The Weekly of Business Aviation

The 35-day shutdown of U.S. government agencies “cut us deep” and set back FAA modernization projects, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Paul Rinaldi said Jan. 29.

Year-over-year fuel sales increased for 54% of all U.S. FBOs in 2018, according to Aviation Business Strategies Group’s annual survey.

Triumph Group is unloading a slew of businesses in the days ahead of its next financial update for Wall Street.

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s U.S. subsidiary, filing a counterclaim in the lawsuit that Bombardier has brought against it, alleged unlawful anticompetitive behavior by the Canadian company.

Year-over-year fuel sales increased for 54% of all U.S. FBOs in 2018, according to Aviation Business Strategies Group’s annual survey.

Gulfstream Aerospace has released its 2019 schedule of customer support events.

JetSuiteX is adding seasonal flights into Coachella Valley in April.

Flying Colours Corp. has begun operations in its fifth hangar at the Spirit of St. Louis airport.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association is taking applications from high school students for the Edward W. Stimpson “Aviation Excellence” $2,000 annual scholarship.

West Star Aviation has completed construction on a new 60,000-sq.-ft. hangar at its East Alton, Illinois, facility.

Pula Aviation has acquired ASG Ltd.

The Kansas State University’s Applied Aviation Research Center is working with law enforcement to evaluate small unmanned remote sensing technologies to reconstruct crime scenes.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Aspen Avionics Inc. (Aspen), Evolution Flight Display.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association will award 100 scholarships of $10,000 each to 80 aviation-minded high school students from ages 15 to 18 and 20 to teachers advancing aviation education in their classrooms.

SkyQuest International brokered 21 aircraft sales and acquisitions in 2018 with an average transaction value of $1.3 million per aircraft.

SONAS Aviation, an aircraft charter and management company based in Shannon, Ireland, expects to acquire its Irish AOC soon.

Tecnam is preparing for FAA certification and first delivery of its new 11-seat P2012 Traveller.

TAG Aviation has opened a fixed base operation in Macau, China, to meet continuing growth in the region.

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Peter Bromby has been appointed Bombardier Business Aircraft vice president of worldwide sales for Learjet Aircraft.

Airbus Helicopters delivered 356 helicopters in 2018 and took net orders for 381 units.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is backing the export of “several” HondaJet HA-420 aircraft to HondaJet’s exclusive distributor in Mexico with a $5 million loan.

The U.S. aviation industry welcomed the news on Jan. 25 that Congress and the White House struck an agreement to reopen the government for three weeks.

The FAA on Jan. 25 ordered a ground delay for flights destined for New York LaGuardia Airport due to an uptick in air traffic controllers calling in sick.