The Weekly of Business Aviation

Sonya Adams has been named Air BP managing director for Northern, Central and Western Europe.

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The global market for 3D printing for aerospace and defense is expected to grow from $1.56 billion to $5.90 billion by 2026, at a compound annual growth rate of about 16%, according to Market Forecast.

NASA has rolled out its Grand Challenge plan to help guide, foster and enable the coming generation of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles.

Aircraft utilization in business aviation rose 5.7% in the third quarter compared to a year ago, averaging more than 30.3 hr., according to Jet Support Services’ Business Aviation Index.

Qatar Airways plans to grow its fleet of for-charter business jets to 35 from the current 14 and replace the seven Bombardier Global 5000s and 6000s that it now operates with Gulfstream G500s, Group CEO Akbar Al Baker says.

For more than nine years ending in April 2016, U.S. Part 121 operators went without a fatal accident.

Six general aviation-related organizations have partnered to form best business practices for fixed-base operators, calling on FBOs to publish an online list of pricing, fees and other charges.

Embraer is seeing an improving market for business aircraft, with increasing sales activity, better pricing and reductions in used inventory.

The assets of once-high-flying drone startup company Airware are being bought by another drone-based services upstart called Delair.

SESAR, Europe’s public-private partnership for airspace technology research, has launched a series of demonstrations.

Two companies have won contracts to test the feasibility of delivering vaccines by drone to remote islands in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.

The FAA has referred an enforcement action case involving alleged illegal charter activity to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to the National Air Transportation Association.

Bell has added Thales to the growing list of partners on development of electrical vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft for on-demand mobility.

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services is adding additional corporate hangar and office space at Chicago Executive Airport to meet customer demand.

Argus International has launched a sophisticated flight scheduling software application for the business aviation community.

Honeywell International expects its Aerospace division to reach operating margins of 25% or more in coming years.

Luxaviation Group has formed a partnership with Icon Aviation, a business aviation and rotorcraft operator in Brazil.

Bombardier has renamed its Global Completion Center the Laurent Beaudoin Completion Center located in Dorval, Quebec.

Sprayt Robotics is seeking an exemption from FAA regulations to operate a tandem ducted-fan unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for crop spraying weighing 350 lbs. with a full payload.

Jetcraft is on track for a record year.

Jet Aviation is expanding and renovating its fixed base operations at its Van Nuys, California, Teterboro, New Jersey, and Dallas locations.

Web Manuals has opened a New York office as the company increases its customer base.

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-20-06 for certain Honeywell AS907-1-1A turbofan engines.

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