Five years ago, the FAA forecast the number of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operating in U.S. airspace would grow to 25,000 by 2020 and 30,000 by 2030.
Janine Iannarelli is founder and president of Par Avion, a Houston-based business aircraft brokerage firm specializing in sales of mid-size to long-range, large cabin jets.
Capua-based Tecnam describes Cape Air as “launch customer” for the P2012, but says details of the airline’s commitment are confidential until the first flight, expected this summer.
Bombardier Business Aircraft has taken a firm order for 20 Challenger 350 business jets from an undisclosed customer in a deal valued at about $534 million.
Wipaire is expanding its aircraft float manufacturing facilities to meet growing demand for services, the company said. It has outgrown its current space.
Flexjet has introduced Global Access, a lease program that gives clients access to Flexjet’s fleet of large-cabin aircraft for international travel with an hourly rate structure.
Executive AirShare is moving its headquarters to a larger facility to accommodate growing flight operations, sales, accounting and executive teams, the fractional aircraft company said.
The business jet industry is back on “downturn watch,” but the most angst appears to be in the smaller business jet segment, RBC Europe analyst Robert Stallard wrote in a note to investors.
Western Aircraft, based in Boise, Idaho, has reached a milestone in Pilatus aircraft sales, becoming the first Pilatus dealer to have sold 200 new Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop aircraft, it said.
An independent analysis of the latest UAV sighting reports released by the FAA concludes just more than one-third of incidents involved close encounters, and one-third of those involved multi-engine jet aircraft.
A new forecast by the FAA predicts that the number of turboprops, business jets and rotorcraft in the active general aviation fleet will increase over the next two decades, although the largest segment of the fleet, fixed-wing piston aircraft, is expected to shrink.
U.S. investor-owned electric utilities have teamed with a Finnish UAV operator to develop industry standards for beyond-line-of-sight flights to inspect power lines and other infrastructure.
With its C630 development program accelerating, Innova Composite Helicopters and Rolls-Royce have reached an agreement to launch a technical development program to certify the RR300 turbo-shaft engine for the new, all-composite fuselage helicopter.
StandardAero has been authorized by Honeywell Aerospace as a major maintenance provider of repair and overhaul services for the Honeywell HTF7000 family of turbofan engines.
Gulfstream Aerospace has won FAA approval to install mandated avionics upgrades, called Future Air Navigation System (FANS) 1/A+, on Gulfstream GIV-SP aircraft.
The FAA has selected two unleaded aviation fuels for further testing as it works to develop an acceptable unleaded fuel for small aircraft to replace the current low-lead aviation gasoline.
