2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Chad Trautvetter

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Company now expects to miss 2023 delivery forecast of 145 by up to six business aircraft due to supply-chain issues.

Supply-chain Woes Weigh on Gulfstream Deliveries

Hanneke Weitering

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

New 2024 models of the Cessna Caravan and Cessna Grand Caravan EX will feature additional enhancements to their Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight decks.

Cessna Caravans Get Garmin Avionics Software Upgrade

The Honeywell Primus Epic Block 3 avionics upgrade is now available for Gulfstream G650 and G650ER aircraft.

Honeywell Releases Avionics Upgrade for G650/650ER

Mark Huber

Wisk's Cora eVTOL made its public debut with a flight

Wisk Flies eVTOL Autonomously, Unmanned at AirVenture

Kerry Lynch

Airshare, exercising all the options on a previous order for up to 20 Bombardier Challenger 350s, has made another deal for up to 20 more of the successor aircraft, the 3500.

Airshare Doubles Down on Challenger Orders 

Charles Alcock

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

The two-seat Diamond eDA40 should complete type certification by early 2024.

Diamond's Electric eDA40 Trainer Makes First Flight

Gregory Polek

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

An expansion push at West Star Aviation saw the addition of 57,000 sq ft of space in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 

West Star Completes Expansion of Tennessee Facility

Curt Epstein

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Aircraft Charter Marketplace JetASAP Reports That Hourly Prices Increased in June

JetASAP: Hourly Air Charter Flight Prices Rose in June

Garmin’s new radar-based altitude callout system is designed to help pilots know how far their aircraft is from the ground during landing.

Garmin Introduces GHA 15 Altitude Reader

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Content Archive: July 2023

Supply-chain Woes Weigh on Gulfstream Deliveries

Cessna Caravans Get Garmin Avionics Software Upgrade

Honeywell Releases Avionics Upgrade for G650/650ER

Wisk Flies eVTOL Autonomously, Unmanned at AirVenture

Airshare Doubles Down on Challenger Orders

Diamond's Electric eDA40 Trainer Makes First Flight

West Star Completes Expansion of Tennessee Facility

JetASAP: Hourly Air Charter Flight Prices Rose in June

Garmin Introduces GHA 15 Altitude Reader

Embry-Riddle Study Examines Drone, Aircraft Close Calls

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