Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
WICHITA—Daher is offering a quick-change option of a fully functional toilet compartment for its new production TBM 900 and 930 aircraft, beginning in 2017. &nbsp
Business Aviation

For the first time in 25 years, the rate of fatal accidents in noncommercial fixed-wing aircraft dropped below one per 100,000 flight-hours.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
During the second quarter, the avionics industry recorded total sales of $549.16 million, a decrease from $566.10 million in the first quarter and down 9% from the second quarter of 2015.
Business Aviation

The company, which entered the fractional ownership market in 1995, will end 2016 with 52 new aircraft delivered over 24 months.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
July business-aircraft activity fell 1.7% from the same time a year ago, marking the second year-over-year decrease in 2016.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The FAA has chosen the University of Oklahoma and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to lead its new Transportation Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
XTI picks Honeywell power; Russia’s DARPA flies solar-powered Owl; AFRL previews high-speed ambitions; Volocopter is put through its paces
Aerospace

Cutter Aviation has broken ground on a new fixed base operator (FBO) executive terminal at Colorado Springs Airport.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Business-jet interiors and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) specialist Lufthansa Technik has introduced a new laser-based system for use when equipping VIP aircraft cabins
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The number of U.S. twin- and single-engine turbine helicopter accidents rose during the first half of 2016, compared to the same time a year ago, according to data from Robert E. Breiling Associates.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The number of U.S.-registered business turbine-aircraft accidents fell by five during the first six months of 2016, although fatalities were up by four.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft said it is seeing interest from 3–4 operators in a freighter conversion of its Avro RJ family of regional airliners.
Business Aviation

Gama Aviation's is pleased to announce three new aircraft to its managed fleet in the Middle East with the addition of two Learjet 60's and a Piaggio Avanti Evo.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Canadian business-aviation operations and manufacturing generate $10.7 billion a year in economic output and 43,200 jobs with $3.0 billion in wages in Canada.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Biz Airlines, a new “business travel company,” announced on Aug. 8 its launch as the first company to combine a commercial and private jet database to help make business travel more time and cost efficient.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
As Gulfstream began 2016, it was aware of sales pressures as it replaces the G450 and G550 with the G500 and G600.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Embraer plans to reduce its workforce through a “voluntary dismissal program” for employees in Brazil in light of a challenging global aerospace environment.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has restarted flight testing of its AW609 commercial tiltrotor after a nearly 10-month self-imposed grounding following the fatal loss of one of the prototypes.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace announced its fifth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft completed its first flight Aug. 5.
Business Aviation

In July 2016, Teterboro Airport was the business aviation airport viewed the most by acukwik.com users, according to a review of site metrics. As the temperatures in the United States increased, interest in certain warm weather destinations decreased. In Europe, a general trend toward resort travel was evident as well.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A change in U.S. tax law diverted $1–2 billion from the FAA’s Airport and Airway Trust Fund—more than half of the tax receipts for the sale of noncommercial jet fuel
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A divestiture of Bombardier’s Learjet business is “increasingly plausible,” Cowen and Co. analyst Cai von Rumohr wrote Aug. 8 in a note to investors.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Argentina’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), has completed the first flight of its IA-100 indigenously produced composite training aircraft
Defense

By Graham Warwick
XTI Aircraft has selected Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft to power a two-thirds-scale prototype of its ducted-fan TriFan 600 as a step toward certifying the vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) business aircraft in 2022–23.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
XTI Aircraft has selected Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft to power a two-thirds-scale prototype of its ducted-fan TriFan 600.
Business Aviation