The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau
IATA is now calling for systematic COVID-19 testing of all international passengers before departure as a key part of efforts to restart aviation during the coronavirus pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Hyundai Motor is continuing to build out the infrastructure side of its initiative to begin commercial urban air mobility (UAM) services by 2028.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
In a last-ditch effort to prevent mass airline employee furloughs beginning Oct. 1., two U.S. Senate Republicans introduced a bill to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) through March 31, 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Partners in Aviation co-founder and President Mark Molloy is a professional matchmaker, although his matchups involve bringing together those wanting to co-own a business aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation avoided a strike by its hourly workforce when members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers accepted the company’s final offer of a new four-year labor contract on Sept. 19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The FAA has announced its policy for approving drone designs as a special class of aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Aviation training specialist CAE on Sept. 21 announced the launch of a new “Airside” online portal with career and training resources for pilots.
Air Traffic

By Molly McMillin
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied Gogo Business Aviation’s request to review a patent granted to its competitor SmartSky Networks.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Molly McMillin
Diamond Aircraft has relaunched the Diamond DA20-C1 equipped with new G500TXi avionics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry.
Business Aviation

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.
Business Aviation

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.
Business Aviation

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.
Business Aviation

Jet Aviation, a business aviation services company, has acquired Arlin’s Aircraft Service’s fixed base operations at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana.
Business Aviation

Textron Aviation has teamed with Microsoft developers to upgrade the 10 Beechcraft and Cessna business and general aviation aircraft featured in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Business Aviation

TECNAM has rolled out its first P2012 Sentinel SMP (Special Mission Platform) with multimission capabilities.
Business Aviation

Avfuel Corp. has delivered sustainable aviation fuel to Atlantic Aviation of New Castle Airport for one of the airport’s private flight department’s tenants, marking the first delivery to a corporate flight departmen
Business Aviation

Shell Aviation, in collaboration with FAUDI Aviation, has launched Shell Jet Protection, a Superabsorbent Polymer (SAP)-free refueling system for the aviation industry.
Business Aviation

Axis Jet, an aircraft charter, sales, and management company, has added a second Citation CJ2 to its Part 135 air charter fleet.
Business Aviation

Montenegro Air Force has received the first of two Bell 505s from Bell Textron Inc.
Business Aviation

Flightstar Corp. has received FAA approval for the Gogo Business Aviation AVANCE L5 installation on Bombardier Learjet 40, 45, 70, and 75 aircraft.
Business Aviation

GAMA 2nd Quarter 2020 Deliveries
AWIN Knowledge Center

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Worldwide business aviation activity is trending down 12% in September compared to a year ago, but is an improvement from summer declines, according to WingX Advance data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale in September declined by 2% compared to a year ago but rose 1% from August figures, according to Jefferies analysts.
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