The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois
GIFAS says there will be a massive U.S. presence at Paris Air Show 2023 and a small Chinese one.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Satcom Direct (SD) has installed the first Plane Simple Ka-band antenna system, a prototype shipset, on its company Gulfstream G550 bizjet.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Garrett Reim
The Amsterdam-based company will also help Archer manufacture its Midnight four-passenger air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The notice of proposed rulemaking would adopt service rules for the use of C-band spectrum at 5030-5091 MHz for command and control of UAS.
Advanced_Air_Mobility_departments

By Graham Warwick
Communication and sensor systems usually run independently.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Amazon started drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, on Dec. 22.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The design has 12 electric lift fans embedded in the wing and four in the canard foreplane.
Advanced_Air_Mobility_departments

By Matthew Orloff
Blackhawk Aerospace, a provider of engine upgrades for a variety of turboprop aircraft, has sold its majority ownership to New State Aviation Holdings.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
One firm targeting business aviation as it seeks to grow is JB Roche, the Cork, Ireland-based provider of inflatable maintenance shelters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Both companies are based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Airlines using Belgian airports will now have easier access to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Airports & Networks

By Henry Canaday
SkySelect reports continued price increase trends, but a more positive outlook for consumables and expendables.
Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
As the new year begins, business aviation leaders make their predictions for the industry in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems is the market leader, according to the consultancy’s December report.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility has secured two lines of credit worth a combined $92.5 million from Brazil’s National Development Bank.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The grants were included as part of the Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization Act.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
The company intends to begin its flight test campaign in January 2023 at Kemble Airfield in Gloucestershire.
Advanced_Air_Mobility_departments

By Molly McMillin
A 10-year-old Boeing 747-8 BBJ, known as the “Queen of the Skies,” is being scrapped and dismantled following less than 30 hours in-service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
A United Airlines senior executive praised the decision by Heart Aerospace to increase its electric airliner from 19 to 30 seats.
Advanced_Air_Mobility_departments

By Molly McMillin
Ed Bolen has been president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) in Washington DC since 2004.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Senate on Dec. 22 passed the $1.7 billion omnibus spending package.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace completed what it says is the company’s—and the industry’s—first flight on a business jet using 100% sustainable aviation fuel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Aerus recently took delivery of its first three Grand Caravan EX aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Israeli startup AIR has completed the first successful transition of its full-scale technology prototype from hover to cruise.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
German flight-training and charter company Blissair has opened a new simulation center in Bocholt, Germany, for Beechcraft King Air series turboprops.
Maintenance & Training