The Weekly of Business Aviation

WASHINGTON—The FAA’s top official remains confident in the agency’s certification methodology and processes for evaluating safety-critical issues

The number of U.S.-registered, turbine-powered business aircraft meeting the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline for ADS-B compliance rose to 88% of the

Private Jet Services (PJS), based in Seabrook, New Hampshire, plans to plant 79,200 trees a year in a reforestation program to offset 100% of the

WICHITA—Recent layoffs at Textron Aviation and Gulfstream Aerospace are signs that the manufacturers are being “appropriately cautious” about their

The pre-owned market for business jet sales for the rest of 2019 will be busy, Mente Group says.

German delivery drone manufacturer Wingcopter plans to enter the U.S. market.

Autonomous air taxi developer Ehang is on track to begin a pioneering effort with the Civil Aviation Administration of China to develop airworthiness standards and certification methods for the new aircraft category.

Delta Private Jets and Wheels Up have formed a partnership.

The 2,500-shp Aneto 1K is the first member of Safran’s new family of engines for medium and heavy helicopters.

Johnson now can push through his vision of Brexit on Jan. 31, 2020 ending Parliamentary and legal deadlock.

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Robert Herjavec has joined ONEflight International, a private jet travel company, as a brand ambassador.

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The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directives (ADs) 2016-01-16, 2017-19-03, and 2018-19-05, which applied to Dassault Aviation Model Mystere-Falcon 900 airplanes.

Dassault Aviation is studying reduced-crew operations in cruise flight for its Falcon business jets.

Dassault Aviation is studying reduced-crew operations in cruise flight for its Falcon business jets.

Drone traffic management system developer Altitude Angel will provide an unmanned aircraft system traffic management platform for the Netherlands.

Business aircraft flight activity in Europe declined 3.2% overall in November compared to a year ago, with year-to-date activity down 1.8%, or 15,000 fewer flights, according to WingX Advance data.

Etihad Aviation Training and Dhabi’s Khalifa University of Science and Technology have partnered on a three-year study to explore game-based learning for the next generation of airline pilots.

The NBAA alleges that excessive airport landing fees collected by Santa Monica, California, must be refunded.

The National Business Aviation Association is appealing a Nov. 8 FAA Director’s Determination regarding the City of Santa Monica, California, operator of the Santa Monica Municipal Airport.

Aviation industry stakeholders should be more transparent in addressing cybersecurity risk in contracts and system designs, a new report by the Atlantic Council finds.

BIRD Aerosystems, a developer of airborne missile protections systems and special mission aircraft products, has launched a compact version of its all-in-one AeroShield POD (put on device) to provide antimissile protection for medium-size VIP business jets.

The GE Aviation subsidiary has opened a new production facility, repair operation and headquarters in Brockworth, England,