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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 Angus Batey
Former RAF and NetJets pilot Adam Twidell established PrivateFly as a digital charter broker in St Albans, on the northern outskirts of London, in 2007.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
With the vision of operating 100,000 air taxis in cities globally by 2035, Volocopter has detailed its approach to scalable urban air mobility in a new white paper.
Advanced Air Mobility

Recent aircraft seizures by law enforcement officers have highlighted a need for those involved in exporting aircraft from the U.S.—sellers, buyers, brokers and trust companies—to work with qualified advisors to make sure the transactions comply with laws and regulations, the National Business Aviation Association said recently.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The first customer Bell 525 will be configured for oil and gas operations, the rotorcraft manufacturer has revealed as it focuses on getting the fly-by-wire, twin-engine, super-medium helicopter certified in 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
West Star Aviation is aiming to distribute custom configured iPads with maintenance software installed to more than 600 technicians across the U.S. by the end of May.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
A novel active landing gear designed by electric aircraft startup Metro Hop to enable ultrashort takeoffs and landings is to be tested under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime advanced air mobility program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Machine learning specialist Daedalean and autonomous system developer Reliable Robotics have partnered to build advanced navigation and situational awareness systems for commercial aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Xeriant, a three-year-old aerospace holding company that includes the Halo concept for an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) taxi, is preparing to offer more public shares to raise funds for acquisitions and other endeavors.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Five general aviation organizations are opposing two New York City bills they say would “severely restrict helicopter operations in the city.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
A microphone capable of detecting potentially hazardous clear-air turbulence at long range has been test flown on a balloon-launched unmanned stratospheric glider.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Metal 3D-printing startup Velo3D, which has targeted the aerospace and defense sector as a key customer, will become a publicly traded company in a reverse merger announced March 23 with blank-check company Jaws Spitfire Acquisition.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is launching its Special Olympics Airlift and seeking owners and operators of Cessna Citation, Beechcraft King Air, Beechcraft Premier, Beechjet and Hawker products to help fly more than 4,000 athletes and coaches to the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft President and CEO Simon Caldecott plans to retire April 2 after nearly 10 years with the company. Piper’s board of directors has been working on a succession plan for several months and new leadership will be announced soon, the company said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A Boston startup is taking a new look at wing-in-ground-effect vehicles through the lens of distributed electric propulsion, advanced flight control and hydrofoil lifting surface technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Fast Air Jet Center says it has become Canada’s first carbon-neutral fixed base operator. The FBO, located at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport in Manitoba, Canada, continues its commitment to being run on a net zero basis for its carbon footprint, it says.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer said it saw a solid rebound in airplane deliveries in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, as both executive and commercial aircraft show signs of resurgent demand.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has signed a new cooperation deal with Romania’s Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR) which could see the Romanian company customize, service and support H145M twin-engine light multirole helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. on March 17 announced an agreement with Aviation Engineering Zrt for license production of the Ilyushin Il-103 light multipurpose aircraft in Hungary.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Alliance Jet, a jet charter operator based in Ireland, is expanding its operations in Europe after obtaining an International Maltese Air Operator’s certificate.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The owner of a drone racing supply shop has filed a petition for review of the FAA’s Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft (Remote ID) final regulation in federal appeals court.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A group of 300 U.S. pilot and aviation organizations are advocating for standard airport diagram labels for general aviation aircraft parking.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Daher’s aircraft division delivered 53 Kodiak and TBM turboprops in 2020 with plans to deliver another 50 in 2021, according to the company, a show of “resilience” in its product lines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
An airline industry association has reportedly drafted a proposal to include federal funding of modern avionics in U.S. President Joe Biden’s expected trillion-dollar infrastructure package.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft activity in North America was down 12% in February compared to a year ago, while European activity fell 31%, according to Argus data. Compared to January, activity in North America was down 4.4%, while activity in Europe was down 2.6% compared to the previous month, Argus said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Organizers of the Farnborough Airshow have said the event will not be impacted by plans to develop part of the exhibition space into a film set.
Aircraft & Propulsion