The FAA has granted Part 145 repair station certification to the Clay Lacy aircraft maintenance facility at Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Connecticut.
BHS Helicopter Service has solidified growth plans with the acquisition of the Swiss helicopter business of its Stuttgart-based cooperation partner DC Aviation.
Dassault Aviation has begun construction of an office building on its site in Merignac, France as a step in its “Leading Our Future” transformation plan.
Aena has selected a consortium consisting of Universal Aviation Spain, United Aviation Service and General Aviation Service to co-manage and renovate the existing general aviation terminals at Madrid Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat International airports.
Wheels Up, a membership-based private aviation company, has acquired wholesale light jet charter operator Travel Management Co., which operates a fleet of 26 Hawker 400XP aircraft.
Work to permanently remove pavement at each end of the runway at Santa Monica Airport in California is scheduled to begin June 16 and will be completed in five phases.
The de Havilland name has returned to aircraft manufacturing with the completion of the $300 million sale of the Dash 8 program by Bombardier to Canada’s Longview Aircraft Capital.
GlobeAir, the only operator to have demonstrated that an air taxi service with a fleet of small jets can be a viable business in Europe, is now talking to major airlines to offer them a “last mile” service.
Aircraft engineering, modification and completion specialist GDC Technics has completed and delivered two BBJ 787s to a confidential head-of-state client.
Mitsubishi Aircraft has reiterated the importance of the larger version of its MRJ regional jet, following a news report that the company would shift its focus to a smaller version.
Boeing’s $4.2-billion deal to acquire an 80% stake in Embraer’s commercial aviation business means big changes are also coming to the company’s Executive Jets unit.
After at least six years of research and technology work on the Avionics 2020 demonstrator, Thales’ efforts toward creating a more intuitive cockpit have crystallized into the FlytX avionics suite.
Airbus says its collaboration accord with Siemens to develop hybrid-electric propulsion systems for the experimental E-Fan X demo and other vehicles is concluding a year ahead of schedule.
Airbus says it has received a “surprisingly” large response to its contest challenging computing experts, academics and professionals to solve five key flight physics questions using quantum computing to improve aircraft design.
Textron Aviation’s new Cessna Sky Courier is advancing through development, with assembly underway for the prototype aircraft and five additional flight test and ground test articles.
The Falcon 6X program is on time for a first flight in 2021 and certification and entry into service in 2022, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier said.
There is plenty of talk within business aviation circles about constraints on operations on the ground. A topic less often raised is what happens once the business jet is in the air.
