The Weekly of Business Aviation

Skandia has been awarded an FAA supplemental type certificate for its acoustic soundproofing kit for Bombardier’s line of business jets.

Duncan Aviation has unveiled a new Design Center. Located at the company’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in Battle Creek, Michigan, the updated center now has 30% more space and a more efficient work area.

GrandView Aviation, a private jet charter and helicopter operator, is offering members an airline-style miles reward program.

General Aviation Services Jet Center, a fixed base operation at Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport in Texas, has completed the renovation of its facility.

ASL Group, based in Belgium and the Netherlands, has added eight new aircraft to its managed and charter fleet to support growing private jet demand in Europe.

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The National Business Aviation Association is looking ahead to 2021 with the announcement that it plans to resume its regional forum in June in White Plains, New York.

Piaggio Aerospace, which is in the process of finding a new owner, has received a new order from a U.S. customer, Mid-South Services.

Americans are expected to fall in love with their cars again in the wake of COVID-19.

Supersonic aircraft developer Aerion is poised to begin high speed wind tunnel tests of its Mach 1.4 business jet with ONERA, the French aerospace research agency, in the run-up to a preliminary design review in 2021.

Aviation training specialist CAE on Sept. 10 announced an initiative with banks in Canada, Mexico and Spain to help aspiring pilots finance their ab-initio training.

The Swiss Parliament has approved a CHF 150 million ($165 million) equity contribution to support air navigation service provider (ANSP) Skyguide, which has experienced a “massive decline” in income because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought considerable challenges, but it can also provide businesses with an opportunity to reassess.

Jonny Pollack is CEO of Mooney International, which was recently sold to U.S. Financial, a Wyoming-based financial group.

During the summer months, the business aviation industry rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic with an increase in leisure clients and first-time private jet flyers, but September will be telling, according to LunaJets.

Diamond Aircraft has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification for its Diamond DA50 RG single-engine piston aircraft, which paves the way for its first EASA customer deliveries in early 2021.

The air navigation service provider of Hong Kong will introduce satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its flight information region beginning early next year, data provider Aireon announced Sept. 9.

Walmart announced the start of a pilot program to deliver grocery items by drone in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Sept. 9.

Airbus has completed three test flights using two of its own Airbus A350s with the autopilot engaged in its Fello’fly wake vortex-riding project.

The French government has reiterated its desire to see a hydrogen-fueled Airbus flying in service by 2035, firmly reacting to those claiming the move is too risky.

The organizer of Airshow China issued then retracted a cancellation announcement for the biennial exhibition set to be held at Zhuhai in November.

The European Commission (EC) is hoping to rollout a simple color-coded map showing risk levels to overcome the current patchwork of COVID-19 travel restrictions and better-inform the traveling public.