The Weekly of Business Aviation

ALLAN HOROWITZ has joined McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in Washington, D.C. as senior counsel of the firm’s Aviation and Transportation Litigation

A senior FAA official cast doubt on the likelihood that FAA would undertake a comprehensive rewrite to update Part 135 regulations, saying the agency doesn’t have the resources for such an initiative and instead would be more likely to address smaller issues on a case-by-case basis.

U.S. traffic continues to strengthen, according to business aviation research specialist Argus, which reports that traffic was up 1.9% in May. U.S

Moelis Capital Partners’ (MCP) recent acquisition of PATS Aircraft Systems is positioning the Georgetown, Delaware, supplier and services company to

NetJets is planning to take delivery of its first Bombardier Challenger 350 “Signature Series” aircraft during a ceremony on June 27 in White Plains

Mooney is nearing completion of its first new aircraft produced in five years, the Kerrville, Texas, manufacturer says. The Mooney Acclaim Type S

The Senate version of the FAA fiscal 2015 budget has gotten caught up in partisan bickering over amendments. The FAA budget was originally approved by

Ascension Air, the fractional ownership provider of Cirrus SR22T GTS single-engine aircraft, is planning to launch a second operation in Fort

A drop-in aviation biofuel that relies on the direct fermentation of sugar has been approved for use, further boosting wider industry hopes of achieving a target of supplying up to 1% of the global annual production of jet fuel from non-fossil or sustainable sources by the end of 2015. The process, developed by energy company Total and California-based renewable products specialist Amyris, becomes the third method of biofuel production to be approved by industry standards developer ASTM along with the Fischer-Tropsch and HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) processes.

Honeywell Aerospace last week celebrated its 100-year anniversary, tracing its beginnings to when Lawrence Sperry demonstrated the first autopilot. On

Signature Flight Support has added a third licensed location in Canada under a recent agreement with InterDel Aviation Services at Vancouver

Ascension Air, the fractional ownership provider of Cirrus SR22T GTS single-engine aircraft, is planning to launch a second operation in Fort

AGUSTA Model AB412 helicopters [Docket No. FAA-2014-0379; Directorate Identifier 2013-SW-067-AD; Amendment 39-17870; AD 2014-12-09] – requires

Donna Thomas
Upcoming Events June 26—National Business Aviation Association Regional Forum, Maguire Aviation and TWC Aviation, Van Nuys Airport, Van Nuys, Calif

Gulfstream Aerospace donated a G100 business jet that was retired last year from the company’s fleet to Savannah Technical College. The donation

Argus, which partnered with the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) earlier this year on its Industry Audit Standard, is building on that partnership

FRANK CARMICHAEL was named regional sales manager in Western Canada for Bell Helicopter. Carmichael has 39 years of aviation experience, including

Upcoming Events June 16-20—AIAA Aviation 2014 Forum and Exposition, Atlanta, Ga, www.aiaa.org/aviation2014/all/conferences June 16-20—14th AIAA

Glasair Aviation is hosting four students, a teacher, and two advisors from Sunrise Mountain High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, while they build a

WHILE STILL at sluggish levels, business aviation traffic has marked its third consecutive month of year-over-year growth in Europe and is now up five

Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) backers are putting the fate of the California airport on a city ballot. A group called the Santa Monicans for

NTSB investigators say the pilots of a Gulfstream IV that was destroyed after a rejected takeoff and runway excursion at Hanscom Field on May 31 did

Charleston, South Carolina-based Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, which recently opened a third fixed-base operation in Chicago, is hoping to add

Makers of NextGen surveillance avionics and the general aviation operators of an estimated 150,000 aircraft that will have to be equipped with the kit

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