The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A recent survey of 600 new and used business jet brokers indicate a decline in market optimism and tone, according to Jefferies.
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A top-ranking Senate Democrat has voiced concerns about the legal justification for the FAA’s decision to recall more than 3,000 safety inspectors and engineers to return to work without pay.
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By Michael Bruno
AeroVironment’s secretive, high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) program aimed at the 5G market has “generated close to $75 million-plus” worth of orders.
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By Bill Carey
Boeing says it has completed the first flight of an autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype developed by subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences.
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By Arie Egozi, Molly McMillin
The board of Israel Aerospace Industries has approved the development of an advanced model of Gulfstream Aerospace’s G280 super midsized business jet.
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By Molly McMillin
KlasJet, a European business aviation provider, has added three Boeing 737-500 aircraft to its fleet with plans to purchase four additional Boeing jets in 2019.
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By Molly McMillin
Janine Iannarelli is a Houston-based aircraft broker who represents individuals and corporations in the purchase and sale of business aircraft.
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Molly McMillin
Luxaviation Group has signed an agreement to sell ExecuJet’s global maintenance activities to Dassault Aviation.
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By Molly McMillin
Lee Aerospace has expanded its Part 145 capabilities and its West Coast presence, it said.
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Rachel Daeschler has been appointed European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification director for the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

View the December 2018 Business Aircraft Activity In The U.S., Canada And The Caribbean chart in PDF format.

By Graham Warwick
Collins Aerospace is to supply avionics for NASA’s X-59A QueSST low-boom supersonic flight demonstrator, now under development by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.

By Molly McMillin
AMAC Aerospace has received a new completion contract for a BBJ MAX 9.

By Molly McMillin
FBO Riga and Jet Flight Service have announced the launch of an Embraer authorized service center at FBO Riga in Riga, Latvia.

Jan. 22-23—AEA Europe Connect Conference, Cologne, Germany, https://www.aea.net/connect/Europe/

By Molly McMillin
JetRead has added a Gulfstream GIVSP aircraft to its charter fleet as it expands its operations globally.

By Molly McMillin
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute and the Liberty University School of Aeronautics has issued a 16-year study on accidents during flight training called Training Accident Report 2000-2015.

By Molly McMillin
Hollingshead Aviation has partnered with Icon Aircraft, the maker of the Icon A5 amphibious sport aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
Dallas-based JetSuite, which is celebratingtion, plans to add additional, larger aircraft to its fleet to give clients a wider variety of private aviation options, it said.

By Molly McMillin
Flightworx Aviation announced that its fuel division, Flightworx Fuel Services, has launched a new fuel portal application.

By Molly McMillin
BRS Aerospace named International Aviation & Investment, based in Hong Kong, as a distributor for the People’s Republic of China.

By William Garvey
An event to provide background on non-petroleum-based Jet A fuel and promote its use by business aviation was held at Van Nuys Airport, California, on Jan. 17.
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By Tony Osborne
With fewer than 70 days before Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), aerospace still has no real sense of the UK’s future relationship with the EU.
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By Michael Bruno
Austrian aerospace provider FACC on Jan. 17 reaffirmed its financial guidance for its current fiscal year issued from last October.
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By Sean Broderick
The partial shutdown at FAA is likely to delay several major airspace modernization and safety initiatives.
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