The Weekly of Business Aviation

Transactions of used business jets rose 5.6% during the first six months of 2017 compared to a year ago, according to market information from JetNet.

Business aircraft flight activity for the first half of 2017 grew 3.9% over the same period in 2016, while flight hours for the period rose 6%, according to Argus International TraqPak data.

The Kansas Department of Transportation is deploying what it calls the nation’s first statewide Unmanned Traffic Management initiative for use by the state’s 137 public-use airports.

JetAviva, a dealer/broker based in Kansas City, Kansas, has grown with the acquisition of Jet Quest, a pre-owned dealer focused on Cessna Citation sales.

Rockwell Collins still will not comment on an alleged offer to be acquired by United Technologies Corp. (UTC), Rockwell Collins Chairman, President and CEO Kelly Ortberg told the Jefferies 2017 Industrials Conference in New York on Aug. 8.

The U.S. District Court of New York has issued a permanent injunction striking down noise and access restrictions for East Hampton Airport in the Empire State.

The worldwide small drone market is expected to grow from $6.76 billion in 2016 to $14.71 billion by 2023, a compound annual growth rate of 12.4%.

GlobeAir, a private jet on-demand operator, recorded a 53% increase in flights to London during the first five months of 2017 compared to a year ago.

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is in the market for two secondhand Gulfstream G550 business jets to replace its 1970s-vintage Gulfstream IIB test observation platforms.

Gateway USA, doing business as Clay Lacy Aviation at King County International Airport/Boeing Field in Seattle, has been granted the first Stage II IS-BAH (International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling) registration in North America.

Hospital Wing, a Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit air medical transport service, has taken delivery of a new Airbus H130 single-engine helicopter.

Universal Avionics and Chicago Jet Group in Tucson, Arizona, have received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approvals for multiple retrofit Future Air Navigation System Supplemental Type Certifications.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim in Dubai has added a Challenger 605 to its managed fleet, bringing the number of aircraft managed to six.

JetSuite has added multi-tiered aircraft management to its services as a way to reduce the cost of ownership for single-aircraft owners.

Polaris Aero is offering Vector SMS, an aviation safety management system to help flight departments operate safely and comply with SMS protocols.

Hawthorne Hangar Operations opened its full-service fixed-base operation at Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal Airport on Aug. 1.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Inc., Model BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 Global Express airplanes.

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David Pekoske has been confirmed as assistant secretary of homeland security at the Transportation Security Administration.

Aug. 8-9—2017 ACI-NA/AAAE Airport Safety Management Systems Workshop, Minneapolis, Minnesota, http://www.aci-na.org/event/8374

View the Monthly Program Profile: Beechcraft King Air 200 And 250 in PDF format.

The flying public may not be so interested in it—yet—but pilotless commercial airplanes could be a boon to the aerospace industry and some financial analysts see a natural evolution in that direction coming.

As U.S. lawmakers debate whether to privatize air traffic control services, a new forecast claims the global ATC market already will expand by a compound annual growth rate of 12.75% through 2022.

A compliance issue that stopped air charter operators from adding certain Pilatus PC-12 single-engine aircraft to their certificates has been resolved.

Speculation builds that Rockwell Collins may be in play to be acquired by United Technologies Corp.