The Weekly of Business Aviation

Zetta Jet ceased operations Nov. 30 and filed a motion for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Large-cabin jet management specialist Jet Edge International is relocating its corporate headquarters to a new facility at the north end of Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles.

Executive Flight Services has received FAA certification and has the capability to manage and fly Part 135 aircraft with 10 seats or more.

Desert Jet Center signed a lease to build a new FBO operation at a California regional airport. But construction has turned into battle after battle.

They were warned, but shareholders of aerospace supply chain management provider Wesco Aircraft still shaved almost 4% off the company’s stock price Nov. 29.

Scottish prosecutors will hold a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the November 2013 Clutha helicopter crash in Glasgow, Scotland, that killed 10 people.

Drone collisions with aircraft will cause more impact damage than a bird strike of equivalent size and speed, concludes a study conducted for the FAA.

Tecnam U.S. has completed delivery of the first three of 30 P2006T twin-engine aircraft to an unnamed geospatial data acquisition company.

PrivateFly is expanding its U.S. operations with the acquisition of Bird Dog Jet in Reno, Nevada, as it seeks additional opportunities to grow.

Textron Aviation has launched a new twin-engine, utility turboprop called the Cessna SkyCourier 408, with entry-into-service scheduled for 2020.

DASSAULT AVIATION AIRPLANES [Docket No. FAA-2017-1023; Product Identifier 2017-NM-144-AD; Amendment 39-19104; AD 2017-23-10] The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-19-17

BOMBARDIER, Inc., Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2017-0338; Product Identifier 2016-NM-153-AD; Amendment 39-19103; AD 2017-23-09] The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model CL-600-2A12 (CL-601 Variant) and CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, and CL-604 Variants) airplanes.

Scott Kruce has joined Duncan’s Lincoln, Nebraska-based avionics install sales team.

Robert Jubb has been appointed Air Partner’s freight trading manager based at its UK headquarters in Gatwick.

James Brown Jr., former Hartzell Propeller Chairman, has died. Brown served as a board member of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association from 1998-2008.

Brendan Lodge has joined Jet Support Services as aircraft acquisitions specialist and will be based at JSSI’s Farnborough

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Companies have wrapped up their third-quarter earning reports, which showed business jet revenue down 4% in the quarter

Sky380 has launched a business-to-business private jet charter seat sales tool that allows Part 135 charter operators

Lancair’s first customer for its four-seat composite Mako took advantage of the company’s new Builder Assistance Center at the company’s headquarters in Uvalde, Texas.

Garmin International celebrated delivery of its one millionth certified avionics product from its manufacturing facility in Olathe, Kansas, the company said.

Jet Aviation, along with its partner, Al Mulia Business Group, celebrated the opening of its new 600-sq.-meter fixed base operation at the shared terminal at Dubai South during the 2017 Dubai Airshow, the company reports.

328 SUPPORT SERVICES GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by AvCraft Aerospace GmbH; Fairchild Dornier GmbH; Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH) Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2016-9568; Product Identifier 2016-NM-150-AD; Amendment 39-19077; AD 2017-21-06].

Companies have wrapped up their third-quarter earning reports, which showed business jet revenue down 4% in the quarter,

About 30 medium and large business jets valued at $1.5 billion are expected to be delivered to owners in Florida each year between now and 2025, according to Global Jet Capital.