Business Aviation

International trip support company Success Aviation Services recently made an announcement that it has added, and will now provide supervisory ground handling services throughout Guinea-Conakry.
Business Aviation

By Mike Vines, Bradley Perrett
Chinese demand for pilot training is helping to drive output growth of French helicopter manufacturer Helicopteres Guimbal following local certification of the company’s Cabri G2 light rotorcraft.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
Final assembly of the Airbus H135 in China will begin in 2018 following an order for 100 of the helicopters by local industrial partners of the manufacturer.
Business Aviation

Spectrum Aeromed has announced this week that the company was selected to equip Turkey, based Redstar Aviation's new Bombardier Learjet 45XR with new air ambulance equipment.
Business Aviation

By Jen DiMascio
Aside from worrying about the future, 14 aviation trade associations are concerned about the here and now, as the House has not yet passed its version of the FAA reauthorization bill.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno, Molly McMillin
Embraer’s announcement of its CEO succession plan caught some financial observers off guard.
Business Aviation

Abu Dhabi's luxury executive jet provider Royal Jet has a new President and CEO. Canadian, Rob DiCastri brings to the company more than 25 years of international aviation and hospitality leadership, including over 10 years in the Middle East, where he played a key role in establishing National Air Services (flynas) / Net Jets Middle East (now NasJet) in Saudi Arabia as CFO and Head of Strategy.
Maintenance & Training

Jon Lake looks at the progress of the Jordan Air Ambulance Centre (JAAC).
Business Aviation

The National Business Aviation Association said it will respond to a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board to help develop enhancements to pilot-training guidelines.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
TrueNorth Avionics announced June 6 that its Simphonē airborne connectivity system has been selected for a Gulfstream G650 cabin completion.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Revelations that Google co-founder Larry Page is personally funding not one but two “flying-car” startups puts spotlight on widening efforts to bring a new class of aircraft to market.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
ExecuJet has opened its first Mexican fixed-base operation at Del Norte International Airport in Monterrey, Mexico.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Larry Lawson, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, plans to retire July 31, three years after joining the company based here.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation departures in Europe were flat in May with 73,687 departures, an 0.1% year-over-year decline.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has begun operations at its new product support distribution center in Savannah, Georgia.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Business aircraft operators have reason to be concerned that, thanks to ADS-B technology, their aircraft can be monitored by anyone with an appropriate receiver.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Arlington Aerospace has acquired North West Precision Limited, which specializes in fasteners, cutting tools, tools and aircraft components.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
HARTFORD, Conn.—UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) stated that its focus on increasingly more-electric, intelligent and integrated aircraft systems will help drive a 6% annual compounded growth rate through 2020.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The FAA is launching a $500 rebate program to general aircraft owners to encourage them not to wait to equip their aircraft with the required ADS-B Out avionics.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
United Technologies will ramp up efforts to cut costs from its supply chain as one of the pillars to delivering financial and customer performance in coming years, CEO and President Greg Hayes told reporters June 6.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
The South Korean government and key aerospace companies have made the low-risk choice of the Safran Arriel 2 as the engine for the LCH-LAH civil and military helicopter family under development by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI).
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
Embraer and Avic are ending a joint venture at Harbin, China, that proved unviable in assembling the Brazilian company’s regional jets and then failed to thrive when it switched to business jets.
Business Aviation

While President Barack Obama infamously made business jets owners a symbol of corporate excess, Donald J. Trump, the likely Republican nominee for president, is flaunting his ties to aviation.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) on June 2 applauded the FAA’s publication of new standards for private and instrument pilot training.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
The decision by offshore helicopter operator CHC to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will impact other industry players, Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury says.
Business Aviation