The Weekly of Business Aviation

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The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-19-25 and AD 2014-03-12, which applied to all Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 2000 airplanes.
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Satcom Direct (SD), based in Melbourne, Florida, is expanding its hardware portfolio with the launch of a new tail-mounted antenna series.
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FL Technics is expanding in Europe with the acquisition of Italy’s Flash Line Maintenance.
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Magellan Jets has compiled a toolkit to help private aircraft passengers stay healthy during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Bally Ribbon Mills, which designs, develops and manufactures woven webbing, fabrics, and preforms, has expanded its capabilities for producing polyester webbing that is compliant with the Berry Amendment.
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AVIAA, a group purchasing organization for business aviation, has added LOFT, a pilot training provider, to its membership.
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Tamarack Aerospace Group celebrated the 100th installation of its Active Winglet System at its Sandpoint, Indiana, headquarters.
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FAI Aviation Group, a provider of mission-critical aviation services, has partnered with race team, McLaren Racing.
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AviationManuals has moved into larger offices and added eight new employees to handle increases in business in its digital aviation manual development services and its Safety Management System software.
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Bombardier Aviation’s construction of its Singapore Service Center is on schedule for completion in 2020, the company said.
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Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Transport Risk Management, Inc.
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General aviation supports more than 1.1 million jobs and has a total economic output in the U.S. of $245.8 billion, an updated study by
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Private jet charter operator XOJet is moving its headquarters from Northern California to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. “(The change) allows us the
Business Aviation

By Kurt Hofmann
Germany-based insurance company Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has found that bird strikes are a notable contributor of aviation collision/crash incidents, after analyzing more than 50,000 claims.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A logistics division of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and a venture fund established by Japan Airlines have joined Volocopter’s Series C funding round.
Aerospace

By Fred George
Berkshire Hathaway’s top management shake-up at FlightSafety International (FSI) appears to go far beyond replacing David Davenport with Textron Aviation executive Brad Thress as head of the subsidiary.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Concerns about the FAA’s controversial Organization Designation Authorization (ODA), under which the FAA delegates certification work to manufacturers, has created a lot of misinformation.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace is expanding operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with the construction of a $35 million service center at Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
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By Molly McMillin
The fleet of Cirrus SF50 Vision Jets has largely returned to service following grounding of the global fleet by the FAA after a cabin fire on an SF50 during ground operations damaged the aircraft, Cirrus reports.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Embraer has announced that 2019 deliveries of 109 business jets, including 62 light jets and 47 large jets, were up from 91 business jet deliveries in 2018.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Timothy Obitts was named National Air Transportation Association president and CEO in February. Obitts joined NATA in 2014 and previously served as chief operating officer. He formerly served as managing partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Gammon & Grange, where he worked with many nonprofits and trade associations.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno, Ben Goldstein
Potential lawmaking in Washington state that dials back tax savings that Boeing has enjoyed for nearly two decades could be a key catalyst for Airbus, Boeing, Europe and the U.S. to finally reach a cease-fire in their long-running airliner subsidy disputes.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A National Academies study of advanced aerial mobility requested by NASA concludes the commercial cargo market is likely to be an early adopter of autonomous air vehicle technology for rural cargo operations, including “middle mile” distribution and “last mile” package deliveries.
Defense