The Weekly of Business Aviation

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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain ATR–GIE Avions de Transport Régional Model ATR42-500 airplanes and Model ATR72-212A airplanes.

Hernan Rincon has been selected president of Latin American Air Transportation Association’s Executive Committee.

Dec. 7-8—The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX), Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, https://www.thecamx.org/

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Business jet operations in North America rose 3.8% in October, in line with September results and slightly above the year-to-date average of 3.5%.

B. Coleman Aviation has completed construction of its 40,000-sq.-ft. hangar at Gary/Chicago Airport located 25 mi. from Chicago.

Surf Air, an “all-you-can-fly” membership airline, is relocating its London service to London City Airport from London Luton Airport.

Some analysts suspect U.S. defense budgets may be set up for a squeeze play by the early 2020s, while business aviation could feel an effect right away--good or bad.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is preparing to flight-test airframe noise-reduction technologies on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), following completion of a second phase of flying on its Cessna Citation Sovereign testbed.

Slovenia’s Pipistrel Aircraft has created a Chinese company to produce the Alpha Electro and Panthera electric-powered light aircraft.

Airbus has revealed it has ended serial production of the H120 single-engine light helicopter.

Jet Aviation, which began business in Switzerland in 1967, is celebrating half a century in business.

Zetta Jet ceased operations Nov. 30 and filed a motion for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Large-cabin jet management specialist Jet Edge International is relocating its corporate headquarters to a new facility at the north end of Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles.

Executive Flight Services has received FAA certification and has the capability to manage and fly Part 135 aircraft with 10 seats or more.

Desert Jet Center signed a lease to build a new FBO operation at a California regional airport. But construction has turned into battle after battle.

They were warned, but shareholders of aerospace supply chain management provider Wesco Aircraft still shaved almost 4% off the company’s stock price Nov. 29.

Scottish prosecutors will hold a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the November 2013 Clutha helicopter crash in Glasgow, Scotland, that killed 10 people.

Drone collisions with aircraft will cause more impact damage than a bird strike of equivalent size and speed, concludes a study conducted for the FAA.

Tecnam U.S. has completed delivery of the first three of 30 P2006T twin-engine aircraft to an unnamed geospatial data acquisition company.

PrivateFly is expanding its U.S. operations with the acquisition of Bird Dog Jet in Reno, Nevada, as it seeks additional opportunities to grow.

Textron Aviation has launched a new twin-engine, utility turboprop called the Cessna SkyCourier 408, with entry-into-service scheduled for 2020.

Robert Jubb has been appointed Air Partner’s freight trading manager based at its UK headquarters in Gatwick.

Brendan Lodge has joined Jet Support Services as aircraft acquisitions specialist and will be based at JSSI’s Farnborough