The Weekly of Business Aviation

Piper Aircraft has increased the warranty on M600 aircraft from five years/1,000 flight hr. to five years/1,500 flight hr.

German-based FAI rent-a-jet AG has added its seventh Bombardier Global Express to the company’s fleet.

Jettly has opened headquarters in New York City.

Avfuel has added Blue Heron Aviation in the Turks and Caicos Islands to its network of independent FBOs.

Garmin International’s G1000 NXi flight deck upgrade has been certified for the Citation Mustang light jet.

Collins Aerospace and Stellar Labs are jointly developing a next-generation flight operation system for business aviation flight operations.

SmartSky Networks, an inflight internet provider, has closed a $104 million round of funding, bringing total funding to nearly $350 million to date.

David Dyche has been promoted to assistant manager of FlightSafety International’s Learning Center in Tucson, Arizona.

Feb. 12-14—NBAA 2019 Leadership Conference, Fairmont Austin, Austin, Texas, https://nbaa.org/events/2019-leadership-conference/

AEROCOR has received FAA approval for its Eclipse 500 and Eclipse 550 initial and recurrent training programs.

Bombardier has completed its acquisition of the Global 7500 wing program from Triumph Group.

As expected, Embraer delivered 91 business jets in 2018, including 64 light and 27 large jets, missing earlier projections of 105 to 125 aircraft, the company said Feb. 11.

As expected, Embraer delivered 91 business jets in 2018, including 64 light and 27 large jets, missing earlier projections of 105 to 125 aircraft, the company said Feb. 11.

Multinational aerospace engine and component company Safran has finalized the acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s electromechanical systems business unit.

Two key U.S. lawmakers overseeing federal transportation policy have introduced a bill that would keep the FAA fully funded during any future lapse in appropriations.

Two key U.S. lawmakers overseeing federal transportation policy have introduced a bill that would keep the FAA fully funded during any future lapse in appropriations.

UK UAS developer Blue Bear has begun flight testing along a flight corridor established for BVLOS test work in conjunction with Cranfield University.

Honeywell Aerospace is closing its longtime office at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and moving repair and overhaul operations to Olathe, Kansas.

With the battle against ATC privatization over, the NBAA is turning its attention to the industry’s pressing shortage of pilots, mechanics and other professions.

Triumph Group is rushing toward the potential climax of its three-year restructuring, the major aerostructures provider’s chief executive indicated Feb. 7.

A potential partnership between Embraer and Boeing would, if OK'd, benefit Embraer’s executive jet division, which would become Embraer’s largest division.

Brad Nolen joined Bombardier in 2002 as a product strategy analyst after serving at Safran Landing Systems and Goodrich Aerospace as a structural engineering consultant.

GE Aviation’s subsidiary in the Czech Republic is to study the combination of its H-Series turboprops with electric drives developed by Austria’s ATB Antriebstehnik to produce propulsion systems for general aviation and urban air mobility.

Boeing has made a “significant investment” in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Boeing will provide engineering, manufacturing and flight test resources, as well as “strategic vertical content,” to bring the 12-passenger AS2 to market, the company says in a statement.

Diamond Aircraft Group plans to double aircraft production and increase its staff at its facilities in Austria and Canada in 2019 as demand increases.