African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA)

Defense and Space

Businesswire | June 14, 2023

Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire” or “the Company”), a global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, successfully launched and made contact with two satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission carrying optical inter-satellite link (OISL) payloads that will significantly reduce data latency and strengthen security of communication. The 6U satellites are equipped with optical communications terminals (OCT) to send information between them ...

Commercial Aviation

PlaneSense, Inc. | February 28, 2022

PlaneSense, Inc., a leader in fractional aircraft ownership, is installing Gogo Business Aviation's AVANCE L3 connectivity system across its fleet of Pilatus PC-12s. PlaneSense, Inc. operates a growing fractional fleet, currently consisting of 39 PC-12s and seven Pilatus PC-24 jets. At this time, 32 PC-12s, and the entire jet fleet, are flying with active AVANCE L3 systems onboard. "The AVANCE L3 is an important addition to the value pro...

Aerospace

Eviation Aircraft | November 11, 2022

Eviation Aircraft, a manufacturer of all-electric aircraft, today announced that Northern Territory Air Services (NTAS), an Australian scheduled airline and charter aircraft operator, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 20 all-electric Alice commuter aircraft. The Eviation Alice is the first flight-proven all-electric commuter aircraft of its scale – capable of carrying nine passengers, or 2,600 lbs of useful load in a cargo configuration. Built from a clean-sheet design around ...

Business Aviation, Commercial Aviation

Skyservice | September 26, 2022

Skyservice Business Aviation , a North American leader in business aviation, today announced it has acquired a heavy-body aircraft hangar and office facility from Bombardier, thereby doubling the Company's footprint at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport ("YUL") in Montréal, Canada.The 153,000- square-foot property includes 80,000 square feet of hangar space, providing Skyservice with greater capacity to perform nose-to-tail heavy aircraft maintenance as well as su...