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The Weekly of Business Aviation, included with your AWIN membership, delivers critical business intelligence to keep business aviation leaders, including decisions makers from airframe manufacturers, suppliers, corporate flight departments, charter operators, FBOs, informed of the latest industry development – and the impact on business. Delivered each week directly to your inbox, each edition includes expert insight, analysis and data intelligence covering the business of business aviation so you can easily monitor the market and find new opportunities to grow your business.

 

 

By Molly McMillin
Cutter Aviation has grown its footprint at Georgetown Executive Airport near Austin, Texas, with the acquisition of GTU Jet, a fixed base operator at the site.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin has invested in hybrid-electric aircraft developer Electra, leading the startup’s ongoing Series A fund raising.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight Europe has set up shop in Augsburg, Germany, and is being led by Mark Henning, who joined the Chinese group from Airbus Helicopters earlier this month.
Advanced Air Mobility

Regent Craft is working with Rhode Island-based marine and aerospace composites specialist Moore Brothers to build a quarter-scale technology
Business Aviation

The Airbus-sponsored Perlan 2 stratospheric glider will carry a Thales FlytLink satellite communications terminal when in returns to flight, enabling
Business Aviation

Garmin has announced that its Smart Glide tool, which automates tasks to reduce pilot workload during loss-of-power emergencies, is available as a
Business Aviation

Avfuel is now supplying ACI Jet in Orange County with sustainable aviation fuel. Avfuel will provide ACI Jet with a consistent supply of Neste MY
Business Aviation

SECO International has signed a purchase agreement with Bell Textron for a Bell 505 helicopter and has become the first dealer in Japan for the
Business Aviation

Leonardo Helicopters has been awarded the contract to build AW169M twin engine utility helicopters for Austria. Because the purchase of the 18
Business Aviation

Cirrus Aircraft and ALSIM Simulators have formed an alliance to provide Cirrus aircraft owners and operators with training on Cirrus aircraft. ALSIM
Business Aviation

NetJets and FlightSafety International have jointly committed to a gift of $225,000 for the nonprofit Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Learning
Business Aviation

By David Casey
The Small Community Air Service Development Program aims to help underserved airports attract and retain commercial service.
Airports & Networks

By Molly McMillin
Sky Harbour, a provider of home-based luxury aircraft hangars based at Westchester County Airport in New York, plans to become a publicly traded company on Jan. 25, through a business combination with Yellowstone Acquisition Co., a “blank check” or special purpose acquisition company.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
Helicopter Association International and other aviation organizations reacted to the FAA’s prior-night release of nearly 1,500 Notices To Air Missions (NOTAMS) that will restrict flight operations near 5G cellular towers that AT&T and Verizon plan to activate on Jan. 19.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Teresa Ortega, a commercially-rated pilot and 25-year Textron Aviation veteran, founded Wichita-based Ortega Aviation Services with her flight instructor husband, Kirby Ortega, a former Textron Aviation chief pilot for piston engine operations, in 2018.
Maintenance & Training

By Bill Carey
Teri Bristol, the top federal executive responsible for running the U.S. air traffic control system, will retire at the end of February, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson announced.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Regent Craft has teamed with Rhode Island-based marine and aerospace composites specialist Moore Brothers to build a quarter-scale technology demonstrator for its seaglider, an electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicle for harbor-to-harbor overwater regional transportation.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Italian regional airline EGO Airways has had its AOC and Air Transport License suspended by the country’s aviation regulator, ENAC.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
The pilot of a Gates Learjet 35A medical jet that crashed in El Cajon, California, on Dec. 27, 2021, had asked to switch from an instrument to a visual approach to land before the jet went down in a residential area, the NTSB said in a preliminary accident report released on Jan. 11.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Airbus-sponsored Perlan 2 stratospheric glider will carry a Thales FlytLink satellite communications terminal when it returns to flight, enabling real-time data downloads from altitudes exceeding 90,000 ft.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
French startup Aura Aero has selected Electric Power Systems (EPS) to provide the battery system for its prototype Integral E electric-powered aerobatic training aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The 2022 model includes sleeker wing and tail surfaces and redesigned wheel pants, creating up to a 9-kt. increase in true airspeeds, Cirrus says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Embraer has agreed to sell its Evora site in Portugal to Spanish aerostructures specialist Aernnova for $172 million in the hope that the facility can attract business from other aircraft manufacturers while reducing Embraer’s exposure in aircraft components.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble, Sean Broderick
The FAA ordered the ground-stop at around 2:30 p.m. in Los Angeles “as a matter of precaution,” the agency said Jan. 11, adding that it “regularly takes precautionary measures.”
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Sweden’s Savback Helicopters is expanding the range of rotorcraft it sells, adding Dufour Aerospace’s electric tiltwing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility