2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Mark Huber

Acting FAA Administrator Nolen stressed the role of data analysis in improving aviation safety.

FAA Head Calls For a More 'Predictive' Safety Culture

PAC International recently upgraded a Michigan police Bell 407 with an Aeronautical Accessories/Garmin G1000 NXi retrofit kit.

Metro's PAC installs Garmin G1000 NXi in Bell 407

Chad Trautvetter

NBAA has updated its handbook that provides tax and regulatory compliance strategies for non-business use of corporate aircraft.

NBAA Updates Tax Guide for Non-biz Use of Corporate Jets

Gordon Gilbert

The FAA has postponed the activation date for the final phase of its multi-year Northeast Corridor Atlantic Coast Routes project to April 20, 2023.

Final Phase of Northeast Route Update Postponed

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued a final rule amending its Part 830 definition of “unmanned aircraft accident.”

NTSB Redefines UAS Criteria for Accident Investigation

The FAA is proposing to update flight operations and maintenance manual requirements to reflect industry use of electronic versions in various formats.

FAA Aviation Manual Requirements To Get Tech Update

Matt Thurber

Falcon 8X operators can now install a second FalconEye head-up display as a retrofit, or buyers can option a dual-HUD installation.

FAA, EASA Approve Dual HUD for Dassault Falcon 8X

Kerry Lynch

Bell commercial helicopter deliveries dipped by nearly 28 percent as supply chain issues pushed several shipments out of the second quarter, Donnelly said.

Supply Chain Issues Lead To Drop in Bell Deliveries

Curt Epstein

In-flight catering specialist Air Culinaire has relocated its Teterboro preparation kitchen into a newly-built 17,000-sq-ft facility.

Air Culinaire Expands into New Teterboro Facility

New Bell 407 orders will expand the Volusia County Sheriff's helicopter fleet to five. 

Florida Sheriff Orders Two Bell 407GXi Helicopters

Metro Aviation kitted Airbus EC145e air ambulance will join Life Force Air Medical's fleet located in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Metro Delivers Airbus EC145e Air Ambulance to Life Force

NBAA's newly formed Owner Pilot Association Coalition will tackle insurance, safety, training, ATC, and other issues under its initial priorities.

NBAA Owner-pilot Coalition Outlines Key Issues

EASA recently published a regular update notice of proposed amendment that presents changes to CS-25 large airplane type certification standards. 

EASA Proposes Updates to CS-25 TC Regulations

The European Commission is expected to delay deadlines for certain operators to register for two new EU passenger entry/exit programs.

Europe To Delay Start of Passenger Entry Requirements

Kait Wilson

RTAG will host a recruitment convention for military service members, veterans, and civilians interested in pursuing careers in aviation.

RTAG To Host Industry Recruiting Event

Gregory Polek

Hours after rejecting a merger agreement with Frontier Airlines, Spirit Airlines has accepted a sweetened offer from JetBlue.

Spirit Airlines Agrees To Merge with JetBlue

Textron Aviation's turbine aircraft deliveries were up by six units in the second quarter but company chair warns of shipment slippages in second half.

Textron Posts Strong 2Q but Sees Supply Constraints

Neste's latest addition to its global feedstock network will be Ireland-based Walco Foods.

Neste To Buy Irish SAF Feedstock Provider

Leesburg Executive Airport, located 35 miles from Washington, D.C., now has two FBOs with the opening of Kuhn Jet Center

Busy Virginia General Aviation Airport Gets Second FBO

Bell Helicopter has agreed to sell two 505 light singles to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Bell Sells Two 505s To Florida Fish and Wildlife

The FAA talks about view-limiting devices being used during instrument training but doesn't fully explain why they are necessary.

Blog: Are View-limiting Devices Necessary for IFR Training?

The New York City police have ordered two new Bell 412EPX helicopters for search and rescue. 

NYPD Adding Two New Bell 412EPX Helicopters

Tecnam's revamped Italian single-engine airplane features a luxury interior and touchscreen avionics. 

Tecnam Unveils 'Gran Lusso' at AirVenture

Aspen Avionics' flight displays will be able to interface with Garmin GFC 600 autopilots with release of new software later this year.

Aspen Avionics To Certify GFC 600 Autopilot Interface

David Donald

The two A330s will be converted into tanker/transports to restore a capability lost with the retirement of the Boeing KC-137 in 2013.

Brazil Welcomes First Airbus A330 Into Service 

The new fighters are required urgently to complete the replacement of the air force’s Soviet-era hardware.

Poland Turns To South Korea’s FA-50 Fighter/Attack Jet

Sikorsky has delivered more than 300 S-92 helicopters since 2004.

Sikorsky S-92 Fleet Marks Two Million Flight Hours

LCI has placed an order for two additional Airbus H175s with an option for four more in a deal valued at up to $125 million.

LCI Orders More Airbus H175 Super-medium Twins

Decatur, Texas-based AeroBrigham delivered nine airframe completions and reconfigurations in the first half and has many more on the books this year.

AeroBrigham Bringing in Record Business This Year

Among the earliest independent third-party MROs to do so, AAR has received FAA recognition for its corporate SMS program.

AAR Secures FAA Nod for Corporate-wide SMS

Hanneke Weitering

Clay Lacy Aviation has completed its 10th installation of Garmin’s G1000 NXi fully integrated flight deck upgrade on an Embraer Phenom 100.

Clay Lacy Performs 10th Garmin G1000 NXi Upgrade 

During this week's EAA AirVenture, Daher launched its Aviation Marketplace e-commerce parts and services portal for its in-production and legacy airplanes.

Daher Opens Online Marketplace for Parts, Services

Eugene Gerden

With many borders closed to its aircraft, Russia, along with private investors, are hoping to make Gelendzhik Airport a hub for business aviation.

Russia Plans New Bizav Terminal in Krasnodar Region

Universal Aviation, the ground handling arm of Universal Weather and Aviation, has added a new ground handling location to its Spain network.

Universal Aviation Expands Spanish Partnership

Chuck Aaron and SUU’s Helicopter Training Teaches Pilots How to Survive IIMC Situations

A terminated merger agreement between Frontier and Spirit Airlines means JetBlue gains pole position in any takeover attempt of Spirit.

Spirit Calls Off Merger Deal with Frontier Airlines

Radiant's portable flight sensor pack combines an artificial horizon with common flight instruments.

Radiant Unveils 'Flight Sensor Pack'

Cirrus marks three decades at EAA AirVenture with enhanced aircraft and services while approaching the delivery of 9,000 aircraft.

Cirrus Closes In on 9,000 Aircraft Deliveries

Boeing sees production of 737 Maxes reaching the “low 400s” this year while Airbus projects 700 A320neo deliveries.

Supply Constraints Force Boeing to Cut 737 Output Target

Cirrus marks three decades at AirVenture with enhanced aircraft and services

Cirrus Closes In on 9,000 Deliveries

The airworthiness directive limiting Gulfstream G500/600 runway crosswind operations is causing delays in aircraft deliveries and for G700/800 approvals.

G500/600 Issue Snarls Deliveries, G700 Certification

A “backlog clean-up” during the second quarter resulted in Gulfstream purging its backlog by $1.2 billion, but funded orders still rose 38.9 percent YOY.

Backlog Up at Gulfstream Despite $1.2B Frax Order Loss

The Air Charter Association has been invited to join a UK task force on achieving zero-emissions flight.

Air Charter Association Joins UK Zero Emissions Think Tank

Vladimir Karnozov

The CAAs of Russian and Iran agreed on July 26 to a pact calling for the supply of Iranian parts and services for Russia’s Western jets.

Iran To Support Russian-operated Airbus and Boeing Jets

Seeing growing business in the Aurora, Oregon area, Duncan Aviation added a fixed satellite base there to provide avionics support.

Duncan Adds Avionics Satellite Shop in Oregon

Airbus has engineered a fully roll-on, roll-off solution that can turn any A400M into a firefighter without modification.

Airbus Demonstrates A400M Firefighting Capability

Avidyne expects certification next year of its first AI-based avionics, the PilotEye visual traffic detection system.

Avidyne Moving Ahead with AI Avionics

Airbus and VRM Switzerland are co-developing a virtual reality training device for the twin-engine H145 helicopter.

Airbus Helicopters Teams With VRM for H145 Simulator

TRU Simulation + Training’s Cessna Citation M2 full-flight simulator has received level-D qualification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

TRU Gets China CAAC Nod for Cessna Citation M2 Sim

Boeing's latest 20-year outlook forecasts demands for 2.1 million personnel in commercial aviation.

Boeing Ups Demand Forecast for Aviation Personnel

Piper is celebrating its 85th anniversary and huge demand for its products.

Piper Adding Rough-field Operations to M600

Sen. Lindsey Graham, backed by a handful of other Republican Senators, have introduced a bill to increase the airline pilot retirement age to 67.

Sen. Graham Calls for Increasing Pilot Retirement Age

Cirrus Aircraft recently opened an expanded aircraft paint and finish facility at its Duluth, Minnesota headquarters.

Cirrus Aircraft Expands Duluth Paint Facility 

Recently acquired paint specialist Aviation Exteriors Louisiana is adding maintenance and conversions through an expansion project of its facilities.

Aviation Exteriors Adding Mx, Conversion Services

Cathy Buyck

German trade union Ver.di has called on 20,000 Lufthansa ground staff to stage a “warning” strike on July 27 as peak summer travel in Europe is disrupted.

Lufthansa Strike Adds to Europe’s Air Travel Chaos

A new uplift receipt program introduced by NATA and 4Air will allow FBOs to issue customers formal receipts documenting their SAF usage.

NATA, 4Air Introduce SAF Uplift Receipt Program

Richmond Executive Aviation at Virginia’s Richmond Executive Airport has seen its lease terminated due to failure to adhere to minimum standards.

Virginia FBO Closes after Running Afoul of Airport Standards

Jerry Siebenmark

Honda Aircraft has appointed four companies in the U.S., UK, and Malaysia as authorized service centers.

Honda Aircraft Expands Service Network

SAF pioneer Gevo will establish its first commercial production facility in South Dakota.

Gevo Acquires Land for Commercial SAF Facility

Embraer's Phenom 300 continues to account for most-delivered model.

Embraer See Mixed Bizjet Deliveries in 1H22

Saudi Red Crescent and The Helicopter Company team on national air ambulance service

Saudis Plan Nationwide Air Ambulance Service

Poberezny, who died on the opening day of AirVenture, led EAA as president for more than 20 years, steering the creation of the Young Eagles program.

EAA Legend Tom Poberezny Dies at 75

Daher's new $3.487 million Kodiak 900, which received FAA certification on July 20, is a stretch variant of the company’s Kodiak 100 utility turboprop.

Daher Unveils Larger, Faster Kodiak 900 Turboprop

Leonardo has inked sales contracts with Xiangjiang General Aviation Development Company and CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company for deliveries into China.

Leonardo Logs More Helicopter Sales in China

Available inventory of preowned business jets are down by 39 percent from a year ago with midsize jets leading the decline.

Jefferies: Midsize Bizjets Lead Continued Inventory Drop

Avionics manufacturer Garmin has released the latest version of its Garmin Pilot iOS app, which now includes graphical weight and balance.

Garmin Pilot App Adds Graphical Weight and Balance

Plenty of job openings are available among the companies exhibiting at EAA AirVenture 2022.

JSfirm, EAA Host AirVenture Job Fair

At EAA AirVenture, Redbird Flight is demonstrating a fully immersive desktop-based mixed-reality flight simulator.

Redbird Demos Mixed-reality Flight Simulator

Textron unit Pipistrel plans to seek EASA IFR certification for its four-seat single-engine Panthera.

Pipistrel Will Seek To Certify Panthera Single 

Kate Sarsfield

Elixir Aircraft plans to open a facility in the U.S. as it seeks FAA Part 23 certification of its two-seat single-engine composite airplane. 

Elixir Plots Expansion into U.S. GA Market

The Stratos 716X kit-built single-engine jet should be ready for builders to being construction of their kits later this year.

Stratos 716X Flight-test Campaign Nears Completion

The Perlan 2 glider holds the world altitude record for subsonic flight.

Perlan 2 High Altitude Glider To Fly at Oshkosh

Hydroplane is bringing its hydrogen fuel cell powerplant to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to assess interest from aircraft builders.

Hydroplane Waitlisting Orders for Fuel Cell Powerplant

Ampaire's EEL completed the longest flight by a hybrid-electric aircraft when it was flown from California to Oshkosh.

Ampaire Flies Hybrid Electric EEL To Oshkosh

The new EAA Education Center will focus on pilot proficiency and youth programs. 

EAA Opens New Education Center

Kitplane maker Van's Aircraft introduced the new high-wing backcountry RV-15. 

Van's Celebrates 50 Years, New Model

More than 12,000 high school students in 44 states participate in the You Can Fly initiative and aviation STEM curriculum.

Textron Donates $1M To AOPA's High School Curriculum

Dassault called the schedule for the 10X "tight" but still expects a late-2025 service entry from the 7,500-nm model even with lingering covid concerns.

Trappier: Falcon 10X Staying on Tight Schedule for 2025

More than a dozen Propel graduates have earned their Delta Air Lines wings since the program's inception in 2018.

Wheels Up, Delta Partner on Pilot Pathway Program

Gogo has reached the halfway point in the installation of its U.S. 5G inflight connectivity network.

Gogo's 5G Network on Track for 2H22 Launch

In response to AOPA's long standing crusade for fee transparency, Signature Flight Support 

Signature Flight Support Publishes FBO Fees on AOPA Website

Stuart “Kipp” Lau

For business aircraft pilots, the best tactic to surviving a wake turbulence encounter is to avoid it altogether.

AINsight: Who’s Responsible for Wake Vortex Avoidance?

The XA100 is the world’s first flight-weight, three-stream, adaptive cycle engine to run, and could power F-35s by the end of the 2020s.

GE Believes Time is Right for Transformational Engine

Charles Alcock

The aerostructures and engine components group is applying two approaches to developing hydrogen propulsion, as well as supporting new electric aircraft.

GKN Invests in Parallel Paths to Aviation Sustainability

Peter Shaw-Smith

Despite the best intentions, operating airports in Afghanistan remains a challenge.

Effort To Attract International Airlines to Afghanistan Underway

James Wynbrandt

Satellite network operator Inmarsat brings to Farnborough the latest future-proofed connectivity products for diverse aerospace sectors.

Inmarsat Demonstrates Sector-spanning Satcom Links 

Celia Konowe

Prime M&A opportunities in aerospace and defense are influenced by trends to diversify, according to financial group Lazard

Lazard Identifies Key Merger and Acquisition Trends 

Trials of MBDA's Dragonfire laser weapon have started successfully.

MBDA Aims for Dragonfire Laser on Target

UK-based MRO Farsound Aviation is using a creative concept to draw attendee interest at the Farnborough Airshow.

Farsound Taps Creative Campaign for Farnborough Show

The Sheffield region and Boeing continue their work together, this time focusing on sustainable aviation and SAF production.

Boeing Becomes Founding Member of Energy Innovation Centre

Curtiss-Wright will provide custom electric actuation technology for the Airbus A350 freighter.

Airbus Picks Curtiss-Wright for A350F Technology

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