The Weekly of Business Aviation

Tecnam will display its P2012 Traveller prototype April 5-7 at Aero ’17 Friedrichshafen in Germany.

Tag Global Training is celebrating its 10th birthday Jan. 27.

Greenpoint Technologies was awarded a contract from a confidential customer to customize a Boeing 787-8 in a V-VIP configuration.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Dassault Aviation model Fan Jet Falcon airplanes.

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Vincent Restivo has been appointed vice president of the Mente Group, an aviation advisory firm based in Dallas.

​Jan. 24-25—NBAA Security Conference, West Palm Beach, Florida, https://www.nbaa.org/events/security-conference/2017/

Professional services company Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire the corporate advisory and aviation consulting businesses of Seabury Group.

Bombardier Business Aircraft’s service center network is marking its completion of more than 200 96-month inspections on Challenger business jets.

Bell Helicopter has delivered the first Bell 407GXP to customer Simrik Air in Nepal.

Britain and France are to begin work on the development of a joint Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator in late 2017.

Safran Group and Zodiac Aerospace entered into exclusive negotiations for an acquisition of Zodiac by Safran, the companies said on Jan. 19.

The cost of security around President-elect Donald Trump’s Manhattan residence in Trump Tower is reported to be in the $1 million a day range, and costs to business aviation will present an additional challenge.

Mitsubishi Aircraft will delay first delivery of its MRJ regional jet for a fifth time, until mid-2020, the Nikkei newspaper says.

Spirit AeroSystems is looking to outsource some of its supply chain work here in a move to save $5 million to $7 million.

Daher’s Airplane Business Unit delivered 54 TBM aircraft in 2016, compared to 55 in 2015, the company said.

The number of used business jets for sale in January decreased 4% from a year ago and 3% from December, according to a monthly business jet survey by Jefferies.

Dozens of Western aerospace suppliers are on the verge of hiring thousands of workers and even establishing additive manufacturing facilities in Morocco.

Russia’s major aviation event, the MAKS air show, is likely to take place a month earlier than expected this year.

A new forecast by Jefferies projects business jet deliveries to decline in 2017 before turning upward in 2018 and again in 2019.

Textron Aviation’s Cessna Pilot Center network grew substantially in 2016, adding 24 flight centers as partners.

Runway, a free widget from SimpleCharters, promises to “radically alter” the traditional chartering experience by introducing immediate book-to-purchase options.

Jet Aviation has grown with the acquisition of Ross Aviation’s fixed base operation at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Airbus delivered two H225M Caracal helicopters to Thailand in December, adding to four aircraft that entered service in 2015.

Aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay £670 million ($808 million) in fines to settle a series of bribery and corruption cases with UK, U.S. and Brazilian authorities.