The Weekly of Business Aviation

Airbus has dropped plans to produce the E-Fan family of electric light aircraft and instead is working on the larger and more powerful E-Fan X, which could fly within three years.

Boom Supersonic has received a new $33 million round of funding for its work to create supersonic passenger travel.

Gulfstream Aerospace’s G500 flight test fleet has accumulated 2,600 flying hours in 600 flights and is on schedule for FAA certification.

Constant Aviation, based in Cleveland, has completed its acquisition of StarPort, a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility.

Charter operator JetSuiteX has begun flights between Burbank/Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley’s Jacqueline Cochran Desert Resorts Regional Airport.

Evans Inc., based in Falls Church, Virginia, has launched CAARMA UAS Solutions Suite.

Pilatus Aircraft delivered 91 PC-12 NG single-engine turboprops in 2016.

Stratajet has expanded its network of fixed base operators through an agreement with Paragon Aviation Group.

Aero Star Aviation has invested in Embraer Phenom Specific Tooling for its maintenance, repair and overhaul services.

Duncan Aviation in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been approved by Aruba’s Department of Civil Aviation as a maintenance organization.

West Star Aviation announced its acquisition of Avant Aerospace, a supplier of Dassault Falcon Jet spares and equipment.

Innov8 Cabin Solutions, based in Kirkland, Washington, has obtained a Supplemental Type Certificate for its USB base, called CFLEX Charge.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Safran Helicopter Engines, S.A., Arriel 1A1, 1A2, 1B, 1C, 1C1, 1C2, 1D, 1D1, 1E2, 1K1, 1S, and 1S1 turboshaft engines.

Tim Goulet has joined Ross Aviation in Thermal, California, as general manager of Ross Aviation Thermal.

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The Channel Islands dependency of Jersey has the first UK airport to use remote tower technology.

Alessandro Profumo will take over from Mauro Moretti in the coming weeks, as Moretti finishes up his three-year mandate at the company. The move is part of wider reshuffle of senior managers in Italy’s various state-controlled companies and institutions.

A host of general aviation association leaders joined together to send letters to House and Senate transportation leaders underscoring “real and long-standing concerns” regarding a concept being pushed by some big airlines regarding air traffic control.

The restored B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” will make four national stops during the first half of a tour plan.

The state of Texas has the largest fleet of midsize to heavy business jets than any country in the world except the U.S., according to Global Jet Capital.

Jet Aviation’s Basel, Switzerland, maintenance facility has concluded its first retrofit installation of Split Scimitar Winglets on a Boeing BBJ1.

SevenJet Private Travel in Clearwater, Florida, has added light maintenance, inspections and other services for aircraft.

Embraer set records on recent flights between California and Hawaii in its Legacy 450 mid-light business jet.

Textron Aviation has expanded its 1Call offering for Cessna Citation, Beechcraft King Air and Hawker customers in Central and South America.