The Weekly of Business Aviation

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes.
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Quiet Technology Aerospace marked a milestone by installing its 100th Lear 60 carbon graphite engine inlet barrel.
Business Aviation

Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways continues its significant growth strategy as it plans to add almost 100 new positions in 2020, a 20% growth in employees.
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The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) announced that more than 1,000 pilots are now enrolled in its Loss of License Insurance program.
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Glebar, based in Ramsey, New Jersey, has acquired Tridex Technology.
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Quantum Air has selected OSM Aviation Academy as its preferred pilot training partner.
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BAA Training has partnered with ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile), a European aeronautics and aviation university, to train professional pilots.
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Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) Chesapeake has relocated to a new facility in Norfolk, Virginia.
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The Weekly of Business Aviation, January 13, 2020
Fractional ownership provider NetJets has accepted delivery of its first Cessna Citation Longitude super midsize business jet.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Textron Aviation is growing its Australian MRO capability to service Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker aircraft with the acquisition of Premiair Aviation Maintenance.
MRO

Spirit AeroSystems, the leading aerostructures provider and Boeing’s top supplier, announced Jan. 10 it is laying off 2,800 of its employees in Wichita, Kansas.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Tamarack Aerospace Group has received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Washington for its plan to pay back all debtors as it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
A special mission Pilatus PC-12 turboprop operated by the Colorado Department of Public Safety detected no suspicious aircraft while supporting the investigation into a rash of unexplained drone sightings.
Defense

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus Aircraft has unveiled improvements to its new 2020 G6 SR Series piston aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Collins Aerospace has received an order from the FAA for a Virtual-Reality training device to be used in scientific research in areas such as pilot-HUD interface, pilot performance and workload.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
The International Aircraft Dealers Association marked significant progress in 2019.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
EmbraerX is entering the unmanned cargo aircraft market through a collaboration with U.S. startup Elroy Air.
Aerospace

By Molly McMillin
Employees of financially troubled Mooney International were sent home from work Jan. 6—their second furlough in about a month.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Textron Aviation has acquired MRO provider Premiair Aviation Maintenance Pty Ltd and its three service centers in Australia.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois
Deliveries of Dassault’s Falcon business jets have hit a new bottom, at 40 in 2019.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace has rolled out the third prototype of its T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helo as it begins to accelerate the aircraft’s flight-test program.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Carmaker Hyundai has announced a UAM partnership with Uber and unveiled a full-scale mockup of its S-A1 eVTOL aircraft.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
Ukraine has begun taking delivery of H125 single-engine light helicopters from Airbus.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Petaluma, California-based Jump Aero is developing a small, fast, short-range vehicle for transporting first responders.
Aerospace

By Molly McMillin
Some Textron Aviation employees in Wichita began reporting back to work on Jan. 6 following an explosion last month.
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