Content Archive: December 2019

Aircraft

First Cessna SkyCourier Gets Its Wings

Textron Aviation successfully mates the wings and fuselage of its prototype SkyCourier high-wing, twin-turboprop utility airplane.
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BJT Survey: Bizav Users Are in Buying Mood

More than a third of respondents to this year's Business Jet Traveler Readers' Choice Survey plan to buy a fractional jet share over the next 12 months.
Aircraft

Israel Seeks New U.S. Military Aircraft

Faced with a perceived need to maintain a qualitative edge over other forces in the region, the Israeli Air Force is hoping to buy more U.S.-made fighters.
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Charter & Fractional

FAA Issues New Policy Guidelines on Charters

The FAA has issued new guidance to charter operators, brokers and customers, in its attemps to combat illegal charter activity.
Avionics

IS&S Engine-out Autothrottle Certified in King Air

The FAA has granted an STC to IS&S covering the engine-out mode/Vmca mitigation features of its ThrustSense autothrottle.
Accidents

17-Year-Old Girl Crashes King Air After Joyride

A King Air 200 was substantially damaged after an unlicensed minor tried to take it for a spin and ended up crashing it into a Fresno Airport builiding.
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FBOs

Ross Aviation Buys Rival in California

Ross Aviation now has two FBOs at Palm Springs-area Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport.
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Aircraft

Kremlin Praises Pobeda While Barring New Boeing Acquisitions

The Russian low-cost subsidiary of Aeroflot ordered twenty 737 Max 8s.
Aircraft

ATR Delivers First 'Green Financed' Aircraft to Braathens

The Swedish regional airline’s replacement of regional jets with ATR 72-600s meets "green" loan principles established by the Loan Market Association.
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Central and Eastern Europe See Strong Bizav Growth

Analysis by UK-based aircraft brokerage describes strong growth in areas of Central and Eastern Europe.