take over from Guillaume Faury, the company announced Feb. 14.

Piper’s order backlog extends well into 2019 and has resulted in a 25% increase in its workforce, it said.

Last year’s attendance totaled 17,778, exceeding 2016 figures by nearly 4,000. About 20,000 people are expected at this year’s show, set for Feb. 26-March 1

Fractional activity rose 2.2% in January while Part 91 activity rose 1.5% when compared to January 2017, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.

Fractional activity rose 2.2% in January while Part 91 activity rose 1.5% when compared to January 2017, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.

Most aircraft market sectors recorded an increase in transactions in 2017 with a reduction in the amount of inventory for sale, the report said.

This year’s HAI Heli-Expo 2018 is expected to surpass last year’s attendance.

Bombardier’s Business Aircraft deliveries and revenue declined in 2017, although fourth-quarter orders were the strongest for the quarter in three years.

The Trump administration's fiscal 2019 federal budget proposal for the FAA resumes the effort to make air traffic control a separate entity.

The average values for most business aircraft segments have risen since the beginning of the fourth quarter in 2017, Amstat says.