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Nick Weston views his stint as BACA chairman – a position he assumed earlier this year – as being one way he can contribute to an organization he feels has given him and his industry tremendous support throughout that time.

Comlux delivered its first VIP wide body cabin completion on an Airbus ACJ330.

As it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, completions and MRO expert Flying Colours is executing its largest expansion plan ever.

Citing high costs of both the show and the city itself, Hansen, CEO of Luxaviation Group, said EBACE was no longer an efficient venue to market to potential customers.

Cabin completion and refurbishment specialist Greenpoint Technologies is showing its latest design inspirations for 787 and 777X Boeing Business Jet interiors.

Keeping staff occupied – and paid – means maintaining a certain amount of work every month, in a sector where demand is inherently unpredictable.

The matches are to be played in Madrid and Baku, which ought to be cause for celebration among members of the UK’s air-charter community.

Stockholm Arlanda and Caen Carpiquet are the latest airports to be able to offer sustainable jet fuel to their business-aviation customers.

A cabin mockup of Dassault’s in-development Falcon 6X business jet is debuting here at EBACE 2019, where the manufacturer also has three aircraft on the static display.

Piaggio Aerospace, the manufacturer of the P.180 Avanti Evo twin turboprop, is looking for buyers.

Textron Aviation is progressing with work on its $4.8 million Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop, with first flight expected in mid-2019 and certification in mid-2020, the company reports.

Conklin & de Decker has released its 2018 Aircraft Performance Comparator.

Duncan Aviation recently updated a Bombardier 605 interior for a customer.

Duncan Aviation is has what it describes as a “one-of-a-kind” Dornier 328-310, one of only 11 Envoy 3 models in the world.

Modern Aviation has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of XJet Holdings LLC at Colorado’s Centennial Airport.

A lot has changed at TAG Farnborough Airport since its CEO, Brandon O’Reilly, first joined the team. Yet the biggest difference he has noticed has been in the business aviation industry’s perception.

Million Air’s growth may be slower than some of its competitors, but there have been developments within its FBO family over the last year.

VistaJet operates a global fleet of 72 business jets that it makes available to customers under a pay-by-the-hour membership plan. An uptick in customer numbers and aircraft use in North America is driving global growth.

The biggest challenge today is labor. Competition for labor is acute, says Mark Johnstone, Signature Flight Support CEO.

Take a slow look around the interior of your average business jet. Are most of the lines straight, or of constant curvature – a bit, well, “samey”? Contrast that with the concept interior for the BBJ MAX 7 highlighted, the creation of Sky Style, a U.S. company founded by Argentinians Lucas Columbo and Max Pardo.

Iridium expects to start its Certus service for aviation users by midyear 2019, delivering global, broadband connectivity to aircraft flight decks.

When it comes to solutions to the maintenance technician shortage, Gulfstream Aerospace is working on a variety of solutions.

Seeking to make the newly certified PC-24 twinjet as well-known at the BACE as its turboprop little brother, Switzerland’s Pilatus has flown a production example to Orlando, where it may be viewed in the static exhibition at the Executive Airport.

Pratt & Whitney Canada says initial flight tests of its newest engine, the PW812D demonstrator, have met expectations as it continues to define the production configuration for Dassault’s Falcon 6X large, long-range business jet.

Fast-moving fractional operator Flexjet is busy recruiting pilots here this week. “The company intends to grow its fleet by 14%, which will require growth in pilot ranks by 25% this year,” says a spokesman.