The Weekly of Business Aviation

Safran on Dec. 6 said it has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire Orolia from majority shareholder Eurazeo alongside the company’s founders and management to expand its product line and local country footprints.

Some of the airline executives attending the World Aviation Festival in London say officials of smaller companies are returning to the air quicker than those of larger corporations, which remain bound by travel restrictions.

Skye Aviation, an aircraft leasing company specializing in all-electric aircraft, has placed an order with Bye Aerospace for two additional eFlyer 800

Duncan Aviation has moved its satellite operations in Teterboro, New Jersey, into hangar space provided by Meridian, a fixed base operator at

The first of two new Tecnam P2012 Sentinel SMP aircraft has arrived at Apex Flight Academy at Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei. The nine

Russian Helicopters Holding Co., a division of Rostec State Corp., and UAE-based AJ Holding have set up a joint venture called Alpha Aviation to

Garmin International has added the first light-twin aircraft, the PA 30/39 Twin Comanche, to its list of aircraft in flight-test development for the

Air Plains Services a Wellington, Kansas-based general aviation engine and avionics upgrades provider, has been approved by SureFly as an approved

Element 1 plans to bring its on-demand methanol-to-hydrogen generator technology to fuel-cell propulsion applications in aerospace.

VertX plans to part to develop Ireland’s first operational vertiport at Shannon Airport.

Under the agreement, announced on Dec. 2, Wichita-based Yingling will reconfigure and upgrade 32 turboprop airliners for Alpine Air.

Helijet-owned helicopters will operate the Blade flights on existing routes and new services to be developed jointly.

Members of senior leadership teams are asking important questions about whether the omicron variant will have an impact.

The new member of P&WC’s PurePower PW800-series engines has undergone 4,900 hr. of engine testing.

MRO services accounted for nearly 60% of job losses in the total Canadian aerospace industry during between 2019 and 2020.

The 7,700-nm-range Global 7500 is the first of 20 Global 7500s that will join NetJets’ fleet, the company says.

SNC-Lavalin is to provide business and technical support to develop a zero-emissions 90-seat regional airliner.

A consortium of Bombardier, Raytheon and Springfield Air has purchased the five-strong fleet of modified Bombardier Global business jets.

Saudi Arabia plans to complete the $500 billion initial phase of Neom development in 2025 and has launched work on the first two region

The growth has been primarily driven by the large jet segment.

Satellite communications network developer OneWeb unveiled a joint development agreement with engineering company GDC Advanced Technology to certify new aviation terminals for OneWeb’s future low earth orbit (LEO) constellation.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is moving to tighten COVID-19 testing requirements for all international arrivals, part of an effort to curb transmission of the omicron coronavirus variant that emerged recently in South Africa and has since been reported in multiple countries, including the U.S.

Helicopter lessor LCI has taken over competitor Nova Capital Aviation (Ireland), expanding its portfolio.

Business jet activity rose 57% compared to the same time a year ago and is up 19% compared to November 2019

Russian government-owned industrial giant Rostec Corporation has reshuffled top management in its aviation subsidiary companies.