The Weekly of Business Aviation

Paramount Business Jets, based in Leesburg, Virginia, has launched a newly designed website with faster response speeds for desktop computers and mobile devices.

The FAA has reintroduced its Administrator’s Fact Book, which includes tables, graphics and information about the FAA and air transportation.

Don Rogers has joined the board of directors and board of trustees of the Kansas Aviation Museum.

Business aircraft flight activity in North America rose 4.8% in November compared to a year ago, but fell 4.9% when compared to October figures.

North Sea offshore helicopter operators have completed simulator trials of Honeywell’s Mark XXII enhanced ground proximity warning system for helicopters.

Advanced composites provider Hexcel has decided to double down on its investments in additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials.

Pilatus has received FAA and EASA type certifications for its PC-24 twin-engine business jet, the company’s first business jet, the Swiss company announced.

The board requested $105.2 million for the current fiscal year, a level equal to the funding Congress appropriated for the NTSB in fiscal 2016.

Global Aviation Technologies will update 19 C-21A jets, the military designation for the Learjet 35A, for the U.S. Air Force.

The company has surpassed 200 deliveries of its Challenger 350 super-midsize aircraft and has made more than 50 deliveries of its Challenger 650 large-cabin aircraft.

Spirit AeroSystems plans to add 1,000 jobs and invest $1 billion over the next five years at its Wichita headquarters.

Adding to the scores of similar projects already in the works, Erik Lindbergh—grandson of Charles Lindbergh and long-time advocate for electric flight—has formed a company to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

The Regional Airline Association has urged the FAA to approve additional safety enhancing, structured training pathways for Part 121 airline first officers.

NetJets and Teamsters Local 284 in Columbus, Ohio, have officially concluded labor contract negotiations that began in 2012, and have reached a tentative agreement, the union said Dec. 1.

Triumph Group said Dec. 4 it will combine its Aerospace Structures and Precision Components groups into one business unit come Jan. 1, 2018.

Russia Post plans a drone delivery trial in 2018 using a heavy-lift unmanned aircraft developed by Kazan-based ARDN Technologies.

SmartSky’s new 4G LTE-based network goes live for business jet owners in mid-2018 to provide access to high-speed internet and data.

King Aerospace Commercial Corp., based in Ardmore, Oklahoma, has obtained AS9110 Rev. C certification for its FAA repair station following a series of independent audits.

RBR Maintenance, a FAR 145 Repair Station in Dallas, has acquired a Hawker 125-800A for its parts.

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C&L Aerospace, based in Bangor, Maine, has added about 1,800 line items from a Dornier 328 teardown to its regional aircraft parts inventory.

Quiet Technology Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate for its fourth airframe specific carbon-fiber engine inlet replacement barrel.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has released its 2018 Bahamas and Caribbean guides for 2018.

CemAir of South Africa has signed an order for two new Bombardier Q400 aircraft valued at about $66 million.

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