The Weekly of Business Aviation

ATP Flight School has placed its second order for 100 Archer TX training aircraft with Piper Aircraft.

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Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its 300th G650 large-cabin business jet.

Flexjet pilots have filed an application with the National Mediation Board to hold an election on whether to decertify Teamsters Local 1108 as their union.

Tecnam has received an order for a P2012 Traveller aircraft from Zil Air, based in Seychelles in Africa.

Empire Aviation, headquartered in Dubai, is expanding it fleet with two Global 6000 jets, based in Oman and Dubai.

Top aerostructures provider Spirit AeroSystems announced April 10 it will sell its half of a Chinese maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business to the other owner, Haeco.

ATR has found a launch customer for the “bring your own device” inflight entertainment (IFE) option it is offering on its regional turboprops with onboard Wi-Fi specialist Phitek.

C&L Aerospace has signed an agreement with CSI to serve as a distributor for Saab 340 Pitot Static Tubes that have been overhauled to like-new-factory specs.

XOJet has become a private aviation partner for the Monticello Motor Club.

OJets has purchased a Bombardier Global 6000 and Bombardier Challenger 650 from Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., and launched service.

Former FAA aviation safety inspector Timothy Cislo has been charged with bribery and wire fraud.

Guardian Flight said it is using Baldwin Safety & Compliance for its safety system requirements.

GlobalParts.aero announced that the Phillips 66 Aerostars precision aerobatic team is a new brand ambassador for the company.

Rochelle Municipal Airport-Koritz Field in Illinois will become the latest airport to offer Swift Fuels’ unleaded UL94 aviation gasoline for piston aircraft.

Ruag Aviation has completed the upgrade of a Dassault Falcon F2000 to comply with FANS 1/A+ requirements mandated for 2020.

Becker Avionics has received certification of its BXT6500 family of ADS-B compliant Mode S Transponder designed for single antenna applications.

Av8 PMA has expanded its operations by adding a 3,320-sq.-ft. facility in Dallas for engineering activities.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL airplanes.

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David Allen is retiring from his post as manager of Pocatello Regional Airport in Idaho.

Bombardier sees a range increment that it has just added to its forthcoming Global 7000 business jet as particularly applicable to the Chinese market.

Gulfstream is unlikely to lose many sales because of proposed Chinese import tariffs, even if the taxes are indeed implemented, a consultancy says.

JetMembership.com has launched what it says is the first “zero commission private jet charter membership model in the United States."

Air Partner’s chief financial officer, Neil Morris, has resigned immediately, the company announced March 13.