The Weekly of Business Aviation

Cirrus Aircraft has launched a unique program to provide training at no cost to anyone buying used Cirrus SR20 or SR22 aircraft.

Demand for Cirrus Aircraft’s new Vision Jet single-engine personal business jet has been strong, the company says.

Honda Aircraft plans to increase production of its HondaJet at its Greensboro, North Carolina, headquarters as it works to reach full production capacity of the aircraft.

AgustaWestland’s AW189 and Airbus H175 super-medium twin-engine helicopters have found a comfortable niche in North Sea oil and gas operations.

It’s a modern-day spin on the Jules Verne classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days, the company said.

Textron Aviation has received an order for 15 Cessna Skyhawk 172 trainers from ATP Flight School, based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Business jet manufacturers will experience growth as soon as next year, Rockwell Collins’ President and CEO Kelly Ortberg predicts.

Pilots in some cases appear to be avoiding a special type of crushable concrete designed to gently stop an aircraft from overrunning the end of a runway—a finding that is puzzling to FAA officials.

Continuing to move forward with its aerial cruises concept, Crystal AirCruises took delivery of its new, reconfigured VIP 777-200LR on Aug. 1.

Wordwide business and general aviation avionics sales totaled $1.14 billion during the first half of 2017, up 2.7% from the same time last year, the Aircraft Electronics Association says.

Bombardier delivered 36 business jets in the second quarter of 2017, down from 42 a year ago, the company reports.

The U.S. 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.

Automotive manufacturer Daimler has invested in German startup Volocopter, which is developing a multirotor electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

BendixKing has been chosen to be the exclusive distributor of the MST 70B transponder to the business jet and military markets and is available to general aviation pilots.

BendixKing’s has introduced AeroWave Text & Track, a product that turns any smartphone into a satellite messaging and tracking device using Iridium’s low Earth orbit satellite network.

EAN Aviation, a business aviation services company in Lagos, has become the first West African IS-BAH Stage 1-registered fixed base operator and the second to earn the status in Africa

Jet Aviation has expanded its flight services in the Caribbean with a new fixed base operation in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Greenpoint Technologies has signed a contract for a Boeing 787-8 V-VIP interior modification with a customer who wishes to remain confidential.

RBR Maintenance has been awarded a contract from Millennium International to handle sales and installations of Millennium International avionics packages for Cessna Citation aircraft.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Model 212 and Model 412 helicopters.

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Kelly Gray has joined C&L Aerospace in Bangor, Maine, as regional parts sales manager for corporate aircraft covering the Western region of the U.S.

Aug. 1-2—CAPA Australia Pacific Aviation Summit 2017, Sydney, Australia, http://www.spaceagenda.com/future-events/

A decision about the long-term plans for Bombardier’s Learjet assembly site in Wichita has not been made, Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare told analysts July 28.

The world’s largest general aviation extravaganza, EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh, celebrated a number of significant anniversaries during the event.