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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 Bill Carey
Collins Aerospace on Oct. 7 announced a new “Izon” information technology platform that will integrate various flight planning and other services available to business aviation operators into one mobile-capable interface.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
A project to demonstrate low-carbon production of sustainable aviation fuel from corn stover—the leaves and stalks left in fields after harvesting—has been funded by the U.S. Energy Department.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Texas took the top spot in the consultancy’s annual Aerospace Manufacturing Index rankings thanks to union-leading scores in subcategories including industry, economy and tax policy.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
The 2021 National Business Aviation Association & Exhibition opens in Las Vegas Oct. 12 after a year’s hiatus with new features–a dedicated maintenance pavilion, advanced air mobility (AAM) zone, a dedicated owner/single-pilot pavilion–and a new way to travel between convention center and static display, by helicopter.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Identifying advanced air mobility as a target market, Solvay has introduced a new thermoset composite resin system while ramping up its capacity to meet growing demand for thermoplastic composites.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has displayed its EH216 two-seat multicopter in Spain for the first time as it announced a collaboration with the Spanish National Police to explore potential uses for autonomous air vehicles in emergency and security missions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Germany-based air taxi operator Air2E has signed a purchase deposit agreement with Bye Aerospace for the eight-seat, all-electric eFlyer 800.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
The business aviation industry stands on the threshold of a new era and can learn from mass-market businesses and technology disrupters, says one of the sector’s most recently minted senior leaders, Vinayak Hegde.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Inmarsat and U.S. startup Xwing have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue development of a dedicated satellite communications terminal and associated services for autonomous aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Speaking at the AviationWeek Asia Aerospace Leadership Forum, the Executive Vice President of Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) said the country has “tremendous interest” in eVTOL development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Some jurisdictions are over-reacting when civil aircraft lose communications with air traffic control (ATC), holding operators accountable for costs associated with military intervention and creating a culture of blame, rather than one that fosters learning lessons and improving protocols, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) warned.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Wing-in-ground-effect vehicle developer Regent Craft has selected Paris-based maritime certification specialist Bureau Veritas to evaluate its 12-passenger Viceroy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
French airship developer Flying Whales has selected Thales’ FlytX certifiable avionics suite and fly-by-wire flight control computer for its LCA60T large-capacity cargo airship.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The CAA-led eVTOL Safety Leadership Group includes potential operators, manufacturers, rotorcraft experts and aviation companies which have been brought together to foster understanding of the aviation safety implications of advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Already a major market for helicopters, Brazil is shaping up as a potential promising region for advanced air mobility if conditional aircraft orders are a guide.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has received an order for 20 Cessna Skyhawk piston aircraft from Sichuan Longhao Flight Training Co., a flight training school in China, and an order for 10 Skyhawks from Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus in Kansas.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Vivek Kaushal joined Global Jet Capital in 2015, and since 2019 has served as Chief Operating Officer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Electric aviation can get started using technology adapted from the automotive market, but moving beyond small, short-range aircraft will require significant government and industry investment in battery research and development focused on the unique requirements of aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Ann Shay
Gulfstream Aerospace President Mark Burns talks with Aviation Week Executive Editor Lee Ann Shay about the OEM’s thought process behind designing a new aircraft family but only announcing the G400 and G800 on Oct. 4. He also unveils changes to customer support.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Fly Exclusive is refurbishing its fleets of aircraft so they will all have matching paint schemes and interior designs, to present the same look and feel for customers—no matter which aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Molly McMillin
Randy Greene, former chairman emeritus of the Corporate Angel Network who led Safe Flight Instrument Corp. for more than 20 years, died on Sept. 29.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
GE Aviation’s Catalyst engine, a clean-sheet turboprop engine that will power Textron Aviation’s new Beechcraft Denali, completed its first flight Sept. 30 on a King Air 350 Flying Test Bed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
British business aviation is bouncing back from the twin shocks of COVID-19 and Brexit, but encouraging figures and individual success stories do not give a complete picture.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Nick Guida, founder and CEO of Tamarack Aerospace, launched the Sandpoint, Idaho-based company in 2010, based on his invention of the active load alleviation system (Active) winglets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UK electric air taxi infrastructure company Skyports is aiming for the first commercial passenger flights from a new London vertiport in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility