The Weekly of Business Aviation

Zipline and Novant Health announced on May 27 that they have received emergency approval from the FAA to fly medical supplies by drone to a hospital north of Charlotte, North Carolina, to support its response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Citiking International is asking a bankruptcy court to reject a request by the unsecured creditors of One Aviation to convert the company’s Chapter 11 restructuring to a Chapter 7 liquidation, citing complications due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York-based commuter airline Southern Airways Express, has launched new service by seaplane from the New York/Manhattan area to East Hampton, Montauk, and Shelter Island, New York.

Sales of business and general aviation avionics during the first three months of 2020 declined 8.8% from the same period a year ago, ending a streak of 12 consecutive quarters of increased year-over-sales.

Piaggio Aerospace has been given a €125 million ($137.2 million) maintenance contract by the Italian defense ministry to look after the country’s fleet of P.180 turboprop utility aircraft.

The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has performed its first unmanned air system delivery to a ship in a demonstration that could reduce pressures on the transport network around Europe’s largest seaport.

With little flying, preparations for return-to-service may replace previously scheduled maintenance.

Bombardier officials said a fire at its Belfast, Northern Ireland, facility was contained in one area of the factory and work in other areas of the factory has returned to normal.

Bearhawk Aircraft, based in Austin, Texas, has announced a new aircraft, the six-seat Bearhawk 5, its largest aircraft to date.

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Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

MemberJets has announced a direct-to-consumer flight and booking management platform called “Seats.”

Garden City Airport in western Kansas played an important role in the certification flight test for Garmin’s Autoland system in Piper’s M600 aircraft.

Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations for two King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft.

Appareo has upgraded its Appareo EnVision, a web-based, analysis software system for Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) or Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) programs.

Sling Pilot Academy has transitioned to online ground school through Zoom.

Western Aircraft has completed its first Aviation Clean Air Component installation on a Falcon 900 series aircraft.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has issued Standards Applicability and Acceptance Tables and a Voluntary Consensus Standards webpage to help increase awareness about industry standards development activities.

Silver Air has signed a Bombardier Challenger 300 to its Los Angeles-based fleet.

Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry.

Business Aircraft Deliveries Worldwide

A decade ago, the world had an “insatiable appetite” for large corporate jets, but that demand has recently decreased, said aviation consultant Brian Foley.

Commercial aviation groups and manufacturers planned to file seven petitions challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent decision to grant Ligado Networks access to radio frequency spectrum near bands used for critical aviation applications.