The Weekly of Business Aviation

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Aspen Avionics Inc. (Aspen), Evolution Flight Display.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association will award 100 scholarships of $10,000 each to 80 aviation-minded high school students from ages 15 to 18 and 20 to teachers advancing aviation education in their classrooms.

SkyQuest International brokered 21 aircraft sales and acquisitions in 2018 with an average transaction value of $1.3 million per aircraft.

SONAS Aviation, an aircraft charter and management company based in Shannon, Ireland, expects to acquire its Irish AOC soon.

Tecnam is preparing for FAA certification and first delivery of its new 11-seat P2012 Traveller.

TAG Aviation has opened a fixed base operation in Macau, China, to meet continuing growth in the region.

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Peter Bromby has been appointed Bombardier Business Aircraft vice president of worldwide sales for Learjet Aircraft.

Airbus Helicopters delivered 356 helicopters in 2018 and took net orders for 381 units.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is backing the export of “several” HondaJet HA-420 aircraft to HondaJet’s exclusive distributor in Mexico with a $5 million loan.

The U.S. aviation industry welcomed the news on Jan. 25 that Congress and the White House struck an agreement to reopen the government for three weeks.

The FAA on Jan. 25 ordered a ground delay for flights destined for New York LaGuardia Airport due to an uptick in air traffic controllers calling in sick.

With the partial shutdown resolved, at least temporarily,it will still take months for the business and general aviation manufacturing and maintenance industries to recover from the delays, said the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

Fixed-based operators are preparing for hundreds of private jets carrying pro footballs fans to vie for ramp space and jostle for departure slots at Atlanta area airports leading up to Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3.

Bombardier is insourcing Global 7500 wing and supply chain work with a deal to buy it from Triumph Group for a “nominal cash consideration.”

Tastefully Yours, one of the largest caterers to bizav operators in the Southeast, will play a major role in this year’s Super Bowl festivities in Atlanta.

Textron Aviation sales jumped 12% in 2018 over the prior year, helping to deliver welcome financial results for the latest year and leaving the business jet, helicopter and UAV provider bullish going into 2019, executives said Jan. 24.

FAA technicians who are not being paid during the U.S. government shutdown maintain the communications, navigation and surveillance equipment that air traffic controllers—also unpaid—rely on to safely separate air traffic.

The partial government shutdown has not yet affected the FAA’s type certification of Textron Aviation’s new Citation Model 700 Longitude super midsize jet.

Airbus CEO Tom Enders says the future of the company’s UK plants is at risk if the country opts for a no-deal exit from the European Union.

Air traffic should not be allowed to grow at London’s Heathrow and City airports, a new report says.

Airbus Helicopters secured 15 orders for its new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter last year, bolstering the company’s order book for 2018.

As the partial federal shutdown drags on, the impacts on the business and general aviation manufacturing and maintenance industries are growing.

United Technologies expects high-single digit organic sales growth at engine-maker Pratt & Whitney this year, and mid-single digits at the new Collins Aerospace.