The Weekly of Business Aviation

Medical Air Rescue Co., based in Phoenix, has ordered its first Airbus helicopter, the H130 single-engine aircraft, to help it grow its operations.

Reach Air Medical Services will acquire five Airbus helicopters for its fleet, including three H125s and two H130s for use in emergency medical service operations.

ACI Jet has completed installation of Honeywell’s JetWave Ka-band internet hardware, with additional hardware and data plan provided by Rockwell Collins.

Lynx FBO Network will acquire the fixed base operation assets of Voyager Jet Center at Allegheny County Airport in Pittsburgh.

Web Manuals has partnered with Advanced Safety and Quality Solutions (ASQS) to automate safety compliance.

Mente Group, a Dallas-based aviation consulting firm, has formed a strategic alliance with ProAir Aviation in Europe.

Titan Aviation has opened its U.S. headquarters inside Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey.

Bombardier has delivered a Challenger 350 to Latitude 33 Aviation, a charter operator based at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.

Gulfstream Aerospace has selected Triumph Fabrications to manufacturer Gulfstream G500 and G600 fuselage frames.

Signature Flight Support has acquired 49% of St. Thomas Jet Center in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association has added seven new members.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Viking Air Limited Model DHC-3 airplanes.

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Anthony Rios has been promoted to chief operating officer of Avionica, based in Miami.

Dec. 10-12 — 8th Annual Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) Conference, DWC, Dubai, http://www.mebaa.aero/

Waco Aircraft Corp., based in Battle Creek, Michigan, has been acquired by the Dimor Group of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which plans to grow the company.

Oil and gas helicopter operator Bristow Group is set to purchase utility helicopter operator Columbia Helicopters for $560 million.

Tacoma Narrows Aviation has completed construction of its new 38,000-sq.-ft. executive terminal facility in Tacoma, Washington.

Business jet and turboprop flight activity in North America rose 0.9% in October compared to a year ago and 8.9% compared to September activity.

Boeing and Safran on Nov. 9 named Etienne Boisseau as CEO of their new auxiliary power units (APUs) joint venture.

FAA has taken steps to resolve the causes of seven outages of its En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system since 2014, but the air traffic control (ATC) automation platform remains vulnerable, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) inspector general (IG) said in audit report released Nov. 9.

Icon Aircraft CEO and founder Kirk Hawkins is stepping down as CEO.

Bombardier’s announcement that it will cut about 5,000 jobs in the next 12-18 months came as a “shock” to the Machinists Union, which represents 20,000 Bombardier workers in Quebec.

Describing it as “non-core,” Bombardier is to sell its Q400 regional turboprop program to Longview Aviation Capital, parent company of Canada’s Viking Air.

The U.S. Transportation Department inspector general has initiated an audit of the FAA and industry program to provide timely, automated authorization of drone flights near airports.