Business & Commercial Aviation

Hourly flown figures extracted from Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization tool reveal changes to the leading business aviation carriers' operating patterns.

The average price of Jet-A in the U.S. in June declined 13 cents compared to May, settling at $6.74 per gal.

Flights that do not meet the standard of a qualified business use could make an aircraft ineligible for bonus depreciation.

In the final part of this article, we summarize recommendations from authoritative sources to prepare for encounters with wake turbulence.

Avoiding an encounter with high-altitude wake turbulence relies on accurately predicting its location and strength.

The mix of air traffic, high speeds and characteristics of the upper atmosphere are factors in high-altitude wake turbulence encounters.

Aviation Week's Jeremy Kariuki speaks with Web Manuals CCO Krister Genmark about his company's new AI tool that changes how operators search their documents.

ADAC subsidiary Aero-Dienst will operate the twinjet, which is slated for delivery in 2026.

Listen in to hear Aviation Week's team in Geneva discuss their highlights from EBACE 2024.

A retrospective and current look at the pre-owned market for the Pilatus PC-24 twinjet.

TBMs and Kodiaks are single-engine turboprops that share some of the same major suppliers.

Helicopter flight training should not result in unrecoverable flight conditions or catastrophic structural failures.

Wrong control inputs result in catastrophic structural failure during flight training for vortex ring state.

Motorized vehicles flying in navigable airspace increase the risk of midair collisions.

Bombardier's Global-series aircraft are rolling off the line at its new facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Comparison of aggregate hourly utilization

Comparison of aggregate hourly utilization results

The average price for a gallon of Jet-A rose 15 cents in May when compared to a year ago but declined 8 cents from April 2024 to settle at $6.87, according to a fuel survey of U.S. FBOs by the Aviation Research Group.

Why would we put ourselves and our loved ones on piston-powered aircraft fueled by unleaded avgas that has not been vetted by all stakeholders?

Listen in as editors discuss visits to Bombardier, Textron Aviation and Daher, where they covered events and announcements from across the business aviation industry.

The first FAA-approved 100-octane unleaded aviation gasoline is unavailable at the pump.

European companies keep operators moving around the clock.

In many cases, business jets exhibit no natural stall warning or aerodynamic buffet prior to the stall.

The business jet cockpit avionics upgrade market is being driven by a combination of factors, including evolution of technology and the resale market.

When viewed in combination with similar accidents, this raises questions of unresolved weaknesses in our safety system.