The Weekly of Business Aviation

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.
Business Aviation

Jet Aviation, a business aviation services company, has acquired Arlin’s Aircraft Service’s fixed base operations at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana.
Business Aviation

Textron Aviation has teamed with Microsoft developers to upgrade the 10 Beechcraft and Cessna business and general aviation aircraft featured in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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TECNAM has rolled out its first P2012 Sentinel SMP (Special Mission Platform) with multimission capabilities.
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Avfuel Corp. has delivered sustainable aviation fuel to Atlantic Aviation of New Castle Airport for one of the airport’s private flight department’s tenants, marking the first delivery to a corporate flight departmen
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Shell Aviation, in collaboration with FAUDI Aviation, has launched Shell Jet Protection, a Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP)-free refueling system for the aviation industry.
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Axis Jet, an aircraft charter, sales, and management company, has added a second Citation CJ2 to its Part 135 air charter fleet.
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Montenegro Air Force has received the first of two Bell 505s from Bell Textron Inc.
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Flightstar Corp. has received FAA approval for the Gogo Business Aviation AVANCE L5 installation on Bombardier Learjet 40, 45, 70, and 75 aircraft.
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GAMA 2nd Quarter 2020 Deliveries
AWIN Knowledge Center

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Worldwide business aviation activity is trending down 12% in September compared to a year ago, but is an improvement from summer declines, according to WingX Advance data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale in September declined by 2% compared to a year ago but rose 1% from August figures, according to Jefferies analysts.
Marketplace

By Michael Bruno
Raytheon Technologies is on its way to cutting at least 15,000 employees in response to the company’s recent merger and the fallout from COVID-19, the aerospace and defense giant’s CEO told an investor conference, and likely more will occur.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Bombardier on Sept. 16 said it finalized terms of the sale of its train business to Alstom for $8.4 billion (€7.15 billion), including a $350 million price cut from the memorandum of understanding unveiled in February.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Whether it is aircraft manufacturers, fuel providers, airport administrators or end-user customers, the business aviation industry is eager to increase efforts to reduce the sector’s carbon emissions and boost its environmental responsibility and sustainability.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
SmartSky Networks and its former radio contractor, Wireless Systems Solutions, are enmeshed in a legal battle, one that means a delay in the launch of SmartSky’s planned air-to-ground network until 2021, it said.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Tony Osborne
Turkish unmanned aircraft system developer Baykar Makina has carried out the first flight of its Cezeri ducted multicopter electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Kopter Group is moving the prototype of its SH09 single-engine light helicopter back to the company’s home base in Switzerland following an extensive flight test campaign in Sicily.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has accomplished what it described as the world’s first successful landing of a UAV at a major airport while integrating the vehicle into commercial traffic.
Air Traffic

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has extended its contract with World Fuel Services to continue to provide Gulfstream with a steady supply of sustainable aviation fuel produced by World Energy, the company says.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Wheels Up, a private aircraft provider, unveiled a specially-painted orange Beechcraft King Air 350i as part of its Wheels Up Cares and Meals Up programs and to bring awareness to Feeding America Month.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, deliveries of business jets, turboprops and single-engine aircraft all turned down in the second quarter with a combined drop of 22% compared to a year ago, while billings declined 18%, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Universal Hydrogen has selected MagniX to provide the electric propulsion system for its planned conversion of the de Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell power.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has selected BAE Systems to develop and integrate a fly-by-wire flight control system for the AS2 high-speed aircraft.
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