BCA magazine

Bombardier has launched an accelerated training program here designed to help aircraft maintenance technicians obtain FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification.

Corporate, Fractional, Charter and Private individual operators all surpassed their hourly utilization performance during February to April 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 and 2019, according to data from Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization.

The number of aggregated hourly flown figures for the world’s leading business aviation carriers show that NetJets and Flexjet each experienced higher flight hours from February to April 2026 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization.

The largest monthly price increase for a gallon of Jet-A fuel was in the Western Pacific region, with prices up 39 cents per gallon compared to April figures, while the largest decrease was in the Great Lakes region, with costs down 47 cents per gallon from a month ago. 

Aviation Week was on hand to observe Unither Bioelectronics fly its Robinson R44 demonstrator modified with a hyrdrogen-electric fuel cell system.

NetJets has taken delivery of three Cessna Citation Ascend business jets.

Textron Aviation has opened a service facility at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne, Australia.

Organizers of the Business Aviation Asia Forum & Expo say they expect the March 2027 expo to be about 50% larger than the inaugural event in 2025.