Business Aviation

GE Aviation has created a digital organization that brings digital operations from across its aviation businesses into one.

Bombardier’s Challenger 650 business jet has been granted full type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency.

BendixKing has enhanced its inflight Internet connectivity for general aviation aircraft, according to BendixKing.

Petroleum Air Services has been appointed the first Bell Helicopter Authorized Customer Service Facility in North Africa, the helicopter manufacturer said. Petroleum Air Services provides fixed wing and helicopter transportation to the oil and gas and travel industries in Egypt.

Disabled Aircraft Services, based in Buffalo, Minnesota, has introduced upgrades to its line of PlaneSkate products designed to move aircraft with a flat tire from a runway, taxiway or ramp.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Campus and Universal Helicopters have extended a 2010 agreement to exclusively provide helicopter training to Embry-Riddle students.

Aviation Week & Space Technology’s 59th annual Laureate Award for business aviation went to the CEOs of Textron Aviation and Textron Corp.

Banyan Air Service signs an agreement with Aircraft Technical Publishers to transition Banyan’s technical information library from CD-based services to the ATP Aviation Hub.

The strategy envisions developing first in areas with which it is fairly familiar – Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

Already, 1,420 people in mainland China have the potential to own business aircraft, according to estimates gathered by luxury publisher and rich-list compiler Hurun Report and Minsheng Financial Leasing.

The strategy envisions developing first in areas with which it is fairly familiar – Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

Republic Airways has nearly 20 larger Embraer regional jets it has grounded because it lacks enough pilots to fly them, and if it cannot reach settlement agreements with “numerous parties” before April 25 regarding those aircraft, it may have to reject all of the leases, CEO Bryan Bedford told employees on March 18.

AW&ST is working on its 100th anniversary issue and has asked Business & Commercial Aviation to identify the most significant business aircraft ever.

Piper Aircraft is repositioning its M-Class line of products in anticipation of the certification of its M600 single-engine turboprop in the third quarter of this year.

McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas received more departure requests than any other airport, and it was tied as the most popular destination airport, in Air Charter Guide Worldwide Trip Builder itineraries during February 2016, an analysis of aircharterguide.com data found.

SHANGHAI – Airbus is still working on a proposal to set up a Chinese assembly line for the twin-engine H135 light utility helicopter. Many details

Though the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee shied away from pushing for privatization of air traffic control (ATC) in its bill to authorize the FAA through 2017...

The Exclusive Aero Club, a private aviation membership program, took off on Jan. 1...

For general aviation, diesel-cycle engines offer fuel economy and the ability to use the same widely available kerosene ...

The business jet market is holding steady for Textron Aviation, RBC Europe analyst Robert Stallard wrote in a note to investors March 17.

Beechcraft Corp., a division of Textron Aviation, has won European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its Beechcraft King Air 350i/ER and King Air 250 equipped with Pro Line Fusion-avionics.

At Aviation Week’s 59th annual Laureate Awards in Washington, editors saluted two dozen finalists and then announced a winner in each of six categories: commercial aviation, defense, space, innovation, technology and business aviation.

During John Crichton’s tenure as CEO of Nav Canada, it pioneered the use of ADS-B and made significant improvements in the transatlantic corridors it manages—the busiest oceanic airspace in the world.

For their vision in the acquisition and transformation of Textron Aviation, Textron Inc. Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly and Textron Aviation President and CEO Scott Ernest were selected as the Aviation Week 2016 Business Aviation Laureates.

Drone delivery services like Amazon’s Prime Air and Google’s Project Wing will reinvent how manned aircraft will eventually fly.