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Premier Aircraft in Fort Worth has opened a new aircraft sales and maintenance facility at Meacham International Airport.
Business Aviation

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics in Wichita has been named an authorized service center for BendixKing’s AeroCruze autopilots, including the AeroCruze 100/230 and XCruze 100/110.
Business Aviation

Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina, Kansas, is offering teenagers an online unmanned aircraft systems program called the UAS Virtual Academy.
Business Aviation

A team of employees at Million Air Westchester in New York has partnered with the White Plains Youth Bureau to help assemble food donation bags for those in need due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Business Aviation

London-based Harrods Aviation has restarted operations at its Luton and Stansted FBOs as well as at its Air Harrods helicopter management and charter service.
Business Aviation

Talon Air has expanded its ultra-long-range fleet of business aircraft with the addition of a Gulfstream GV and a Gulfstream G550.
Business Aviation

Be The Match has enlisted the help of volunteer pilot organizations from Air Care Alliance’s (ACA) network of members.
Business Aviation

Bluetail is upgrading to a newly digitized aircraft records management system.
Business Aviation

Vertis Aviation, headquartered in Switzerland, has added an Embraer ERJ145 to its Vertis Charter Management Program, (VCMP).
Business Aviation

Choose Aerospace, Inc., is a partnership of stakeholders in the aviation and aerospace industries working to make aerospace careers and technical training a priority in secondary schools.
Business Aviation

Intrinsic Aviation has partnered with Arena Investors, an asset management firm, to invest in helicopter assets.
Business Aviation

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
Business Aviation

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

By Molly McMillin
Waco Aircraft has received full FAA certification of its Waco YMF-5F open cockpit biplane on amphibious floats.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation activity worldwide fell 52.9% during the first 26 days of May compared to a year ago, bringing activity back to “half-normal,” WingX Advance said.
Marketplace

By Bill Carey
Concerned over the potential of interference with radio altimeters, an aviation industry coalition has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider an order making available “mid-band” radio frequency spectrum for uses including 5G communications.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Bristol Airport plans to install a drone threat management system following a successful three-month pilot project.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
China’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer COMAC rolled out the first ARJ21-700 regional jet destined for Air China while also debuting the corporate jet variant, the COMAC Business Jet (CBJ).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Italian manufacturer Tecnam has premiered a new version of its P2010 four-seat light aircraft, powered by a Continental CD-170 diesel-cycle engine burning Jet-A fuel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing developer EHang has received approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China to begin commercial operation of its EHang 216 autonomous air vehicle for unmanned air logistics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted deliveries of business and general aviation aircraft during the first quarter of 2020, with deliveries down 20.9% compared to a year ago and declines in every aircraft category, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Marketplace

By Molly McMillin
Citiking International is asking a bankruptcy court to reject a request by the unsecured creditors of One Aviation to convert the company’s Chapter 11 restructuring to a Chapter 7 liquidation, citing complications due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marketplace

By Molly McMillin
New York-based commuter airline Southern Airways Express, has launched new service by seaplane from the New York/Manhattan area to East Hampton, Montauk, and Shelter Island, New York.
Marketplace

By Molly McMillin
Sales of business and general aviation avionics during the first three months of 2020 declined 8.8% from the same period a year ago, ending a streak of 12 consecutive quarters of increased year-over-sales.
Marketplace

By Tony Osborne
Piaggio Aerospace has been given a €125 million ($137.2 million) maintenance contract by the Italian defense ministry to look after the country’s fleet of P.180 turboprop utility aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion