The Weekly of Business Aviation

Two major milestones coincided within days of each other at Turbomeca, the French manufacturer of helicopter engines: the 40th anniversary of the

The U.S. House late Dec. 11 voted 219-206 for a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would, in addition to other measures, provide the FAA with $15.73

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Malta-based Comlux has announced an order for two Boeing BBJ Max 8 aircraft, the first of its type to join the company’s growing VIP charter fleet.

Boeing has named David Longridge as president of Boeing Business Jets following the promotion of 5 1/2-year incumbent Capt. Steve Taylor to chief

Spirit AeroSystems and Triumph Group are following through on much-anticipated plans to transfer Gulfstream wing work packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) will invest more than $1 billion in research and development over the next 4 1/2 years to develop the next generation of

The U.K. government will provide $40 million in value-added tax (VAT) refunds to air ambulance charities over the next five years and $11.5 million in

Four more companies have received FAA approvals for limited commercial operations of small unmanned aircraft systems, expanding authorized uses to

Two of Europe’s leading business aviation charter and aircraft management companies – privately owned Gama Aviation and publicly traded Hangar8 – have

The union representing NetJets pilots claims in a lawsuit that the fractional ownership giant violated federal Internet privacy law by gaining

Piaggio’s latest version of the Avanti turboprop twin, the EVO, was awarded European certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on

Vincent Tchengang, formerly Airbus regional sales director covering airlines in Africa and the Indian Ocean, has joined the Airbus Corporate Jet

Deliveries of Falcon business jets to the Middle East are holding steady, although customers in the region represent a significant portion of the

Honeywell Aerospace scored two firsts for the region at the recent Middle East Business Aviation show in Dubai when it signed up construction and

Ruag Aviation recently completed the first upgrade in Europe of a Falcon 2000 with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics replacing the aircraft’s Pro

With 70% of its VIP completions business coming from the Middle East, Lufthansa Technik has had to address the question of the bird. Just how does one

Prague-based ABS Jets had been OK’d to perform maintenance work on the fleet of 40 Embraer executive aircraft based in Russia. After a two-year effort

Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, has been selected by Boeing to carry out a green completion of a 737-800 for an undisclosed Asian head

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Dec. 18-19—8th Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on Helicopter Technology and 3rd Asian-Australian Rotorcraft Forum (ARF), Melbourne Convention

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is welcoming the European Commission’s publication of a working paper clarifying terms related to

There is no doubt that Middle East executive aviation will continue to grow, but the industry faces pressure from national airlines in the region with their increasingly sumptuous first class cabins and business jet offerings. And the 40% decline in oil prices over the last few months will put a further damper on business jet sales. Nevertheless, private aviation in the Middle East and North Africa will generate $1.3 billion in revenue in 2020, up from $500 million today, says Ali Al Naqbi, founding chairman of the Middle East Business Aviation Association.

It is the end of an era at Orlando Executive Airport in Orlando, Florida, as Bob Showalter sells the fixed-base operation (FBO) his family has run for