2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Thierry Dubois

Target applications include passenger transport such as in oil-and-gas operations, as well as search and rescue.

Ka-62 Medium Twin Helo Takes Flight after Years of Delays

Matt Thurber

LoPresti's HID lighting systems are available for a wide variety of aircraft types, from piston singles to business jets.

LoPresti Receives New BoomBeam STCs

The new USB charging ports provide 3 amps of power to each port, and the converters include a DC-to-DC unit and an AC-to-DC unit.

True Blue Power Offers New Charging Ports, Converters

The new Avilon Flight Deck will be available for all King Air models and the Beech 1900.

Sandel Selects Western Aircraft as Avilon Installer

The ADS600-B is a low-cost ADS-B OUT and IN transceiver that can integrate with an existing transponder.

NavWorx Picks Dallas Avionics as Exclusive ADS600-B Distributor

The Blue Avionics BA-440 meets AC20-138C Mode 5 alerting requirements for LPV and ILS approaches.

Blue Avionics BA-440 Provides Universal SBAS-FMS LPV Approach Alerting

Kerry Lynch

Wijayawardana helped establish the newly branded Alerion following the 2015 merger of his charter and management firm ACP Jets with JFI Jets.

Suran Wijayawardana Chairs NATA Air Charter Committee

Samantha Cartaino

Embraer's latest market forecast sees demand for 240 new regional airliners in the 70- to 130-seat segment of the African market by 2034.

Embraer Sees African Regional Jet Fleet Doubling in 20 Years

The new Alto DZ-290 amplifier interfaces with new and legacy cabin entertainment systems. 

Alto Aviation Introduces New Cabin Audio Amp

HeliTrak is in the final stages of certifying its Collective Pull Down system and autopilot for the Robinson R22.

HeliTrak Enters R22 Autopilot Market

About 20 percent of the Kodiak fleet is in operation with humanitarian organizations.

MAF's Quest Kodiak Aids in Ecuador Relief Effort

The FDS do Capsule's 3D moving map will depict an exocentric view of the customer's airplane, including the model and paint scheme.

FDS Developing 3D Worldwide Moving Map

The new approvals add Connext cockpit connectivity, customized holds, search patterns and more to the GTN navigators.

Garmin Adds EASA Approval of GTN Features

The STC adds both ADS-B OUT and IN for operators of the Hawker 750, 800XP, 850XP and 900XP.

Elliott Aviation Certifies Hawker ADS-B Solution

The company can now manufacture its LED-illuminated 5/8-inch switch in just three days.

Esterline Korry Speeds Up Switch Manufacturing

Chad Trautvetter

Shipments of business jets at Bombardier decreased 31 percent during the first quarter, while sales soared 111 percent.

Bizjet Deliveries Down, Sales Up at Bombardier

Curt Epstein

Being in the right place at the right time has its benefits.

FBO Profile: Trego-Dugan Aviation, Grand Island, Neb.

Charles Alcock

Airbus admitted that problems with the A400M engine, and production issues with the A350 and A320neo airliners could impact 2016 financial performance.

Airbus Profits Down As Problems Mount on A400M and Airliners

Neelam Mathews

Despite a previous accident, the country is again considering lighter-than-air surveillance solutions.

India Seeks New Radar-Carrying Aerostats

Fixed rates in Piaggio Avanti IIs and Hawker 800XPs will be available from several Florida airports, as well as New York's JFK.

Exclusive Charter Launches Fixed-rate Service to Cuba

Vladimir Karnozov

But production of advanced versions of the Sukhoi fighter for export will continue through at least 2020.

Vietnam To Receive the Last ‘Classic’ Flankers

Bill Carey

The order is the largest in Bombardier Commercial Aircraft history and represents a 'major endorsement' of the challenged CSeries program.

Delta Renews Fleet With Major CSeries Order and A321 Top-up

The annual avionics show is expected to attract more than 2,000 attendees and features more than 130 exhibitors.

Aircraft Avionics Convention Opens in Orlando

The flight test in Gogo's Challenger showed that multiple sessions of movie and audio streaming are possible on the upcoming Gogo Biz 4G service.

Gogo Biz 4G Initial Test Phase Done

AirText will offer texting via Iridium satcom for five cents per message.

Send Solutions Unveils Low-cost Airborne Texting

The incentives provide a credit toward upgrading to a Universal Avionics SBAS-FMS.

Universal Launches FMS Upgrade Incentive for Learjet, Citation Operators

As the California city continues in its attempts to close its airport, it comes to terms with one of its opponents.

Settlement Reached with One Plaintiff in SMO Fight

Beyond First Class in Qatar Executive’s Gulfstream G650ER Private Jet

Airlines have not made a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the past several years, University of Warwick study finds.

Study: Finnair Has Lowest Carbon 'Footprint' But Industry Lags

Mark Huber

Two more test vehicles are scheduled to join the program this year—FTV4 in August and FTV5 in September. 

Third Bell 525 Joins Flight-test Fleet

The recent STC for installation of Dynon's D10A primary attitude indicator in older Piper and Cessna airplanes could lead to major changes.

AIN Blog: The End of Avionics Certification for Light GA Airplanes?

Gulfstream delivered 27 completed jets (19 large-cabin, eight midsize) in the first quarter versus 32 (25 large-cabin, seven midsize) in 1Q 2015.

Gulfstream Deliveries Dip 15.6% in First Quarter

TRO filed after Flight Options offered voluntary separation agreement to pilots against union wishes.

Flight Options/Flexjet Pilot Union Asks Court for Help

Chris Pocock

It will work with local MRO AIROD to provide a glass cockpit for these venerable medium-lift helicopters.

Heli-One Secures Upgrade of Malaysia’s S-61 Fleet

The aircraft's registry had expired at the end of January.

Trump Shifts Citation X to New Holding for Registration

The 767-2C baseline tanker will be used for environmental control system and smoke penetration testing, Boeing said.

Fourth and Final Aircraft Joins KC-46A Flight Test Program

Aspen Evolution backup display replaces mechanical instruments used for backup for EFIS instrumentation.

Aspen Receives STC for Backup Display

Wysong spent his entire life around avionics shops and hangars with his father Steve Wysong, eventually joining Wysong Enterprises.

Rodney Wysong Dies at 35

The AeroWave router is designed to work with BendixKing's low-cost, high-speed AeroWave satcom system. 

TrueNorth Selected To Make AeroWave Router for BendixKing

David A. Lombardo

The company already holds approvals to provide avionics, interior mods and refurbishment on the model.

Spirit Aeronautics Expands Hawker Maintenance

The company is installing new RM-855s in place of the aircraft's legacy RM-850.

Duncan Aviation STCs ADS-B for Hawker 800/Hawker 800XP

Gulfstream next is seeking certification of the technology aboard GIVs and GVs

Gulfstream Wins U.S. FAA OK for SVS on GIV-SPs

The STC provides a reasonably priced ADS-B OUT upgrade for more than 100 Part 25 aircraft.

CMD Gets Nod To Pair FreeFlight GNSS with TDR-94

Received $10,000 fine and five year's probation on felony conflict-of-interest charges and for making false statements to federal investigators.

Former Exec at MD Helicopters Parent Company Sentenced

Facility will be able to assemble up to 96 Phenoms and 72 Legacys annually.

First U.S.-built Embraer Legacy To Roll Down Line in May

These include free hardware for in-hangar content updates, more predicable pricing and the ability to stream content to cabin monitors.

Gogo Enhances Its Bizav Entertainment System

The STC is aimed at the 100-strong fleet of Global Expresses in the U.S.

Constant Aviation Receives Global Express Wi-Fi STC

The project is the company's 35 on the series and more are in the pipeline.

Jet Aviation STL Signs 35th 120-month Global Inspection

Its contract fuel program, Partners-Into-Plane, now allows Part 91 corporate and Part 135 charter operators to participate in the program.

Phillips 66 Aviation Expands Contract Fuel Program

The UK facility provides aircraft wheel and brake component repair, overhaul, parts sales, parts exchange and inventory management.

FAA Approves World Aero as Part 145 Repair Station 

Membership charter firm will start shuttle service from New York and Boston to Nantucket in May 2016.

Wheels Up Expands Offerings, Taps Eyerly for Shuttle

The delivery to JetBlue came three years after the European manufacturer broke ground on the $600 million plant in Mobile, Alabama.

Airbus Delivers First A321 Airliner Assembled at U.S. Facility

The FAA was a key participant in the testing and approval of Alcohol to Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene

Fifth Bio-based Jet Fuel Approved by FAA

The Mitsubishi X-2 made a short test hop to reposition at Gifu airbase for further flights.

Japan’s Own Fifth-Gen Fighter Makes First Flight

The company defied union wishes and offered voluntary separation agreements as part of the transformation to a new Skyjet charter brand.

Flight Options Preps for Transition To Charter Operations

Angle-of-attack system is calibrated for approach and landing at all MU-2 flap settings.

Alpha Systems AOA Approved for Mitsubishi MU-2

The airworthiness directive requires that airplanes with two GEnx-1B PIP2 engines have one fixed or replaced in 150 days.

FAA Orders Fixes on GEnx-Equipped Boeing 787 Dreamliners

Index is down 4 percent from February, at 29. This is “well below” 50, the threshold that determines strengthening (above) or weakening conditions (below).

UBS: Bizjet Market at Weakest Point Since 2009

The Senate included a ban in a $16.4 billion fiscal 2017 FAA funding bill.

Senate Panel Calls for Ban on Funding ATC Privatization

Gordon Gilbert

Part-ML proposes alleviations for aircraft maintenance programs and airworthiness reviews.

EASA Recommends Simpler Rules for 'Light' Genav Aircraft

Ian Sheppard

Platform links into operators’ own electronic systems and collects data on everything from airports and airspace to runways, weather and Notams.

Stratajet Launches Real-time Charter Booking System

The airport, which recently added International to its name, now has its first permanent Customs facility.

Customs Returns To Florida Keys Airport

All six FAA-sponsored unmanned aircraft system test ranges participated in the demonstration of NASA's UAS Traffic Management system.

NASA, FAA Test Sites Conduct Largest Drone Management Test

It became the first FBO in the Middle East to receive IS-BAH certification, and one of the few worldwide to snare both of IBAC's global bizav standards.

Gama Aviation Achieves IS-BAO, IS-BAH at Sharjah

Gregory Polek

Inaugural flight to connect Zurich with Paris

First Swiss C Series to Fly Revenue Service on July 15

The almost completely remanufactured attack helicopter has gained another U.S. Army order, with the UK due to confirm soon.

Boeing Secures More AH-64E Apache Upgrades 

Rob Finfrock

All nine persons aboard died when the jet crashed into an apartment building two miles from Ohio's Akron Fulton International Airport. 

Hawker Crash CVR: FO Had Difficulty Flying IFR Approach

C-27J Spartan Military Airlifter to Deploy with Royal Australian Air Force

To date, four of the new TBM 930s have been handed over to customers, with a fifth scheduled for delivery before the end of this month.

Daher Starts TBM 930 Deliveries in U.S. and Europe

William Dennis

Christoph Mueller cites personal reasons for resignation

Malaysia Airlines Launches Search for New CEO

It will fly from six new patrol vessels being built for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

Thales Sells Fulmar Mini-UAV System To Malaysia

Mike Fahey now has a singular focus on Learjet sales worldwide while Peter Bromby will handle pre-owned sales.

Bombardier Reshapes Learjet Sales Team

Delivery comes four months after the HondaJet first entered service in the U.S.

Honda Aircraft Makes First HondaJet Delivery in Europe

Textron is introducing new Pre-Buy Assurance, along with Extended Care and King Air Direct.

Textron Unveils Three New Product Support Options

The Autonomic Logistics Information System may not be fully ready as the F-35 reaches key milestones, says the Government Accountability Office.

GAO Questions Deployability, Redundancy of F-35 ALIS System

Gama Aviation boosted revenues and profits in its first full year since the reverse takeover of Hangar8.

Posting Strong Results, Gama Talks of More Acquisitions

Air BP is investing in the cloud-based flight planning system developer RocketRoute.

Air BP Takes Stake in Flight Planner RocketRoute

Textron's aircraft division shipped 34 Citations and 26 Kings Airs in the first quarter, up one each from the same period a year ago.

Bizjet, Turboprop Deliveries Rise at Textron Aviation

The advanced trainer has also been exported to Algeria, Bangladesh and Belarus, and Syria remains a possibility.

Yak-130 Sales Mount as Russia Orders More

Mike Yeo

The island nation is evaluating new medium lift helicopters, and also planning to replace some older CH-47 Chinooks.

Singapore Close To Super Puma Replacement Choice

PTT is part of aircraft management and charter group Naljets.

PTT Buys Flight Training School from UK FBO Multiflight

The 777X is among several recent awards the relatively new unit has secured in a competitive training market.

TRU Simulation + Training Eyes Growth With 777X Award

The organization has been seeking volunteers, supplies and aircraft to support relief efforts in the aftermath of the Ecuador earthquakes.

AERObridge Lining Up Relief Assistance in Ecuador

Trump's Citation X expired in January under rules that took effect in 2010 requiring re-registration every three years.

Trump Citation X Registry Comes Under Spotlight

The SmartStem system is intended to simplify important tire-pressure checks.

CRS Jet Spares Now A SmartStem Authorized Distributor

How Business Aviation Helps Patients Battling Cancer

Widebodies slated to develop airline’s medium- and long-haul networks

Garuda Indonesia Orders 14 Airbus A330neos

FltPlan.com has added a number of new features to its FltPlan Go for Android moving-map app.

Plates on Maps Added to FltPlan Go for Android

The bill has wide support from general aviation groups for its many provisions, but also for the Senate's decision to leave out ATC privatization.

Senate Passes FAA Reauthorization

To get the approval, the twinjet had to demonstrate strict performance requirements to operate on the airport’s short runway.

Legacy 450 Approved for Ops at France's La Mole Airport

Milestone comes 14 years after the company began delivering a VIP version of the ERJ-135 and 11 years since forming a dedicated bizav division.

Flexjet Takes Delivery of Embraer's 1,000th Bizjet

The new service, using a Falcon 2000, is available beginning May 2.

JetSmarter Expands Shuttle Services to Atlanta

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