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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
The world could see a commercial hypersonic development aircraft take flight within the next few years, predicts Mach 5 aircraft aspirant Hermeus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The vaccines against COVID-19 are raising hopes and Wall Street is abuzz over a “light switch bull case” investment thesis where commercial air traffic surges back and business returns to normal sooner than 2023-25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense supplier Curtiss-Wright announced Dec. 3 that Lynn Bamford, currently president of the company’s Defense and Power Segments, will become CEO on Jan. 1 under a planned transition that sees current CEO and Chairman David Adams retiring by May 2022.
Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
The National Business Aviation Association’s first-of-its-kind Virtual Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, held Dec. 2-3, drew thousands of attendees, organizers say. Here is some key news from the show that you may have missed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Some business travelers, media staff and “elite sportspersons” will be exempted from COVID-19 quarantine on their return to England, under the latest guidance issued by the UK Department for Transport (DfT).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has carried out a new flight test program of its Zephyr solar-powered pseudo-satellite, focusing on low-altitude flying, ascent and descent.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
A deal to sell One Aviation’s assets related to the Eclipse 500/550 jet to AML Global Eclipse has been finalized, according to a Dec. 3 court filing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have revised their bilateral arrangement to cover the certification of aviation innovations such as eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Universal Avionics has completed the first flight of its latest human-machine interface technologies, including the SkyLens head-wearable display, on the company’s Gulfstream G-III business jet.
Flight Deck

By Angus Batey
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended many previously supposed certainties. But it remains the case that regulatory and legislative processes move slowly, despite unprecedentedly swift responses to the coronavirus that have been rolled out this year.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The online marketing site of the International Aircraft Dealers Association from January through November facilitated 500 aircraft transactions worth $4.5 billion in sales, IADA said Dec. 3.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Swiss startup H55 has secured CHF20 million ($22.5 million) of investor funding to complete certification of its electric propulsion system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Geneva-based Jet Aviation has added 41 aircraft to its global fleet as it expands its charter and management business in response to an increase in demand, despite flight restrictions and travel bans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Engine Assurance Program, based in Dallas, has grown enrollments by 40% since March, with 30% of the new business coming from first-time aircraft owners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Innovation Solution and Support’s ThrustSense autothrottle system will be installed as part of the standard configuration on Textron’s newly announced King Air 260, the company said during a VBACE presentation on Dec. 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Tamarack Aerospace Group is adding a third facility, this time at Aiken Regional Airport in South Carolina, for the installation of its Active Winglets, as it works to keep up with a growing business.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Ben Goldstein
Large U.S. airports could exhaust the federal aid they received in 2020 unless passenger volumes significantly improve in 2021, a new report from Moody’s found.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Italy is planning to grow its Gulfstream G550 business jet-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
GrandView Aviation announced on Dec. 1 that it has received three new Embraer Phenom 300s, bringing to 10 the number of light jets in the charter operator’s fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Aéro Montréal said the Canadian government has not reached out enough to the country’s aerospace supply chain, although a recent $1 billion investment pledge over two years to assist regional air transportation and airports is a good signal.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Air logistics startup Airflow is working with VerdeGo Aero to study the distributed hybrid-electric propulsion system for its planned short-takeoff-and-landing cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The two companies say they have developed a compact system that can be retrofitted into light single-engine aircraft, and the first target for their efforts is Airbus’ H125/AS350 Ecureuil/AStar light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has launched the Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprop, an upgraded King Air 250, with enhancements to the cockpit and cabin, the company said Dec. 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
David Coleal, most recently president of Bombardier Aviation, has been named group CEO of Incora, a provider of supply chain management services to aerospace, defense and other industries, effective Nov. 30.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Global business aviation activity trended downward by 19% in November compared to a year ago, with North America down 22% compared to Europe’s 18% decline, according to WingX Advance.
Aircraft & Propulsion