Business aviation departures in Europe declined 0.6% year-over-year in December, while departures for the full year declined 0.3% compared to 2015, according to WingX Advance.
The FAA’s new enhanced-flight-vision rule paves the way for airlines to install technology to fly as if in clear weather all the time, but will they buy it?
Piper Aircraft has received certification for Garmin’s new G1000 NXi for its piston trainer aircraft, including the twin-engine Piper Seminole and the single-engine Piper Archer.
Three members of the French government have reiterated their support for the country’s aerospace industry, in what sounds like a response to complaints about plummeting public research funding from the industry lobbying group Goupement des Industries Francaises Aeronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS).
Business aircraft activity in December in North America rose 1.4% year-over-year, led by a jump in Part 135 activity and activity by large jets, according to Argus TraqPak data.
Triumph Aerostructures has initiated litigation against Bombardier to recover additional development costs incurred by a redesign of the wing for the Global 7000 business jet.
Dassault Aviation received orders for 36 Rafales last year, while a mere 21 Falcons were sold, thus confirming healthy export sales for the French fighter and a sluggish business jet market.
Britain’s Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) is to receive a new fleet of turboprop trainers and single-engine light helicopters as it prepares to align its training regime with European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations.
Over the next 10 years, business aviation aircraft deliveries are expected to total 11,346 valued at $250.1 billion, more than double the amount of aircraft retirements over the period, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s just released 2017 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Garmin International unveiled the next generation of its popular G1000 integrated flight deck, the G1000 NXi, with a number of performance upgrades such as wireless cockpit connectivity.
Business jet operations in North America rose 1.8% year-over-year in November, according to the FAA, noted Vertical Research Partners analyst Robert Stallard said.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) will market its indigenous clean-sheet twin-engine utility helicopter under the designation T-625, company officials have confirmed.
Field Aviation has partnered with a Turkish corporation to develop a new special mission aircraft platform based on the Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet.
China Airlines Group will shift part of the capacity of Tigerair Taiwan to charter operations after taking full control of the budget airline this quarter, aiming at improving capacity utilization.
For the business aviation community, at once both a broad but thin and rarefied sliver of society and the body politic, the way forward is rife with questions, opportunities and concerns.
