The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
The British government is making £125 million ($159 million) in research and development funds available for future flight technologies.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
The provider of the batteries for Airbus’ Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric UAV says it is working with eVTOL developers on applications for its high-energy-density lithium-ion cells.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
PrivatAir SA in Switzerland and its subsidiary PrivatAir GmbH in Germany have filed for insolvency and ceased operations, the company announced Dec. 5.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Besieged inflight entertainment provider GoGo is still weighing a corporate sale and other strategic options but has repositioned debt and secured more of a financial lifeline in the meantime.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
British investigators probing the fatal crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine helicopter have revealed that the tail rotor actuator had become disconnected from the pilot’s anti-torque pedals.

By Graham Warwick
Bell has selected Moog to provide the flight control actuation system for its planned eVTOL and urban air mobility aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Once it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, One Aviation’s plans include buying existing Eclipse 500 and 550 very light jets, upgrading them and reselling them as the GSE, a remanufactured aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Drone research collaborations in Ohio and New York have announced recent developments to advance unmanned traffic management systems in their respective states.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Aircraft OEM Boeing and ELG Carbon Fibre are forming a partnership to recycle excess aerospace-grade composite material from 11 Boeing manufacturing sites.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Wing, Google parent Alphabet’s drone delivery service, is setting up in Finland.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Indra plans to use UAVs to collect precision data for airport and terrain maps used in generating virtual environments for visual systems on flight simulators.
Business Aviation

Arie Egozi
Operators of business jets are showing great interest in Israeli-developed systems that protect aircraft from shoulder-launched missiles.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Eclipse Air Charter, an on-demand charter operation based in Toronto, is opening a new office in Midtown Manhattan in New York City to meet growing demand.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Krimson, based in Ethiopia, has obtained a business aviation license from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA).
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
EPS Diesel has received supplemental funding that should allow it to complete FAA certification and receive a production certificate for its Graflight 8 diesel engine.
Business Aviation

Arie Egozi
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is evaluating a range of initiatives in all of its operations, including civilian ones.
Business Aviation

By Adrian Schofield
Airservices Australia has achieved a major step in its program to modernize the country’s air traffic management system, as it has switched over to a new voice communication system, the government-owned air navigation service provider said Dec. 4
Business Aviation

Michael Bruno
Airbus and Aerkomm have signed a new accord over installing the latter’s Aerkomm K++ inflight entertainment and connectivity system on Airbus Corporate Jets.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Garmin International expects to receive certification in late 2018 or early 2019 for the G5000 avionics flight deck upgrade, according to Duncan Aviation.

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By Molly McMillin
Gogo Business Aviation’s Avance L5 system has received certification for use on Gulfstream airframes.

By Molly McMillin
Used business jet sales rose in October with the sale of 51 aircraft, compared to 41 in September.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Zodiac Seats France 536 Series Cabin Attendant Seats.

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