The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Satcom Direct, based in Satellite Beach, Florida, will offer Jet ConneX, a satellite data communications service that supports high data rate

By Molly McMillin
Airforms, based in Big Lake, Alaska, was awarded FAA Product Manufacturing Approval (PMA) for aircraft engine baffles for Mooney M20B/C/D aircraft. It

By Molly McMillin
C&L, based in Bangor, Maine, brokered a deal with Kiwi Regional Airlines for the sale of a Saab 340A, MSN 056, its eighth Saab transaction in the past year.

By Molly McMillin
Manion Aviation is now an authorized sales representative for Comlux America to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for Bombardier aircraft, including Global, Challenger and Learjet aircraft, the company announced. Comlux provides VIP aviation services.

By Molly McMillin
OneJet , which supplies air transportation to small and medium-size markets using Hawker Beechcraft 400A business jets, has added Nashville, Tennessee

By Molly McMillin
C&L, based in Bangor, Maine, brokered a deal with Kiwi Regional Airlines for the sale of a Saab 340A, MSN 056, its eighth Saab transaction in the past

AIRBUS Helicopters Model AS350B, AS350BA, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350C, AS350D, AS350D1, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, AS355F2, AS355N, AS355NP

John Walker has joined Stevens Aviation as North Central region sales manager. Walker replaces Phil Stearns, who was named sales manager for the

Sept. 1-2 —MEBAA Show Morocco, Mohammed V International airport, Casablanca, Africa, www.mebaamorocco.aero/visit-mebaa-show-morocco?dm_i=1CV,3LONQ

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/08/bav_08_31_2015_cht2.pdf Embraer Phenom 300 The Phenom 300 is a light twin jet private aircraft

The NRC team reviewed the document in the first quarter of this year and published a final report—with recommendations—this summer.

By Graham Warwick
Former Sikorsky and Cessna presidents and a Piper chief designer are leading an effort to develop a ducted-fan vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft for point-to-point executive travel.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Wheels Up founder Kenny Dichter took delivery of a custom-painted pink Beechcraft King Air 350i on Aug. 28 as the company launched a breast cancer awareness initiative.

By Tony Osborne
The pilot of a Bombardier Dash-8 regional airliner has described a near miss with a UAV while on approach to London’s City Airport as “possibly catastrophic.”

By Molly McMillin
Cessna Aircraft Co. has begun first deliveries of its Citation Latitude midsize business jet and has launched a national coast-to-coast tour of the aircraft.

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has established its name as the manufacturing entity for new Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft, the company said in a letter addressed to aviation professionals.

The NRC team reviewed the document in the first quarter of this year and published a final report—with recommendations—this summer.

By Bradley Perrett
Airbus is publicly questioning Japan’s choice of the Bell 412 to fulfill the Japanese army’s UH-X utility helicopter requirement, contrasting its offer of an all-new helicopter with the venerable age of the selected type.

By Kirby Harrison
With a new contract to outfit a BBJ777-200LR, Greenpoint Technologies continues to expand its role as a major competitor in widebody cabin completions.

By Molly McMillin
The recent volatility in the stock market – if it continues – could lead to slower sales of business aircraft, experts say.

By Molly McMillin
Aerion Corp. continues to build its team with the addition of Sean McGeough as regional vice president for the Northeast U.S., the company said.

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus Aircraft’s Vision SF50 personal jet is in its final stages of certification, the company reports.

By Molly McMillin
Hundreds of operators of business aviation and general aviation aircraft and helicopters, citizens and air traffic controllers have reported sightings of UAVs over the past 10 months, according to a just-released FAA report.

By Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International and West Virginia University Institute of Technology have partnered to offer an aviation management degree program. It will

By Molly McMillin
The Academy of Model Aeronautics in Muncie, Indiana, has launched a unmanned aerial systems competitive education program called UAS4STEM. It will