The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
VistaJet plans to move its corporate headquarters to Malta, bringing its operations, finance and European customer services together as it prepares for the next phase of growth, the company said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Jetex has announced 36% growth after expanding in the Latin American market in 2015. That followed 38% growth in 2014, the company said.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
The strategy envisions developing first in areas with which it is fairly familiar – Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
Already, 1,420 people in mainland China have the potential to own business aircraft, according to estimates gathered by luxury publisher and rich-list compiler Hurun Report and Minsheng Financial Leasing.
Business Aviation

The strategy envisions developing first in areas with which it is fairly familiar – Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.
Business Aviation

Republic Airways has nearly 20 larger Embraer regional jets it has grounded because it lacks enough pilots to fly them, and if it cannot reach settlement agreements with “numerous parties” before April 25 regarding those aircraft, it may have to reject all of the leases, CEO Bryan Bedford told employees on March 18.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft is repositioning its M-Class line of products in anticipation of the certification of its M600 single-engine turboprop in the third quarter of this year.
Business Aviation

AW Staff
SHANGHAI – Airbus is still working on a proposal to set up a Chinese assembly line for the twin-engine H135 light utility helicopter. Many details
Business Aviation

These are “nervous times” for the business jet industry, RBC Europe analyst Robert Stallard wrote in a memo to ...

Though the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee shied away from pushing for privatization of air traffic control (ATC) in its bill to authorize the FAA through 2017...
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
The Exclusive Aero Club, a private aviation membership program, took off on Jan. 1...
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
For general aviation, diesel-cycle engines offer fuel economy and the ability to use the same widely available kerosene ...
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Precision Heliparts, based in Atlanta, has opened a new sales facility in...

By Molly McMillin
Flightstar Corp. has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for installation of its ...

By Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International’s simulator for the Sikorsky S-76C+ and S-76C++, located in Singapore, has been qualified to ...

By Molly McMillin
Crystal Cruises has added a Bombardier Global Express XRS jet to its fleet.

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft has named Legacy Flight Training as the provider of training for its ...

By Molly McMillin
Meridian Air Charter has added a Falcon 7X to its growing fleet of private business jets.

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its first G650 ER into China.

B-N Group (BRITTEN-NORMAN) [Docket No. FAA-2015-7777; Directorate Identifier 2015-CE-036-AD; Amendment 39-18432 ....

Dave Labrozzi has been named Global Jet Capital’s chief operating officer and Vivek Kaushal has been named chief risk officer.

Mar. 22—15th Annual Aviation Summit, “Fascination of Flight” Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C., https://www.uschamber.com/

An FAA reauthorization bill making its way through the U.S. Senate could require the Department of Transportation to create within two years a “final rule authorizing the carriage of property by operators of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for compensation or hire within the United States.”
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
The business jet market is holding steady for Textron Aviation, RBC Europe analyst Robert Stallard wrote in a note to investors March 17.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Beechcraft Corp., a division of Textron Aviation, has won European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its Beechcraft King Air 350i/ER and King Air 250 equipped with Pro Line Fusion-avionics.
Business Aviation