The Weekly of Business Aviation

Mesa signed the forward purchase agreement for 100 TriFans in February 2022.

Meanwhile, the Spirit board has tapped one of its own, Irene Esteves, to take over while the company tries to sell itself to Airbus and/or Boeing.

Daher’s board of directors has appointed Didier Kayat as the group’s chairman of the board to succeed Patrick Daher, who is retiring.

Amod Kelkar, Honda Aircraft senior vice president and chief commercial officer, joined the company in February 2021 as vice president of customer service.

Photos from Bombardier Defense and Lufthansa Technik Defense show the modified Global 6000 with large cheek and under-fuselage fairings.

Rampmaster’s Electric Vehicle Refueler replaces the standard diesel engine with an electric motor and hydraulic pump powered by lithium batteries.

Tecnam Aircraft has begun U.S. customer deliveries of its P-Mentor single-engine two-seat trainer.

Advanced air mobility startup Volocopter has secured fresh funding that is expected to finance the company beyond certification of the VoloCity multicopter.

Swiss drone delivery startup Jedsy has launched an improved uncrewed air vehicle designed to expand its ability to deliver laboratory samples from rural into urban areas.

Sky Valet, a European fixed-base operator (FBO) provider, announced the expansion of its Sky Valet Connect network in France and Greece.

Money coming from federal taxes and grants will fall well short of airports’ infrastructure financing needs in coming years, ACI-NA's Liying Gu says.

Boeing says it disagrees with the verdict and will challenge the judgment.

Amazon has gained FAA approval for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights of its cargo drones to expand its delivery area in College Station, Texas.

Textron eAviation has mated the fuselage halves of its Nexus electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator.

Tecnam’s P2012 STOL aircraft has received EASA certification for steep approaches up to 10 deg.

CAE, a global aviation training company, announced the addition of two new aircraft types to nine full-flight simulators at its training center in Vienna.

Aeroviation announced the launch of a new aviation education facility in Singapore to meet the demand of a growing student population.

Phenix Jet Cayman (Hong Kong) announced the breaking of a new world speed record between Toyko and Los Angeles in 8 hr. and 15 min. onboard a Bombardier Global 7500.

VOO and GlobeAir are collaborating to offer instant charter flight booking through VOO’s online platform.

Jet Aviation launched its first in-house experimental showroom at its facility in Basel, Switzerland.

Gama Aviation announced the completion of a 36,000 m2 parking apron at its upcoming business aviation center at Sharjah International Airport.

Nomad Aviation announced the addition of a Gulfstream G650ER to its charter fleet.

Neptune Aviation Services announced is reception of a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for three of its BAe 146 aircraft during the 2024 wildfire season.

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