The Weekly of Business Aviation

Andrew Broom has been promoted to CEO of the Citation Jet Pilots Association.

Av8 MRO, based in Houston, has launched a new replacement parts division called Av8PMA to specialize in engineering, certification and manufacturing of specialized replacement parts.

West Star is expanding its East Alton, Illinois, facility with the addition of a 64,200-sq.-ft. hangar, office and shop facility.

West Star Aviation’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, facility has signed an agreement with Embraer to receive Authorized Service Center approval.

Jet Aviation has developed a supplemental type certificate to update, in a partnership with Honeywell, “soon-to-be-obsolete” cockpit displays with DU-875 LCD units.

RBR Maintenance has added a Challenger maintenance program at its Love Field facility in Dallas.

Cobham SATCOM and Avionica have partnered to provide Immarsat SwiftBroadband Safety (SB-S) to the business jet market.

Mente Group and Richard Roseman Airborne Designs (RRAD) are partnering to provide a new advanced completions management service called E-First/White Glove for VVIP and head-of-state customers.

ACI Jet in Santa Ana, California, has become an authorized dealer to distribute, install and maintain Rockwell Collins’ equipment.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES S.p.A. Model P-180 airplanes.

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Matthew Hutchison has been named chief operating officer of Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Virginia.

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CenTex Aerospace is offering increased gross weight conversions to the King Air 350 turboprop with a new Supplemental Type Certificate. Final approval is expected in December.

Stratos Aircraft’s 714 very light jet prototype has logged more than 80 hr. of flight time in more than 44 flights, the company reports.

News network CNN has been approved to fly drones over crowds, becoming the first operator granted a waiver to FAA rules banning flights over people.

The Santa Monica Municipal Airport plans to begin work Oct. 23 to shorten the airport’s runway, after a district court judge dissolved a temporary restraining order halting the action.

Sales orders and inquiries for Textron Aviation’s King Airs improved during the third quarter, although King Air deliveries decreased amid a strong U.S. dollar and weaker international economies.

Bombardier is expecting more than 450 attendees at its 21st Safety Standdown USA safety seminar when it opens Oct. 31.

Constant Aviation’s newest maintenance, repair and overhaul facility has opened for business at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.

Wencor Group, based in Peachtree City, Georgia, has acquired Fortner Engineering & Manufacturing, a certified 145 repair station specializing in hydraulic component repair and maintenance.

A U.S. District Court has dissolved a temporary restraining order that had instructed Santa Monica, California, not to take action to shorten the runway at the city’s airport.

Textron Aviation has won a fleet order for 11 aircraft, including one Citation Latitude jet and 10 King Air 250 turboprops to support air ambulance missions in Norway.

Described by CEO Tom Enders as a “win-win-win situation for everyone,” Airbus’s unparalleled agreement to acquire a majority stake in the C Series aircraft without paying anything is both the deal of the century for the European giant and a lifeline for Bombardier.

Project Wing, the drone delivery service under development by Google parent Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” has returned to Australia for wider trials of deliveries to real-world customers.