The Weekly of Business Aviation

Inflight connectivity provider Gogo is in talks with several Middle Eastern airlines, including Emirates, Etihad and Qatar, to provide its 2Ku satellite internet system, the company says.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
Magellan Aerospace, a Canadian manufacturer of aerospace parts and systems, on Nov. 15 declared a groundbreaking on its new manufacturing and assembly facility near the Bangalore International Airport. This is part of the company’s play into the “Make in India” initiative and away from flatter prospects at home.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft flight activity in October grew 4.1% compared to a year ago with increases in every aircraft and operational category, according to Argus International TraqPak data.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Embraer has further reduced the maximum cabin altitude for its Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 mid-cabin business jets to 5,800 ft.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Pilatus is nearing delivery of its first Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet.
Business Aviation

Teterboro Airport was the most searched business aviation airport for users of acukwik.com in October 2017, according to site traffic reports. Meanwhile, an analysis of the site traffic suggests business aviation’s role in relief after the late summer hurricanes has stabilized and, in some places, subsided.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Magnus Henriksson is global business director for PayNode, a payment service provider developed for business aviation.
Business Aviation

By Paul Jackson
TAG Aviation’s Farnborough Maintenance Services Center is offering line maintenance support services to its Airbus A320 Corporate Jet series customers who use TAG Farnborough Airport.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Canadian corporate business aviation users, on average, outperformed non-users by 43% on top-line revenue growth, according to a study by NEXA Advisors.
Business Aviation

By Paul Jackson
Windspeed Technologies has designed a system to provide an exhilarating view of an aircraft’s external environment while in flight, from a semi-external location.
Business Aviation

International Wings Group has signed an agreement to allow airframe and powerplant (A&P) students to extend their studies for higher degrees in maintenance engineering.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
To date, Piper, based in Vero Beach, Florida, has delivered 99 aircraft, up from 80 in the first three quarters in 2016, a 24% increase.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Textron Aviation has begun deliveries of 10 Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops to Tuareg Aviation in Botswana.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Two new aeronautical research institutes are being established as part of the German Aerospace Center at the ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Lufthansa Technik has won a 787-8 VIP cabin contract which will be the first cabin completion project of the VIP aircraft type for the Hamburg, Germany-based completion and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) specialist.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
West Star Aviation has partnered with CareerWise to establish long-term apprenticeships with the company.

By Molly McMillin
Mercy Flight has signed a purchase agreement for an additional three Bell 429 light twin-engine helicopters.

By Molly McMillin
Garmin has announced the latest software upgrade for its GTN 650/750 touch screen series.

By Molly McMillin
C&L Aerospace in Bangor, Maine, has added an inventory of about 9,000 line items for Beech 1900D aircraft.

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Roman Hug has been appointed Nomad Aviation’s director of maintenance and Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO).

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Saab AB, Saab Aeronautics Model SAAB 340B airplanes.

By Molly McMillin
C&L Aerospace and Securaplane Technologies have earned EASA approval for Securaplane Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) Batteries for Saab 340 aircraft registered in Europe.

The story “BizJet Forecast Sees 10-Year Demand For 8,436 Jets,” published in the Sept. 11, 2017, edition of The Weekly of Business Aviation, has been corrected to reflect a 10-year forecast time frame.​