Content Archive: February 2025

FBOs

Naples Jet Center in Florida Debuts New Terminal

The $15 million project will be completed with a new hangar later this year
Opening party for Naples Jet Center
Charter & Fractional

West Star Aviation Expands MRO Facility in Chattanooga

Includes a new 40,000-sq-ft maintenance hangar
West Star Aviation
Aircraft

Extra 400/500 Certificate Holder Files for Insolvency

German company provided support for the few that had been manufactured
Extra EA-400 airplane
Aircraft

Embraer Reaches Record Backlog of $26.3 Billion in Q4

The airframer’s private jet and services and support divisions both saw new peaks
Embraer Executive Jets P300E
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Archer Raises Capital To Exploit Military Demand for VTOL Aircraft

Meanwhile, ‘technical delays’ raise questions over efforts to relaunch Lilium’s eVTOL progradm
Archer Midnight eVTOL aircraft with U.S. Air Force
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

FAA Contracts Aura to Test Uncrewed Aircraft Integration

Air traffic control voice relay tests will evaluate sound quality and latency
Aura Network Systems infographic
FBOs

Clay Lacy Aviation's New FBO Joins Paragon Network

Facilty at Waterbury-Oxford Airport is set for an April grand opening
Clay Lacy Aviation KOXC Hangar
Maintenance and Modifications

Liebherr Expands Middle East Component Service Options

A new service center is expected to open in Dubai next year
Liebherr and Mohammad bin Rashid Aerospace Hub represetatives at signing
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Charter Flights Face Punitive Passenger Taxes in France

Rates applying from March 1 are up to 300% higher than previous passenger taxes
Business aircraft at Paris Le Bourget Airport
Regulations and Government

Steel and Aluminum Tariff Gives Aviation Industry Pause

Tariff does not allow for exemptions or exceptions
Unsplash steel