The Weekly of Business Aviation

Embraer’s John Slattery will be the first CEO of the Boeing-Embraer commercial aircraft JV that the aircraft manufacturers expect to launch by year’s end.

The White House confirmed Mar. 19 that U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate former Delta Air Lines executive and pilot Stephen Dickson to head the FAA, ending a 15-month stretch for the agency without a permanent leader.

Texas Aircraft Manufacturing has launched a new light sport aircraft (LSA) called the Colt.

Global completion and MRO specialist AMAC Aerospace recently announced early completion of major modification work on a head-of-state Gulfstream G650.

Air Partner, an aviation services group, has opened new offices in Houston and Singapore as it expands its presence internationally.

Flight Safety Foundation has reached an agreement with Aireon to apply space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data to develop, share and identify safety risks in global airspace.

Two TBM pilots and owners, Dierk Reuter and Phil Bozek, have set a world speed record between New York and Paris in a TBM 930 turboprop.

Duncan Aviation has expanding its aircraft battery shop at its Lincoln, Nebraska, location.

Jet Aviation has received Part 151 certification for its FBO facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, following a document review in a process that began two years ago.

ATP Flight School has accepted delivery of eight Piper Archers, the flight school’s largest single Archer delivery to date.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-700-1A10 Global Express and BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 airplanes.

Conklin & de Decker has rolled out the latest version of its aircraft comparison tool to the helicopter industry.

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Don Hitch has joined AVIAA, based in Irvine, California, as vice president of customer success.

Mar. 25-28—The 62nd Annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California, https://www.aea.net/convention/2019/

Baker Aviation has named Jaguar Aviation of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Aero Consulting of Sao Paulo, Brazil, as product representatives in South America for its Hot Stop “L” Fire Containment kits.

Aviation Week Network hosted its 62nd Annual Laureate Awards honoring extraordinary achievements in the global aerospace arena March 14 in Washington D.C.

European flight training organization Egnatia Aviation has placed an order for six new Diamond Aircraft DA40-NG and DA42-VI to be delivered by the end of 2019.

Ruag MRO International has received renewal of its approval status for the Pilatus PC-12.

Air Charter Service, an aircraft charter service, has opened a new office in Shanghai, its second office in mainland China.

Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva will step down as chief executive of Embraer on April 22.

European nations are making uneven progress toward meeting Single European Sky surveillance and communications technology requirements.

UK charter operator Thomas Cook Airlines is set to introduce a new system whereby economy-class passengers can opt to reserve a complete row of three seats and convert them into a bed.

The European Commission OK'd French airports operator and infrastructure specialist Vinci to acquire majority control of London Gatwick Airport.

The urban air mobility (UAM) market is forecast to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.33% through 2030, a new report said.