The Weekly of Business Aviation

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is assembling the first LAH attack helicopter, working toward a first flight in May 2019.

Textron on Oct. 18 reported financial results that disappointed financial analysts, particularly on the conglomerate’s non-aviation side.

Autonomous air taxi developer Volocopter is to conduct its next set of urban flight tests in Singapore in the second half of 2019.

Certification of Textron Aviation’s Citation Longitude is likely to occur “in the next month,” says the company’s new president and CEO, Ron Draper.

After a “soft launch” earlier this year, Terrafugia, the Massachusetts-based roadable aircraft company purchased last year by China’s Geely Group, is taking orders for its Transition flying car for the first time.

Iridium Communications expects to start its Certus service for aviation users by mid-2019.

Satellite communications provider Viasat has started delivering the first shipsets of its new high-capacity Ka-band equipment for midsize business jets.

Honda Aircraft has added a performance package upgrade for the HondaJet HA-420 aircraft called the Advanced Performance Modification Group, or APMG.

Bombardier delivered 31 business jets in the third quarter of 2018, bringing the number of deliveries year-to-date to 96, an increase of one unit.

Systems integrator Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) plans to certify its ThrustSense retrofit autothrottle system early next year.

The European Aviation Safety Agency is seeking comments on proposed airworthiness standards for certification of small vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

The world’s largest fractional operator, NetJets, has reaffirmed its commitment to Bombardier’s Global 7500 ultra-long-range, high-speed business jet, and will take delivery of the first one in 2021

The unveiling of General Electric’s Affinity engine for Aerion’s AS2 here at NBAA is the strongest signal yet that the era of supersonic business aviation is finally getting underway.

Bent Wing Flight Services is now open at a new general aviation terminal at the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport at Amelia Island, Florida.

Alton Aviation Consultancy has opened a new office in the Shinagawa district of Tokyo.

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ACI Jet has joined the Air Charter Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety Action Program.

Tecnam has delivered the first Tecnam P2002JF two-seat, single-engine, low-wing aircraft to the Hellenic Air Force.

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Wayne Starling has been appointed executive director of the International Aircraft Dealers Association.

Garmin International is expanding the availability of its G1000 NXi integrated flight deck for upgrades on aircraft equipped with its G1000 flight deck.

JetSuiteX is has added regular service to Oakland, California, beginning Dec. 3 from Orange County, California.