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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
Embraer delivered 71 jets in the fourth quarter of 2020, consisting of 43 executive jets and 28 commercial aircraft, for a total of 130 aircraft delivered during the year, a 35% decrease from 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Hamilton, New Zealand-based aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace has succumbed to financial difficulties and shut down its operations.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has begun flight tests of an electric-powered multicopter unmanned air system for carrying goods as part of an urban air mobility technology program in Turin, Italy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Some patterns in business aviation have emerged or solidified in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that appear likely to remain important in the future.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Germany’s federal government has agreed to grant 12 airports a total of €200 million ($240 million) in financial aid and pledged to support three more in which it holds equity stakes.
Airports & Networks

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier’s cancellation of its Learjet 75 Liberty program may provide a boost and stronger pricing power to its competitors, analysts say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Triumph Group announced late Feb. 10 that it had struck a deal to sell its Red Oak, Texas, operations to aerospace private equity investors Arlington Capital Partners.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
Wireless charging system developer WiBotic on Feb. 10 announced an energy management software platform for fleet operators of drones and other robotic vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s largest passenger carrier–S7 Airlines–has made a controversial step into the private charter market. The carrier launched an online service called S7 Select on Jan. 25 that will allow anyone to book an aircraft for personal flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Democratic House lawmakers proposed an additional $26 billion to help struggling airlines, airports and manufacturers survive the air travel downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Garmin International said Feb. 10 that Joby Aviation has selected the Garmin G3000 integrated avionics suite for the electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle it is developing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Urban air mobility startup Archer is to go public in a deal that will raise up to $1.1 billion to fund commercialization of the company’s all-electric air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Vertical Aerospace has tapped aerospace composites provider Solvay to supply the VA-1X electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Spatial disorientation of the pilot led to the fatal crash of a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter in hilly terrain northwest of Los Angeles in January 2020 that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant and eight others, the NTSB has found.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Clay Lacy Aviation is working toward a net-zero carbon footprint with the installation of a 500-kilowatt solar array covering about 30,000 sq. ft. of
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic may have acted as a “pressure valve release” on the aviation industry’s pilot shortage, but it has not solved the problem, said Sheryl Barden, president and CEO of Aviation Personnel International, based in San Francisco.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Two projects have been announced in the Netherlands with the goal of producing carbon-neutral synthetic jet fuel using renewable energy.
Airports & Networks

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has unveiled the newest upgrade to its business jet lineup with the Citation CJ4 Gen2 light jet with a “luxurious” interior cabin that “redefines the way passengers travel.”
Interiors & Connectivity

By Molly McMillin
EAA AirVenture 2021 remains on the schedule as a live event in July in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, although some areas of the show may look different than in previous years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Large-scale flight demonstrations are planned in seven countries under a European program to expand its U-space concept of operations for unmanned traffic management to include urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s SESAR air traffic management research program has launched a follow up to the Gulf of Finland’s U-space project focused on the safe and secure integration of unmanned aircraft and air taxis in urban airspace.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
French defense materiel agency DGA has ordered six light aircraft from domestic manufacturers for training and flight testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Kamalame Cay Resort has announced the launch of COCO Bahama Seaplanes, a new Bahamian-owned charter airline.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The founding executive of JetBlue Technology Ventures, the airline’s eye-catching corporate venture capital wing, has moved over to take a leadership role at Joby Aviation, one of the fund’s most notable investments and a high-profile urban air mobility startup.
Aircraft & Propulsion