Business & Commercial Aviation

Oct. 23 at the National Business Aviation Association's annual convention. The Fund an Angel event at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel drew more than 600 people.

Jet Aviation Staffing and FlightSafety International have formed a global pilot training partnership program powered by the Hullo Aircrew platform.

Flexjet made news at October's NBAA-BACE by placing a $1.4 billion order with Embraer for Praetor 500 and 600 aircraft, as well as Legacy 450 and Phenom 300 midsize jets.

If you fly an aircraft with TKS, be aware that replacement of the system's panels after maintenance requires extreme care.

In response to the growing demand for more qualified IT experts in the business aviation sector, Satcom Direct is strengthening its training program.

A wing's true angle of attack is unknown; it can only be estimated by a measuring device on the airplane that has inherent errors that must be addressed.

Dassault's steady expansion of maintenance capability continues, convincing Luxaviation Group to sell it ExecuJet's global maintenance activities.

The “No Panic Button” autoland system could become perceived as minimum required safety equipment, along with seat belts, fire extinguishers and emergency exits.

Lateral separations between aircraft flying in North Atlantic airspace have been reduced with space-based ADS-B for near real-time aircraft monitoring.

Tecnam took firm orders for 11 P2012 Traveller 11-seat utility aircraft during the first two days at the NBAA's annual convention in Las Vegas.

The rest and duty rules for Part 135 are complex in part because a pilot cannot rely on the regulations alone.

DJI, the mall drone manufacturer, has unveiled a quadcopter weighing 249 grams (0.5 lb.), which exempts it by 1 gram from registration requirements in in several countries.

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Boeing reports a single, unidentified customer has ordered two long-range BBJ 787-9 Dreamliners worth $564 million, bringing the number of VIP Dreamliner orders to 16.

French manufacturer Daher Group has completed its purchase of Quest Aircraft Co., maker of the Kodiak 100 utility turboprop.

The new, third-generation PC-12 NGX boasts a redesigned cabin with new seats and larger windows as well as a new electronically controlled P&WC PT-6 turboprop.

The built-for-comfort, not-for-speed C90 King Air underwent a major upgrade in 2005 when Raytheon Aircraft swapped out the pair of anemic PT6A-21 turboprops for a brace of PT6A-135As.

There were times when having that internet connection would have saved me a last-minute divert or could have rescued us from an hours-long ATC delay.

An early initiation for most pilots includes the humor of poorly written maintenance write-ups, or "squawks." We all laugh about the nonsensical pilot entries made on the left side of an aircraft's maintenance log destined to be corrected by a funnier mechanic's entry on the right.

Long in coming, the Epic turboprop finally earns its type certificate.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

Years in development, the all-new Extra NG aerobatic single has received in new type certificate from the EASA.

Desert Jet began in 2007 when Denise Wilson launched the company as an aircraft management, sales and acquisitions center, later adding a charter operation.

Dassault has completed the critical design review of its long-range, widebody Falcon 6X and is closing in on the preliminary design of the 9X follow-on project.

XTI Aircraft says it has signed an initial agreement with a potential lead investor in its $25 million Series B funding round.