Improving the ability of business aircraft to land in poor weather might not appear to be of much interest to anyone outside the private aviation community. But an extensive project funded by the EU’s SESAR Joint Undertaking has shown how the entire aviation sector could benefit if business aircraft were able to land in a wider range of conditions at airports where instrument landing equipment is not installed.

​AfBAA, the African Business Aviation Association, is marking its fifth anniversary at Booth V70, celebrating with the launch of AfBAC Expo, the African Business Aviation Conference, Exhibition and Static Display, to be held later this year in South Africa.

Is it worth upgrading an older aircraft with a Universal Avionics SBAS-Flight Management Systems? The avionics manufacturer believes it is, and is here at EBACE not only to show why but also to help explain how to tap into EUR 1 billion of EU grant money under the ‘Connect Europe Facility’ program.

The UK’s national trade body BBGA, the British Business and General Aviation Association, is included in the ShowNews Top Ten Leaders of European Business Aviation as it continues to punch above its weight in the industry.

Cirrus Aircraft was awarded the FAA’s production certificate for its SF50 Vision Jet on May 2, and will begin producing the single-engine, single-pilot personal jets at one per week.

The vision of Aircraft Technical Publishers to create a single-source online library service for aviation technical and regulatory publications has taken a step further with the ability to call up individual aircraft’s configuration by tail number from the FAA aircraft registration database.

​The first Sukhoi Business Jet with a VIP custom cabin certified by Europe’s EASA has been delivered to Kazakhmys in Kazakhstan by the Comlux Group’s completion and cervices center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Germany is proving fertile ground for Web Manuals, the Sweden-based developer of digital management of manuals and documents for the aviation industry.