The Weekly of Business Aviation

Inventories of used business aircraft for sale declined across the board, except for piston aircraft, during the first quarter of 2019, while sales were down 25%, JetNet says.

The number of April business aviation departures in Europe declined 3.1% compared to a year ago to 66,165 flights, but is similar to March activity, according to WingX Advance data.

Mitsubishi Aircraft said a stretched redesign of what was formerly dubbed the MRJ70, a regional jet follow-on to the company’s in-development MRJ90, is a “realistic possibility” and expects to release new configuration details over coming weeks.

EBACE 2019 will open May 21-23 in Geneva as European business aircraft manufacturers are experiencing varying levels of success.

Leslie Hart has joined the business development team of Vertis Aviation.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Viking Air Limited Model CL-215-6B11 (CL-215T Variant) and CL-215-6B11 (CL-415 Variant) airplanes.

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B&G Aviation, based in Georgetown, Texas, has signed an agreement with PWI to become an authorized installation center.

Flightstar Corp. has partnered with The Leather Institute.

Flight Logistics, a charter provider based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, has added a second Citation Bravo to its fleet.

FlightSafety International has expanded its master technician program to include aircraft cabin systems.

Ruag MRO International, based in Emmen, Switzerland, has delivered a new 19-passenger Dornier 228 to New Central Airservice in Japan.

Innovative Solutions & Support has received the FAA’s Supplemental Type Certification for its patented ThrustSense Autothrottle for retrofit in King Air aircraft.

TrueNoord has opened a representative office in Singapore as it works to broaden its global footprint in Asia.

Elit’Avia has implemented Collins Aerospace ARINCDirect Flight Operations System (FOS).

Garmin has received FAA Supplemental Type Certification for the GFC 500 autopilot in the Mooney M20 and 36/A36 Bonanza.

June 1-3—International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting/World Transport Summit, Seoul, iata.org/events/agm/2019

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is close to the assessment phase of a study for a new commercial aircraft.

The FAA has yet to develop a plan for modernizing its Civil Aviation Registry—despite being required to complete upgrades by October 2021—according to a new audit report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Bristow Group has joined a growing list of offshore helicopters operators to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bid to restructure its operation.

Bombardier has sold five Learjet 75 light jets, valued at $69 million at 2019 list prices, to an undisclosed customer, the company says.

Collins Aerospace has announced that Steve Timm has taken over as president of its avionics business unit, five months after the company merged with UTAS.

Startup Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX) has launched a crowdfunding campaign toward building a full-scale demo for its Mobi-One tiltwing eVTOL air taxi.

Boston-based Magellan Jets has launched Elevate, a new private jet membership program, calling it “risk-free membership” with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.

NBAA has launched a “retargeting” program that allows participants to target those visiting the NBAA website with banner ads as visitors search other internet sites.