The Weekly of Business Aviation

Newly appointed FAA Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell has underscored the FAA’s commitment to the compliance deadline for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) and its firm compliance deadline.

By Molly McMillin
Bechtel Corp. has been awarded a contract to manage London City Airport’s development plan.

By Molly McMillin
A $70 million expansion project at Million Air White Plains at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, is progressing and scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.

By Molly McMillin
The African Business Aviation Association says it has strengthened its relationship with the Commercial Aviation Association of South Africa.

By Molly McMillin
C&L Aviation Group, based in Bangor, Maine, has established a new satellite office in Miami to serve Latin American Airlines and military and corporate operators.

By Molly McMillin
Flying Colours Corp. says it has completed the first installation of the Honeywell JetWave Ka-Band satellite communications system.

By Molly McMillin
AviaAM Leasing has delivered a Boeing 737 business jet for KlasJet. AviaAM Leasing acquired the Boeing 737-500 in November.

Christopher Paul has been appointed senior managing director and general counsel of Global Jet Capital. Paul joins the company after serving as general counsel of CIT Aerospace.

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

By Molly McMillin
U.S.-registered business jet and turboprop accidents, including fatalities, fell during the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same time a year ago.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and Veritas Capital Fund Management, the owners of StandardAero, have started negotiating a possible sale of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm Vector Aerospace.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Aviation regulators in Norway and UK have announced plans to lift the restrictions placed on operators of the Airbus H225 and AS332L2 Super Puma helicopters after the loss of a Norwegian helicopter last April.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Bell Helicopter has resumed flight testing of its Model 525 fly-by-wire helicopter, one year and one day since the fatal loss of the first prototype.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Formed in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 2006, Terrafugia is developing the Transition, a two-seat, folding-wing aircraft that can be driven on the road. The company has faced challenges meeting both automotive and aviation safety requirements for the Transition.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
June has been the busiest month so far this year for business-aviation activity in Europe, according to WingX Advance’s Business Aviation Monitor.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
VistaJet, based in Malta, posted record sales growth during the first half of 2017 with Program Membership sales up 57% year-over-year across all regions, it said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The supply of used business jets has remained “stubbornly” above 10% of the fleet, but “it’s not always a buyer’s market anymore," noted Haggerty Jet Group.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Advanced specialty materials and parts provider Allegheny Technologies and GE Aviation on July 5 unveiled a joint venture (JV) for the development of a new meltless titanium alloy powder manufacturing technology for 3D printing.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
When the Voegeli family sold Exacta Machine in Wichita to Precision Castparts Corp. in 2013, brothers Casey and Ben didn’t expect to return to the aerospace business—at least not this soon.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Electronic flight bag provider Comply365 said July 5 it received a “strategic growth investment” from San Francisco-based investor group Luminate Capital Partners.
Business Aviation

The Falcon 5X has performed its first flight with a “preliminary version” of the Safran Silvercrest engine—an unexpected milestone in Dassault’s new business jet program.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
EPS Diesel says it expects to receive FAA certification for its Graflight 8 general aviation diesel engine by the end of 2017.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
With the recent opening of a Canadian chapter, the National Gay Pilots Association is boosting its membership.
Business Aviation

By Adrian Schofield
Alaska Air Group subsidiary Horizon claims its pilot hiring program is on track to address the pilot shortages that have caused it to cancel a large number of flights this summer.
Business Aviation

The tone in the business-jet industry at the recent Paris Air Show was “better than the universal doom and gloom of the past."