The Weekly of Business Aviation

Million Air Houston Hobby is adding a “mega” hangar to keep up with customer demand.

Advent Aircraft Systems, based in Tulsa, has been awarded an FAA STC approving its eABS anti-skid braking system for Beechcraft King Air B200-series aircraft.

Web Manuals Sweden AB has grown its customer base by more than 30% in the past six months.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim will offer jet fuel to private and business jet clients from its base in Dubai South at Al Maktoum International Airport.

Flexjet has launched a new iPhone app for Flexjet owners.

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University has purchased a new metal-additive manufacturing system.

The FAA’s Equip 2020 team is offering a live Twitter chat to answer questions and concerns on automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B).

World Fuel Services’ regional office in Toluca, Mexico, is operational and brings the company’s facilities to eight.

BRIAN RUBEN PEDERSEN has joined Nordic Aviation Capital as chief financial officer.

July 17-19—2017 2017 Business of Airlines Workshop for Airport Decision Makers, Seattle, Washington, http://www.aci-na.org/event/8298

U.S. tax audits related to aircraft-management service have been ongoing for several years, often in a suspension state.

At Oshkosh 2017, scattered among the exhibitors, is a growing business aviation presence, from aircraft manufacturers to suppliers and vendors.

Gulfstream officials say Boeing’s “room for growth” argument for why the U.S. Air Force should pick a 737 airliner over a business jet for future Compass Call, J-Stars, Rivet Joint and AEW&C missions is “misleading.”

More than 100 general-aviation organizations have united to oppose legislation that would privatize the U.S. air traffic control system.

The flight is a key milestone for Embraer’s Melbourne operations, said Michael Amalfitano, Embraer Executive Jets’ president and CEO. The Brazil-based company has expanded its Florida production facilities and doubled its footprint, he said.

Charter operators report a spike in business in June, compared to a year ago, reports Avinode Group acting CEO Oliver King.

NASA’s Greased Lightning concept for a hybrid-electric, distributed-propulsion vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been licensed to a Virginia-based startup, Advanced Aircraft Co. (AAC).

CB Aviation, based in Ogden, Utah, is launching a fractional ownership program called CB SkyShare to serve the Western portion of the U.S.

While the debate about whether to split off air traffic services from the FAA may be soaking up the oxygen in Washington, other language pending in Congress would lead to significant aviation-policy changes.

Final assembly work on Pilatus Aircraft’s first PC-24 customer aircraft is progressing well, the company reports.

June business aircraft flight activity in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean rose 4.3% year-over year, with positive trends in all operational segments, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.

Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, has added equipment, and created a 3- and 4-axis machining center of excellence at its McAlester, Oklahoma, facility, to support new, detailed parts-fabrication work.

The segment delivered five more large jets than it did in the second quarter of 2016, although total business jet deliveries in the quarter were down by two compared to the year-ago period.

The acquisition makes Horizon Air Group one of the largest air-charter organizations in the south-central U.S., it says.

Sikorsky’s new owner, Lockheed Martin, has only now begun to market in earnest the fixed-wing M28, a rugged twin-engine turboprop.