Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Michael Bruno
Last month, PCX Aerosystems announced it was buying nearby Senior Aerospace Connecticut. This month, Greenbriar Equity Group announced it will buy PCX from RFE Investment Partners.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bill Carey
The organizers of Aero Friedrichschafen in Germany, which had been postponed until July, have canceled the event for the second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Zero-emissions propulsion startup Universal Hydrogen has raised $20.5 million in Series A funding from investors including the venture arms of Airbus, JetBlue Airways and Toyota.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
Clues for what's next at Oshkosh
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
After hundreds of North American air shows were canceled last year due to the pandemic, the performers are launching for glory again.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Europe is looking to business aviation to take the lead in adopting sustainable aviation fuels because of its greater willingness compared with the airlines to pay a premium for low-carbon fuel, at least until production is scaled up and prices come down.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
An alliance has been launched with the goal of accelerating investment in sustainable aviation fuels by creating a certificate system that provides a standardized approach to verifying and tracking the emissions reductions from the low-carbon fuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Morf3D, an additive manufacturing startup that once was the darling of Boeing new-investment efforts, has a new 90,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Long Beach, California, and is now controlled by Japanese camera giant Nikon.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Angus Batey
Post Brexit uncertainties causing struggles
Business Aviation

By David Casey
ExpressJet, a U.S. regional carrier that stopped flying in September, is seeking permission to begin scheduled commercial operations under its own brand.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Angus Batey
The permit process is improving, but…
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
The cost of maintaining the airport, both financially and environmentally, will be increasingly hard to justify.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Rising sea levels pose long-term threats to many of the world’s busiest airports
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Oil and gas giant Shell has invested in sustainable aviation fuel producer LanzaJet, joining backers including British Airways and All Nippon Airways.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
A coalition representing every segment of the U.S. civil aviation industry is urging the Biden administration’s recently unveiled American Jobs Plan to include performance-based measures to spur sustainable aviation fuel production.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Dutch investment company Panta Holdings has acquired Fokker Services and Fokker Techniek, aviation aftermarket businesses, from Fokker Technologies/GKN Aerospace.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Nearly 70% of fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada experienced a decline in fuel sales in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to an annual FBO fuel sales survey by the Aviation Business Strategies Group.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

BCA Staff
Avionics MRO relocates and expands.
Flight Deck

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 Bill Carey
Clay Lacy Aviation will begin offering sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and using renewable diesel at its FBO locations at Van Nuys and John Wayne
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

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 Chen Chuanren
A day after Singapore Airlines announced that it will trial the IATA Travel Pass mobile application, China announced its own version of a digital health certificate.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Privately held PCX Aerosystems, a Newington, Connecticut, aerospace supplier, will buy Senior Aerospace Connecticut (SAC) in Enfield from Tier 2 supplier Senior for $74 million.
Supply Chain

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
As business flying remains strong, FBOs and developers are investing in state-of-the-art hangars, specifically for high-end corporate jet operators.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Angus Batey
Speakers at the British Business and General Aviation Association's annual conference on March 4 chose to accentuate the positives.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers