The Weekly of Business Aviation

New York-based Esoteric was selected by Dassault Aviation as its supplier of cockpit and cabin USB chargers for new Falcon Jet aircraft. Esoteric will

NetJets’ repair station subsidiary was recognized for reaching Level III of FAA’s safety management system (SMS) program, becoming the first U.S

Embraer last week celebrated the delivery of its 500th Phenom business jet, a milestone reached five and one-half years after the first aircraft

AGUSTA Model A109A, A109A II, A109C, A109E, A109K2, A109S, AW109SP, A119, and AW119 MKII helicopters. [Docket No. FAA-2014-0336; Directorate

Rep. Todd Rokita (R-Ind.), who introduced the General Aviation Pilot Protection Act seeking to expand the third-class medical exemption to more

MICHAEL CHOO was appointed regional sales manager for Asia for Universal Avionics. He will be responsible for direct sales to airline and government

FlightSafety International formally opened its recently expanded and renovated training facility in Teterboro, N.J. The grand opening celebration

Colville, Inc., the long-standing fixed-base operator at Deadhorse Airport inside the Arctic Circle in Alaska, has joined the AvFuel FBO networks

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By Sean Broderick
Despite evidence of progress on a deal, Spirit AeroSystems still expects to sell its two Oklahoma facilities, though the company’s improving

Pent-up demand will drive increases in new aircraft demand over the next several years, positioning the market for nearly $26 billion in sales by 2020

Latitude Technologies was named the supplier of satellite communications systems for the new Pilatus PC-24 business jet. Latitude will supply its

Nextant Aerospace launched a new division, Nextant Finance, aimed at making buying or leasing its $2.4 million Nextant C90XT or $5 million 400XTi

Aviation Partner Inc.’s (API) High-Mach Blended Winglet is approaching the 300-installation mark on the Falcon fleet. API first announced the retrofit

West Star Aviation was named an approved window repair and replacement vendor for the U.S. Air Force’s C21 fleet (Learjet Models 35 and 36). West Star

A software upgrade for the FAA’s terminal Doppler weather radar (TDWR) systems at 43 high-capacity airports in the U.S. is set to improve the wind

As FAA is embroiled in legal challenges to its authority over the regulation of certain unmanned aerial systems, including those that could be

Building off the success of its International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO), the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC)

An auditing program launched by the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) in 2010 for aircraft operators in the mining and other “on-shore” resources sector

Most major industry sectors flew fewer hours worldwide in the first quarter, a decline that Jet Support Services, Inc. attributes to the harsh winter

By Guy Norris
The worldwide business jet market is on course for a steady return to the good times, but for one major ingredient – the lack of willing investors

While Gulfstream added a longer-range “ER” G650 to its growing product line during the 2014 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition, the

The House Ways and Means Committee on May 29 agreed in a 23-11 vote to permanently extend the so-called 50% “bonus” depreciation provision for covered

Analyst Morgan Stanley’s latest update on the business jet market further details the wide divide between the large and light-cabin markets, even as

The grassroots effort to raise visibility on the importance of general aviation has now reached all 50 states with proclamations recently issued by