The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
AviationManuals, based in Washington D.C., has launched customized packages for private aircraft operations to ...

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has launched a Peace of Mind program to create a simpler transition to new ...

By Molly McMillin
The FAA will accept applications for candidates for entry-level air traffic controller positions from Aug. 8-15.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Professionals, based in Teterboro, New Jersey, will open a new office at California’s ...

By Molly McMillin
A Cessna Citation CJ3 equipped with a Rockwell Collins Pro-Line Fusion avionics upgrade made its first flight Aug. 2 following ...

By Molly McMillin
The state of Ohio will take steps to open more bodies of water to seaplanes, it said.

By Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International announced that its second Citation Latitude simulator has been qualified by Level D by the FAA.

By Molly McMillin
West Star Aviation is performing a major repair on a Gulfstream G200 aircraft at its Chattanooga, Tennessee, location following a ...

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream’s service center in Brunswick, Georgia, has received approved maintenance organization designations from Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

By Molly McMillin
The global aerospace composites market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of ...

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701, & 702), Model CL-600-2D15.

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Erin King Sweeney has joined Eckert Seamans’ law office in White Plains, New York, as a member in the firm’s Aviation and Transportation groups.

View the General Aviation 2nd Quarter and Year-To-Date 2016 Deliveries chart in PDF format.

Aug. 22-25—Air Line Pilots Association, 62nd Air Safety Forum, Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., http://safetyforum.alpa.org

By Molly McMillin
A divestiture of Bombardier’s Learjet business is “increasingly plausible,” Cowen and Co. analyst Cai von Rumohr wrote Aug. 8 in a note to investors.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
XTI Aircraft has selected Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft to power a two-thirds-scale prototype of its ducted-fan TriFan 600 as a step toward certifying the vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) business aircraft in 2022–23.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
XTI Aircraft has selected Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft to power a two-thirds-scale prototype of its ducted-fan TriFan 600.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Continued weak sales of the Learjet 70/75 has Bombardier “addressing its position” in the light business jet market, but the company is not specifying what actions it is considering.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
The ramp-up of C Series production is on track, says Bombardier, unveiling second-quarter results that show the Canadian company is making “solid progress” on its turnaround plan, CEO Alain Bellemare says.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
NTSB investigators say the first prototype Bell 525 helicopter broke up in flight before crashing on July 6.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
General aviation industry deliveries for the first half of this year declined 4.5% to 970 aircraft while billings fell 11%, according to just-released data from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The B-29 bomber known as “Doc” may make its second flight as early as mid-August, its program manager said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
WICHITA—Pacific Aerospace has received certification for its P-750 XSTOL (extremely short take-off and landing) Mark III turboprop single-engine aircraft from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, bringing the total to 18 certifications covering 59 countries.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Janice Barden, a business aviation advocate and founder of Aviation Personnel International, a San Francisco-based aviation recruiting firm specializing in business aviation, died July 31.
Business Aviation