The Weekly of Business Aviation

India has more than 250 business jets, including 130 private aircraft, according to a report by Smart Research Insights.

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said Jan. 6 that the agency’s second—and now annual—drone symposium will be in March in the Washington, D.C., area.

Textron Aviation has selected Unison Industries to supply additively manufactured air-air heat exchangers for its new Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop.

The Department of Health of Puerto Rico has selected the Bell 429 light twin-engine helicopter configured to conduct medical rescue missions in the region.

Jet Aviation in Geneva has completed its first Honeywell DU-875 Elite cockpit display upgrade in combination with a 120-month heavy check on a Global Express XRS large-cabin.

Duncan Aviation is offering a customer program to encourage business aircraft operators to schedule upgrades for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) well before the Jan. 1, 2020.

AirMed International has opened a Beechjet 400 base at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport for air medical transportation, organ procurement and recovery flights.

Greiner Aerospace, a producer of aircraft cushions and dress covers for the aviation industry, has selected Wencor Group as its global distribution partner for the aftermarket.

The Bell Helicopter Training Academy in Valencia, Spain, and its Bell 429 full-flight simulator have been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency.

The law firm of Gambrell & Russell has opened three new offices in London and Munich, and has expanded the aviation finance practice of its New York City office.

Gulfstream Aerospace has set two city-pair records with its G650ER.

TerrAvion, a provider of agriculture aerial imaging, has partnered with Servi-Tech, a crop consulting and agronomic services company, to expand its services.

Duncan Aviation has added additional paint capacity at its Battle Creek, Michigan, location.

CSI Aviation, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been awarded international operating authority by the FAA.

Aviation Management Group co-founder Jeff Kohlman has acquired Paul Meyer’s interest in the company.

Aviation Technology has moved its offices from Manchester, New Hampshire, to Hooksett, Hew Hampshire.

Ruag Aviation has earned FAA approval for Gulfstream G550 maintenance services at its Munich, Germany, facility.

The FAA is publishing a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-92A helicopters.

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Stan Younger has joined Constant Aviation’s leadership team. Younger most recently served as vice president of Bombardier’s service centers.

John Pope, instrumental in the growth and development of the National Business Aviation Association and the business aviation industry beginning in the 1960s, died Jan. 8.

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

The story, Cirrus Launches SR-Series Upgrades With G6, which appeared in the Jan. 9, 2017, edition of the Weekly of Business Aviation, contained an error.

Optimism and customer interest in the business jet market rose in January and are now at post-crisis highs, according to a new UBS Business Jet Market Survey.

Embraer Executive Jet delivered 43 business jets during the fourth quarter of 2016, a decrease from 45 a year earlier.