Business Aviation
News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.
Aviation maintenance quoting website MRO Insider has added a new feature called Virtual DOM that offers maintenance oversight to flight department clients.
The cash-strapped industry continues to invest.
New rulemaking updates current FAA security threat disqualification regulations and consolidates them into one regulation that applies to all pilots.
The program partners universities and industry with local high schools to teach rotor-specific aviation flight training and technician classes.
After a nearly 30-year career that has included several senior posts with Honeywell Aerospace, Esposito is taking a senior role in the automotive industry.
The partnership is the second such arrangement that JSFirm has made in recent months as the industry grapples with workforce shortages.
Similar courses for the Gulfstream G650 and G280 are expected to be offered this fall.
Operators struggle to work in the economy, but companies continue to invest for the future.
Pilatus Aircraft appears to be working on an upgrade to its PC-12 turboprop single that entails a higher-power engine and electronically controlled prop.
NBAA will present its 2019 American Spirit Award to Irving during the Day 2 keynote session of its Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition.
