2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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.

Helicopter sales for 2024 climbed 10% over 2023, including 58 Super Pumas

Airbus Helicopter Deliveries, Orders Climb During 2024

Curt Epstein

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

2024 closed with a flurry of preowned aircraft sales

IADA Dealers Finish 2024 Strong, with Optimism Ahead

Kerry Lynch

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.

North American operations were down by 1.8% in 2024

Business Aircraft Ops Slide Again in North America, Europe

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.

Certification covers a variety of Textron Aviation and Bombardier models

FAA Issues Part 145 Repair Station Approval to Jets MRO 

Charles Alcock

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.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Takeover of the Avanti II aircraft’s manufacturer is expected to close in the spring

Baykar Signs Preliminary Contract To Acquire Piaggio 

Funding round that closed on January 24 includes two-tier warrants plus new stock

Investors Back eVTOL Developer Vertical with $84 Million in New Capital

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

Purchase marks company’s first investment in utility helicopter segment

Fundamental Advisors Acquires Utility Operator HeloAir

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.

Company's fiber-optic backbone and digital nodes keep aircraft cabins up to date

Innovative Advantage Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

Company will provide transition and cargo hook training

Volo Mission Becomes Robinson R66 Utility Distributor

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.

Content Archive: January 2025

Airbus Helicopter Deliveries, Orders Climb During 2024

IADA Dealers Finish 2024 Strong, with Optimism Ahead

Business Aircraft Ops Slide Again in North America, Europe

FAA Issues Part 145 Repair Station Approval to Jets MRO

Baykar Signs Preliminary Contract To Acquire Piaggio

Investors Back eVTOL Developer Vertical with $84 Million in New Capital

Fundamental Advisors Acquires Utility Operator HeloAir

Innovative Advantage Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

Volo Mission Becomes Robinson R66 Utility Distributor

ForeFlight Pricing Tool May Lead to Insurance Savings

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