The Weekly of Business Aviation

Julie O’Brien has been promoted to general manager of ProJet Aviation, a fixed base operation at Leesburg Executive Airport in Virginia.

SOCATA AIRPLANES [Docket No. FAA-2017-0417; Directorate Identifier 2017-CE-008-AD; Amendment 39-18975; AD 2017-15-15]

Gary Chapman has joined London Biggin Hill Airport as chief financial officer.

Stephen Aragon has joined Aircraft Propeller Service in Lake Zurich, Illinois, as vice president of operations.

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Private aviation company Wheels Up has opened an office in Nashville, Tennessee, and will add additional aircraft to keep up with growth.

July business aircraft flight activity rose modestly overall in July with a 1.4% increase compared to a year ago.

The Latin American Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition, to be held Aug. 15-17 in Sao Paulo, will celebrate its 15th year amid a “schizophrenic” business aviation market. an analyst says.

President Donald Trump’s 17-day visit to his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club is putting the squeeze on nearby airports and aviation-related ventures.

SimpleCharters, an on-demand air charter service provider based in Kittery, Maine, is now accepting payment for flights using bitcoin.

Oil and gas support operators of the Airbus H225 helicopter are taking a cautious approach to its return to service.

July was a peak month for business aviation departures in Europe, with a total of 87,826 departures, a 2.5% increase from a year ago.

Transactions of used business jets rose 5.6% during the first six months of 2017 compared to a year ago, according to market information from JetNet.

Business aircraft flight activity for the first half of 2017 grew 3.9% over the same period in 2016, while flight hours for the period rose 6%, according to Argus International TraqPak data.

The Kansas Department of Transportation is deploying what it calls the nation’s first statewide Unmanned Traffic Management initiative for use by the state’s 137 public-use airports.

JetAviva, a dealer/broker based in Kansas City, Kansas, has grown with the acquisition of Jet Quest, a pre-owned dealer focused on Cessna Citation sales.

Rockwell Collins still will not comment on an alleged offer to be acquired by United Technologies Corp. (UTC), Rockwell Collins Chairman, President and CEO Kelly Ortberg told the Jefferies 2017 Industrials Conference in New York on Aug. 8.

The U.S. District Court of New York has issued a permanent injunction striking down noise and access restrictions for East Hampton Airport in the Empire State.

The worldwide small drone market is expected to grow from $6.76 billion in 2016 to $14.71 billion by 2023, a compound annual growth rate of 12.4%.

GlobeAir, a private jet on-demand operator, recorded a 53% increase in flights to London during the first five months of 2017 compared to a year ago.

Gateway USA, doing business as Clay Lacy Aviation at King County International Airport/Boeing Field in Seattle, has been granted the first Stage II IS-BAH (International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling) registration in North America.

Hospital Wing, a Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit air medical transport service, has taken delivery of a new Airbus H130 single-engine helicopter.

Universal Avionics and Chicago Jet Group in Tucson, Arizona, have received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approvals for multiple retrofit Future Air Navigation System Supplemental Type Certifications.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim in Dubai has added a Challenger 605 to its managed fleet, bringing the number of aircraft managed to six.

JetSuite has added multi-tiered aircraft management to its services as a way to reduce the cost of ownership for single-aircraft owners.