Business Aviation

AMAC Aerospace Turkey has completed the first EASy II upgrade on a Falcon 2000EX EASy aircraft in Istanbul.

Pilot clubs cater to a broad spectrum—priests, lawyers, blacks, gays, blimp builders, the deaf and many others.

Bell Helicopter has signed a letter of intent with Guangxi Diwang Group for 10 Bell 525 Relentless helicopters. It has also signed an agreement with Aichi Prefecture in Japan for one Bell 412EPI helicopter.

Honeywell Aerospace forecasts demand for 4,300 to 4,800 helicopters for civilian use over the next five years. That’s roughly 400 aircraft lower than last year’s five-year forecast.

Jet Aviation, an aircraft management and charter operation, is growing in Asia with a fleet that totals 31 aircraft, the company said.

Airbus Helicopters is set to prove the concept of a lean manufacturing process to speed up assembly of its new twin-engine H160 medium helicopter.

After years of western rotary wing dominance, Russian helicopter manufacturers will take over the top slot as the single largest force in global sales over the next five years, the American Helicopter Society (AHS) predicts.

Airbus is hoping to certify an increase in the maximum takeoff weight of its H175 intermediate-heavy helicopter by the end of this year.

Executive Sky Flight Support (ESFS) has announced a new partnership with Smart Aviation FBO at Cairo International Airport.

The former head of North American sales for Bombardier business aircraft describes the market conditions, challenges and rewards of the pre-owned business aircraft business.

Jet-A and Avgas Per Gallon Fuel Prices February 2016

Hackathons, cyberchiefs, attack surfaces and fuzzing are now part of the avionics engineer’s lexicon.

With the deadline for hobbyists to register their small UAVs now past, the FAA will find out which of its approaches ...

Swiss independent helicopter manufacturer Marenco Swisshelicopter has carried out the first flight of the second prototype of its SKYe SH09 single-engine light helicopter.

Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) has completed its first test flight following a battery system upgrade and ahead of restarting its solar-powered round-the-world flight attempt in April from Hawaii.

Elbit Skylens for tight spaces; Snecma CROR for Europe’s Clean Sky; 3-D UAS Prints On-Demand

Enjoying a Cold One I read your Point of Law (December 2015, page 71) about the latest duty/rest legal interpretation and I thought it was great. I’ve had the same “cold beer rule” discussion with my operators on more than one occasion. Principal Operations Inspector FAA Washington, D.C. An Excellent Decision

The face-off between the scheduled carriers and business and general aviation in the ongoing fight over the privatization of ATC in the U.S. is hardly new.

NAS-ExecuJet has expanded services at its fixed-based operation in Saudi Arabia. It has opened an additional facility in the Royal Terminal at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh. To facilitate the expansion, NAS-ExecuJet has added ground support equipment and increased staff from 25 to 34.

The City of Santa Monica, California, has diverted funds for SMO, its municipal airport, charged excessive and unreasonable landing fees, and denied leases on airport property, according to a new Part 16 complaint filed Feb. 5.

XTI Aircraft Vice Chairman and former Sikorsky President Jeff Pino along with Nick Tramontano were killed Feb. 5 when their P-51 Mustang Pino was piloting crashed near Pinal County, Arizona. Pino, 61, headed Sikorsky from 2006 to 2012. More recently he was vice chairman of XTI, a firm developing the TriFan 600, a high-speed vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for the corporate market. A retired Master Army Aviator who served in the service as well as the Reserve and National Guard for 26 years, Pino had been one of the helicopter industry’s stalwarts.

Jet Aviation Zurich has signed an agreement with Lufthansa Group to provide high-volume fuel uplifts through docked dispenser fueling. Jet Aviation successfully fueled its first Lufthansa Group aircraft with dispenser fueling on Jan. 1. As part of the agreement, Jet Aviation Zurich bought two new dispenser trucks and hired five new truck operators, bringing its fueling team to 18. It sent three refueling operators to Frankfurt for dispenser training.

Gama Aviation has signed a partnership agreement with business aviation training organization CAE. The partnership will meet European Aviation Safety Agency Part-FCL requirements regarding base training and will allow Gama Aviation to train candidates in up to 30 aircraft types. Before the agreement, the two companies had a relationship under which CAE provided a type rating simulator for Gama Aviation pilots.

Gulfstream Aerospace has received FAA approval to install Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In (ADS-B-In) on Gulfstream G150 and G200 aircraft, the company said. The avionics will enhance situational awareness for pilots. With the installation, operators can receive traffic and weather information from ADS-B ground stations and from nearby aircraft broadcasting their positions through ADS-B Out.

New York City and helicopter operators carrying thousands of tourists around Manhattan have reached a deal that would result in a 50% reduction in flights by January 2017. “The nonstop din of helicopters has been a major quality-of-life issue for New Yorkers living near heavily trafficked routes,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in announcing the Jan. 31 agreement.