The NTSB’s cadre of 53 air safety investigators can practically plan their annual workload based on a stubbornly persistent statistic—that each year there will be about 225 fatal fixed-wing general aviation accidents.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has remained hobbled by tea party lawmakers who refuse to allow a quorum of directors to take seats, but that may be changing if some other Republicans and Democrats have their way.
Alan Klapmeier, CEO of ONE Aviation, is taking the wraps off the $3.5 million Project Canada aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin July 25-31.
On July 7, when Lockheed Martin said it was awarded a $344 million contract by the (FAA to provide the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system, whoops and cries erupted all around the Washington Beltway.
Business aviation in Europe employs 371,000 direct and indirect employees, creates €98 billion ($108.1 billion) in output, €27 billion in gross value added (GVA) and €21 billion in wages and salaries, according to a report by Booz Allen Hamilton released by the European Business Aviation Association.
Additive Manufacturing specialist EOS recently opened a facility near Austin, Texas, to serve North American customers with an innovations laboratory, a showroom of AM systems and to help bring new ideas to market.
Euro VAT Refund, a U.S. financial services company, has announced the release of the first in a series of free educational value-added tax (VAT) webinars for North American companies doing business overseas.
Surf Air, the California-based air travel operator that offers “all-you-can-fly private air travel,” plans to launch operations in Europe later this year.
Textron Aviation will announce the name and additional product details of its new single-engine turboprop (SETP) aircraft at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which runs July 25-31 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Pilatus Business Aircraft is expanding its Broomfield, Colorado, facilities to meet growing demand, with additional cabin-completion capability for the Swiss company’s new PC-24 “Super Versatile Jet.”
North American business-aircraft flight activity in June rose 4.2% overall from the same time a year ago, with growth in large-cabin jet activity posting the biggest gain with a 6.4% increase.
Morgon Duke has joined C&S Propeller in Fort Worth as sales manager. Before joining C&S, Duke served as executive sales manager focused on domestic and international business development and expansion.
Nigel Turner has been appointed as a non-executive chairman of TrueNoord Regional Aircraft Leasing, which recently changed its name from GA-Finance, based in Amsterdam. Most recently, Turner served as deputy chairman of Jetscape. Angus von Schoenberg joins the company as chief investment officer. Stephen Couttie joins the firm as chief financial officer. Garry Topp has joined TrueNoord as chief commercial officer after his tenure at Magpar.
