Gary Dempsey, the National Air Transportation Association’s new president, has a full range of issues to address and resolve, especially illegal charter.
Newest Aerion team member Honeywell will play a critical role in helping position the A2 supersonic aircraft in the correct atmospheric conditions to ensure that when it is flying at Mach 1-plus overland, no sonic boom ever reaches the ground.
As the very first Boeing BBJ MAX and Airbus ACJneo business jets head toward the completion centers, Comlux will be unique in getting one of each at the same time.
Aerion’s AS2 supersonic business jet project is accelerating with the addition of Honeywell to the development team, along with the definition of a viable transonic engine from General Electric.
TAC Air is touting history as it invests $140 million to refurbish a 60-year-old Braniff facility at Dallas Love Field (KDAL), resulting in a new FBO and a consolidating facility for fractional operator Flexjet. TAC Air cites the Texas Historic Commission as a partner as it repurposes a DalFort Aerospace building originally known as the Braniff Airlines Operations and Maintenance Base.
Duncan Aviation and Gogo Business Aviation recently developed a new STC for installing the Gogo ST 4300 Iridium Satcom Satellite Telecommunication System configuration for FANS-1/A+ in a Bombardier Challenger 605.
BBA Aviation, parent company of component OEM and MRO provider Ontic, has confirmed the acquisition of Firstmark, an aftermarket services provider of components and subsystems, for $97 million.
Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has officially launched preliminary design of its 12-seater, Mach 1.4-capable AS2 and revealed ambitions to develop bigger and faster follow-on variants, including potential commercial models.
A new Aviation Week Intelligence Network forecast predicts worldwide deliveries of 8,683 business jets and 2,877 turboprops from 2019-2028, exhibiting a 1.4% annual growth rate.
Big-cabin jets—ranging from super midsize through business liner classes—over the next five years represent 62% of the units and 87% of the value of planned new jet purchases in 2018 dollars.
Bombardier’s new Global 5500 and Global 6500 long-range business jets have completed 70% of their flight testing and are on track for delivery in 2019.
Located in western Montana at the Missoula International Airport (KMSO), Northstar Jet has a front-row seat to some of the West’s most devastating forest fires.
The cockpit of the future is here today with augmented reality, a wearable head-up display and point-and-click access to flight information triggered by the pilot’s eye movements.
First-half worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales climbed 15.5% year over year, to $1.322 billion, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) latest Avionics Market Report. Sales during the second quarter jumped 17.8% from a year ago, to $682.1 million.
Duncan Aviation recently updated a Bombardier 605 interior for a customer. Multimedia designer Ken Reita designed new drink rails and updated the seat design using new seat frames to add visual appeal and gave the entire interior a sleek, contemporary look that can be repeated in any Challenger 605 cabin.
Satcom Direct will cement the company’s position as a single end-to-end source for all business aviation connectivity needs, from infrastructure and hardware to cybersecurity.
Textron Aviation kicked off the National Business Aviation Association Conference & Exhibition with the announcement of an order option for the Citation Hemisphere business jet from fractional ownership company NetJets. Once firm, the order will be the launch order for the aircraft.
Cutter Aviation’s bourgeoning relationship with Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. has raised the revenue potential for the small FBO chain and provided it with some competitive armor from the very large chains.
Jet Aviation, the wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, continues to enhance its operations in the U.S. and elsewhere worldwide as a way to retain and attract market share in the FBO sector.
StandardAero Component Services has opened its new component repair facility in Cincinnati. The 206,000-sq.-ft. facility, which is located next to an existing 236,000-sq.-ft. component repair facility, will accommodate growth on new and legacy platforms, commercial and military engines and larger components.
