2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Amy Wilder

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

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.

Increased aircraft ownership and flight hours drove gains

NetJets, FlightSafety See 11.8% Revenue Growth in Q1

Kerry Lynch

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

Gulfstream marked the continuation of the annual investment with a Discover the Difference event

Gulfstream Invests $5M To Boost Bizav Talent Pipeline

Charles Alcock

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

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Air Charter Association is concerned some for-hire flights are circumventing rules 

ACA Warns Rising Costs Could Spur Illegal Charter

Matt Thurber

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.

Company is developing the Phantom 3500 business jet

Drennan Takes Helm as Touw Leaves Otto Aerospace

Charlotte Bailey

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

Industry calls for changes to Refuel EU rules

SAF Mandate Complicates European Bizav’s Green Intentions

Europe’s charter operators face revised EASA pilot flight time limitations.

Flight Time Limitations Pose New Cost Threat for Charter Operators

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

Technology to fly onboard clean-sheet, all-electric, ducted-fan gyrocopter 

DLR Tests Experimental Vibrational Anti-Icing System  

Middle East operations still off significantly but global activity is ahead of 2025

WingX Sees Unprecedented Bizjet Activity Ahead with FIFA

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.

Starlink now available for 560XL series, and Gogo 5G in a variety of Citation models

Textron Aviation Expands Airborne Connectivity Options

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

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.

Content Archive: May 2026

NetJets, FlightSafety See 11.8% Revenue Growth in Q1

Gulfstream Invests $5M To Boost Bizav Talent Pipeline

ACA Warns Rising Costs Could Spur Illegal Charter

Drennan Takes Helm as Touw Leaves Otto Aerospace

SAF Mandate Complicates European Bizav’s Green Intentions

Flight Time Limitations Pose New Cost Threat for Charter Operators

DLR Tests Experimental Vibrational Anti-Icing System

WingX Sees Unprecedented Bizjet Activity Ahead with FIFA

Textron Aviation Expands Airborne Connectivity Options

AD NPRM on CF34-3 Engine a Result of Hop-A-Jet Crash

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