With the National Business Aviation Association’s biggest event a month away, The Weekly of Business Aviation caught up with NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen in Wichita Sept. 27 at Bombardier’s 20th annual SafetyStanddown.
Gulfstream Aerospace will cease production of its G150 midsize business jet to focus on the super-midsize and large-cabin aircraft market, the company said Sept. 28.
On-demand private jet charter operator XOJET and JetSmarter, a private jet “mobile marketplace” charter consolidator, have formed a partnership, saying it signals “the continued evolution of private access.”
Sentient Jet, a private aviation jet card company, has launched a booking app which allows Jet Card holders to instantly book private jet flights through their smartphones or electronic tablets using Android or Apple operating systems.
Adoption of a global scheme to offset carbon emissions is the key issue facing the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Assembly in Montreal, Sept. 27–Oct. 7.
Wall Street brokers and business jet lenders told a recent JetNet iQ conference on business jets that they expect business aircraft demand to remain soft in the near-term, with no clear indication of when recovery will occur.
Two trade organizations have filed a motion to intervene in a court case related to the continuing operations of Santa Monica Municipal Airport in California.
Acorn Growth Companies, an Oklahoma City-based private equity firm, announced Sept. 26 that it has acquired Seattle-based Raisbeck Engineering from founder and chairman James D. Raisbeck.
The aviation world is changing from top to bottom; those who don’t keep up are aced out. If you don’t have the right equipment, permits, and know how, you may not be allowed to complete your Point A to Point B objectives.
Graeme Shanks has been named as sales director, northern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa for private aviation finaciers Global Jet Capital. He was previously vice president for sales, business aircraft finance at CIT, where he successfully led the company's sales and origination activities across the Middle East and Africa regions
As preliminary design progresses, startup Spike Aerospace is increasingly confident its S-512 supersonic business jet will meet its target for a low sonic boom noise level.
BOSTON—Gogo is overhauling its ground-based connectivity system over the U.S. and Canada to bring inflight speeds in line with its satellite-based offering. The latest upgrade is in development, expected to enter commercial service in 2018, Gogo Chief Technology Officer Anand Chari told Aviation Daily. It will be targeted for use on business and regional jets.
The NTSB believes installing a crash-resistant fuel system into existing helicopters would help mitigate the safety risk of post-crash fires in survivable accidents. However, the board is concerned that owners and operators of FAR Part 27 and Part 29 helicopters may be unaware of retrofit kits to do just that.
Introduced to the market in 2012, Pratt & Whitney Canada's PT6A-140 turboprop series has achieved broad acceptance in utility and agricultural markets for both forward-fit and retrofit application on a variety of aircraft.
U.S. researchers are flinging small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their components at aircraft structures in a speedy effort to provide data on collision risks to help the FAA with future rulemaking.
