The Weekly of Business Aviation

General aviation operations at Chicago Executive Airport reached a five-year record for traffic in July, following a drop in the spring from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority in Pennsylvania joined state and local officials to celebrate the completion of Hangar 11 at Lehigh Valley International Airport.

Continental, based in Mobile, Alabama, has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certificate validation for its Jet-A CD-170 engine, which has been integrated into Tecnam’s P2010 TDI aircraft.

Gulfstream Aerospace has enhanced its Gulfstream Cabin Experience with an investment in customer health through plasma ionization.

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Robinson Helicopter Co. has delivered R66 Turbine Serial Number 1000 to a dealer, Les Gillespie of Gardner Aviation in Peachtree City, Georgia.

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Bell Unveiled a new 140,000-sq.-ft. Manufacturing Technology Center Aug. 10 to support the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort.

Omaha-based Jet Linx has launched a new corporate jet card service, Enterprise Jet Card Membership, to provide businesses with a suite of services and products for a “flexible and reliable corporate travel solution,” the private jet management and jet card membership company says.

Bombardier has donated 2,800 face shields to HCA Healthcare East Florida Division in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and delivered them using its Global 7500 aircraft.

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Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Acropolis Aviation, a UK-based VVIP charter operator, has selected Satcom Direct (SD) to provide high-speed connectivity to the first VVIP Airbus ACJ320neo.

Bye Aerospace has selected Aviation Safety Resources (ASR), to supply its Soteria line of whole aircraft recovery parachutes systems for its eFlyer 2 electric trainer.

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NASA has awarded New York State’s FAA-designated unmanned aircraft systems test site an $897,000 task order to research automation technology for vertiport operations.

Wheels Up has formed a new business division called Wheels Up Aircraft Sales, offering aircraft brokerage, acquisition, trade and advisory services.

The FAA has awarded $3.29 million in grants to its unmanned aircraft systems center of excellence, a coalition led by Mississippi State University.

Japanese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing start-up SkyDrive is looking at launching an air taxi service in 2023 in either Osaka or Tokyo, with initial flights over the sea, CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in an interview with the Japan Times.

During the first six months of 2020, business and general aviation avionics sales declined 23.6% from the same time a year ago due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, reversing three consecutive years of growth, the Aircraft Electronics Association says.

Israeli company Percepto says its Sparrow small unmanned aircraft system for industrial applications now features an integral parachute that meets FAA requirements.

Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Wisconsin, while Chinese and “other foreign interests” are poised to buy the company’s assets and intellectual property.

Honeywell and urban air mobility vehicle developer Vertical Aerospace have signed a letter of intent naming Honeywell as the avionics supplier for Vertical’s passenger-carrying demonstrator aircraft.