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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 Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies is on its way to cutting at least 15,000 employees in response to the company’s recent merger and the fallout from COVID-19, the aerospace and defense giant’s CEO told an investor conference, and likely more will occur.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Bombardier on Sept. 16 said it finalized terms of the sale of its train business to Alstom for $8.4 billion (€7.15 billion), including a $350 million price cut from the memorandum of understanding unveiled in February.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Whether it is aircraft manufacturers, fuel providers, airport administrators or end-user customers, the business aviation industry is eager to increase efforts to reduce the sector’s carbon emissions and boost its environmental responsibility and sustainability.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
SmartSky Networks and its former radio contractor, Wireless Systems Solutions, are enmeshed in a legal battle, one that means a delay in the launch of SmartSky’s planned air-to-ground network until 2021, it said.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Tony Osborne
Turkish unmanned aircraft system developer Baykar Makina has carried out the first flight of its Cezeri ducted multicopter electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Kopter Group is moving the prototype of its SH09 single-engine light helicopter back to the company’s home base in Switzerland following an extensive flight test campaign in Sicily.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Verizon Skyward and French manufacturer Parrot have partnered to offer a drone training and operations management package based on Parrot’s Anafi USA quadcopter, the companies announced Sept. 15.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has extended its contract with World Fuel Services to continue to provide Gulfstream with a steady supply of sustainable aviation fuel produced by World Energy, the company says.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Wheels Up, a private aircraft provider, unveiled a specially-painted orange Beechcraft King Air 350i as part of its Wheels Up Cares and Meals Up programs and to bring awareness to Feeding America Month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korea’s LG Chem, the largest manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles, has conducted the country’s first flight test of a next-generation lithium-sulfur battery.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, deliveries of business jets, turboprops and single-engine aircraft all turned down in the second quarter with a combined drop of 22% compared to a year ago, while billings declined 18%, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen has selected MagniX to provide the electric propulsion system for its planned conversion of the de Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell power.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
California-based startup Volansi said on Sept. 15 it has secured $50 million in venture funding to further develop its line of hybrid vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) delivery drones.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s Autoflight Aviation Technology has unveiled an unmanned cargo aircraft as a step on a road map planned to lead to autonomous, passenger-carrying electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Ampaire has flown a second prototype of its Electric EEL, a Cessna 337 Skymaster modified to hybrid-electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Signature Flight Support and fuel supplier Neste have partnered to offer permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel to operators at San Francisco International Airport and London-Luton Airport in the UK, in an initiative called Signature Renew.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Scilly Isles could receive regular freight deliveries using unmanned air systems through a new partnership between FlyLogix and the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Affiliates of Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR have acquired a 14.8% stake in inflight connectivity provider Gogo.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Bill Carey
Walmart on Sept. 14 revealed its second drone delivery project in five days, saying it has partnered with Zipline to fly health and wellness products to select houses near the U.S. retail giant’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Swiss drone company Flyability said its Elios drone designed for use in confined spaces or indoors has been used to document some of the world’s deepest ice caves.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Satcom Direct has installed and activated its FlightDeck Freedom datalink service on its 2,000th aircraft.
Business Aviation

Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry.
Business Aviation

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.
Business Aviation

Skandia has been awarded an FAA supplemental type certificate for its acoustic soundproofing kit for Bombardier’s line of business jets.
Business Aviation

Duncan Aviation has unveiled a new Design Center. Located at the company’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in Battle Creek, Michigan, the updated center now has 30% more space and a more efficient work area.
Business Aviation