The Weekly of Business Aviation

View the General Aviation 4th Quarter and Year-To-Date 2016 Deliveries chart in PDF format.

TMC Jets has named JetSmarter its exclusive digital distribution channel for the company’s fleet of aircraft.

Gulfstream Aerospace’s super midsized G280 business jet has set its 58th city-pair speed record with a flight from Windhoek, Namibia to Dakar, Senegal in Africa.

Constant Aviation Rotable Exchange is offering an upgraded LED lighting kit for Beechcraft 400A/XP and Nextant 400XT/XTi aircraft.

Cabot Aviation, an aircraft remarketing broker, is changing its name to Air Partner, which acquired Cabot Aviation in 2015.

Textron Aviation has enhanced its 1Call support for European customers with increased capabilities during peak hours in Europe.

Jet Linx Aviation, based in Omaha, Nebraska, has added TCS World Travel and Telluride Ski Resort to its client benefits program, called Elevated Lifestyle.

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is now offering membership for UAV pilots.

Bell Helicopter has been quietly studying commercial derivatives of its V-280 tiltrotor, but says the civil version will only be possible if the aircraft is adopted by the military first.

Airbus Helicopters has begun installing Garmin’s G500H glass cockpit displays as standard equipment on its single-engine light helicopter family.

Airbus is hoping to sign the first orders for its H160 twin-engine medium helicopter by year’s end.

Gulfstream Aerospace’s second G600 flight-test aircraft flew for the first time Feb. 24, joining the manufacturer’s flight-test program. The flight lasted 4 hr. 26 min. The first G600 aircraft had its first flight Dec .17 from Savannah Hilton Head International Airport. Since then, the aircraft has flown more than 150 hr. The aircraft is undergoing flutter testing, and is expanding the flight envelope. The second G600 will begin flight-loads testing soon, the company said.

Textron Aviation has launched a new platform for its technical publications called 1View.

A new UBS Business Jet Survey asks whether the “Trump Bump” has meant actual improvements.

Marco Tulio Pellegrini, president and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets, has been named CEO of OGMA-Industria Aeronautica de Portugal.

The business and general aviation markets declined in 2016, with business jet shipments falling to their lowest number since 2004, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association says.

French aerospace manufacturer Safran said it wants to move forward with its planned acquisition of Zodiac Aerospace following criticism of the plan, as it published a 21.7% jump in full-year net profit and a rise in orders.

XOJet, founded in 2006, is the third largest private aviation company in North America, behind NetJets and Flexjet.

The Air Ambulance division of German special mission operator FAI rent-a-jet Aviation Group has reported record operational and financial results for 2016, with revenues in excess of $47.51 million (€45 million) for the first time in the company’s history.

French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation plans to jointly build military and civil aircraft in India with Reliance Aerostructure Ltd.

Cleveland-based Flexjet said the number of new customers rose 20% in 2016.

The business and general aviation markets declined in 2016, with business jet shipments falling to their lowest number since 2004, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association says.

More than 70% of business travelers and travel managers said they think health and security risks to travelers have increased over the past year, according to a survey by MedAire, a medical and security company based in Phoenix.

Daher’s first TBM 930 turboprop to be based in Asia has entered service.

Textron Aviation has signed a multiyear agreement with the University of Dubuque.