The business jet forecast decreased somewhat from last year’s 10-year outlook, reflecting the most recent slowing of the market, the anticipation of an upcoming slowing of the U.S. and world economies and ongoing trade disputes which could impact the industry, said Brian Kough, Aviation Week senior director of forecasts and aerospace insights.
As the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition on Oct. 22-24 is set to kick off, industry analysts and experts continue to expect new products to stimulate orders, countering a lower level of legacy jet sales and flight operations.
World Fuel Services is working to lower carbon emissions in the aviation industry and plans to showcase those initiatives during the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas.
San Antonio-based SyberJet Aircraft successfully completed the first flight of its SJ30i light jet equipped with a SyberVision flight deck, kicking off an 18-month certification test program, the company said.
Textron Aviation has pushed some Textron Longitude deliveries into early next year as the aircraft undergoes some minor modifications, the company reports.
Garmin International and uAvionix announced the resolution of a patent lawsuit brought by Garmin over the use of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast tech.
World Fuel Services is working to lower carbon emissions in the aviation industry and plans to showcase those initiatives during the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas.
The National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition on Oct. 22-24 will bring together dozens of topics and educational sessions, along with the latest business aircraft products and services.
Honeywell announced on Oct. 15 that Mike Madsen has taken over as president and CEO of its Phoenix-based Aerospace business group, succeeding Tim Mahoney.
Airbus has confirmed it is no longer involved with the Pop.Up concept it studied with Audi, after reports emerged that the German carmaker has suspended work on the autonomous fly/drive air taxi.
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has completed unmanned flight testing of a second full-scale prototype as it works to develop a certifiable electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Digital aviation fuel supplier Valcora has signed its first third-party agreement with an aviation fuel provider to offer customers more ways of offsetting carbon emissions.
Automaker Ford has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a “vehicle integrated drone” that would help bring attention to a host car when it becomes stranded.
John Langford has been succeeded as president and CEO of Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences by Per Beith, formerly a senior director at the Boeing NeXt future mobility business unit.
Raytheon is proposing a multisensor aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6500 for a South Korean ground-surveillance requirement, partnering with Korean Air.
European flight activity decreased slightly in September compared to a year ago, but rose slightly compared to August, according to Argus International.
