Buisness aviation news
![Bell Announces 400th Bell 505 Delivery](/upload/iblock/e19/hfkwhx80o0yh1hgpqg3nkzky73gxy7kh/400th_505Delivery_AlBarratt.jpg)
Bell Textron Inc. announced the 400th Bell 505 delivery to European customer Al Barratt, co-founder of Grenade and owner of Cotswold Aviation, both based in the United Kingdom.
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![Volkswagen launches eVTOL prototype](/upload/iblock/554/pv26agj1l4z60gk9jtr7jtoau72vp6yq/volkswagen_vmo_evtol_2.jpg)
Volkswagen Group China today unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts.
![Record-breaking for July but signs of inflexion as North America dips](/upload/iblock/775/xyxnqptupnes6zu2qel5y7fspvi8hpho/PrivateFly-Aviator.jpg)
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
![Farnborough Airport appoints design & build contractors for new £55m hangar](/upload/iblock/1bf/0os017pu68n0tyavezfq7wpjem2pocld/Farnborough_hangar-Domus-III.jpg)
Farnborough Airport, Europe’s leading airport for premium air travel connectivity and the home of British aviation has appointed contractors McLaughlin & Harvey and Gebler Tooth for the design and construction of its new £55m 175,000 sq. ft state of the art and sustainably designed hangar development, Domus III.
![Two Dassault Aviation FBOs Take Top Honors in Business Aircraft Operator Survey](/upload/iblock/3b9/x47gni37zovc3a2a24fdiz35d5tgz5lg/FBO_Dassault.jpg)
Dassault Aviation’s Fixed Based Operation (FBO) at Geneva International Airport has been voted the top FBO at the Swiss facility in a survey of European business aircraft operators performed by Business Air News. The magazine named Dassault’s Le Bourget FBO number two among operators at that airport, which like Geneva is one of the most competitive FBO markets in Europe.
![Jetex & Leon Set A New Digital Standard For Business Aviation](/upload/iblock/65c/gfshcw7p4s3ptzrv9e1a27yu3bn3kqdn/Jetex_jet.jpg)
Jetex and Leon Software join forces to bring next-level suite of digital services to business aviation.
![The ARGUS Monday Minute: August 1, 2022](/upload/iblock/059/hmfzop3hhetjyeq2gx5qh3brtu3b5el4/Ramp_charter.jpg)
Weekly flight activity for North American Business Aviation has reached the peak of the Summer plateau. Flight counts for the previous two weeks were within 1.1% of one another.
![SonAir orders two AW139 helicopters](/upload/iblock/3e4/b2qwawg0eem9wfr0qm9irp6wtuqetwwn/SonAir-Leonardo.jpg)
Leonardo announced that SonAir Airline Services, S.A. (SonAir), owned by the Angolan national petroleum company Sonangol, has placed an order for two AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters.
![Freedom II successfully receives certification for All-VIP B757-200, setting the aircraft ready for charter](/upload/iblock/103/s5qawrtas83g4y9i2cgylb43mmjqcfds/B757_ACC_Aviation_Freedom_II_salon.jpg)
ACC Aviation, the global aviation services group, is delighted to announce that the all-VIP Boeing B757-200, is ready to commence charter work, newly certified by the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority and on the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) of Freedom II.
![Dassault Aviation Certifies Dual HUD on Falcon 8X](/upload/iblock/eae/q9tjzlk3mx4m40p7s09nzebgwxte5i3x/Falcon%208X%20cockpit.jpg)
The FAA and EASA have approved use of Dassault’s advanced dual head-up display known as FalconEye, on the company’s Falcon 8X very long range trijet, adding to the aircraft’s industry-leading low visibility operations capability. The dual HUD configuration will ultimately permit an EFVS-to-land capability in near zero-zero conditions, pending new EASA regulations.
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![Guaranteed Support](/upload/iblock/980/xlj4saqf73j4iyn7frzp5tip33sjislk/Pure%20Technics.jpg)
Pure Technics opened a full-service support center in Kazakhstan for airplanes made by Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft and Italy's Leonardo Helicopters
![Airbus Helicopters is building a test centre for CityAirbus NextGen in Donauwörth](/upload/iblock/b72/jjtn580uq3rugo73fvhi3gyorv54ys4r/CityAirbus-NextGen_test-centre.jpg)
Airbus Helicopters has started construction of a test centre for CityAirbus NextGen, with Company representatives, politicians, and business leaders attending the ground-breaking ceremony. The building is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2023.
![Airbus Corporate Jets: a strong recovery in the global business aviation market](/upload/iblock/568/1fdolxyo8r78wqnyw6thviptvux7hlcv/ACJ330-in-flight.jpg)
Between January and June 2022, business aviation departures in the US were up 15.2% when compared to the same period in 2019. The corresponding figure for Europe is 17%.
![The Daher Aviator Marketplace is launched as the one-stop source for Daher aircraft parts, services and merchandise](/upload/iblock/c40/jmifil8jh6wp57vv5y9nn6ke28m0w5jf/Daher-Aviator-Marketplace.jpg)
Daher officially launched the Daher Aviator Marketplace as the official e-commerce portal for parts, services and branded products – covering the company’s in-production and legacy airplanes.
![US market flat, Europe slowing in Germany, still well up in the UK](/upload/iblock/c4b/qpz5xvc041j2ol2ii2d1qkc9wcann3bu/DC-Aviation-hangar.jpeg)
WINGX’s weekly Business Aviation Bulletin.
![LCI signs agreement for up to six H175 helicopters from Airbus](/upload/iblock/cf8/7msqw9ev4gssux81xk4n2e9pwbetp6da/Airbus_H175_LCI.jpg)
LCI, a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of the Libra Group, has announced an order for up to six H175 super-medium helicopters from Airbus, valued at over US$125 million.
![Piper Aircraft Partners with CAE on Electric Aircraft Program](/upload/iblock/235/d1tme1d1zhkok1mh4x1t42vsg1dpvh9s/Archer-TX-Trainer-Class-Piper-Aircraft.jpg)
Piper Aircraft announced today at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 that it has partnered with CAE to develop a conversion kit via a Supplemental Type Certificate for in-service Piper Archer (PA-28-181) aircraft, enabling the two companies to bring an electric variant option of the iconic aircraft to market.
![The ARGUS Monday Minute: July 25, 2022](/upload/iblock/19a/78raj4a53ili0v2sx4f6boh3ofuqscsp/Monday-Minute-7-25-2022.jpg)
Transportation delays were observed in several European countries last week as a severe heat wave moved its way across Western Europe. The hottest days were July 17th - 19th where temperatures in the United Kingdom were recorded over 104˚F / 40˚C.