Business & Commercial Aviation

Avflight Corp. has expanded into Canada at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport by acquiring Kelly Western Jet Center.

Jet Aviation has completed the rebranding of its six Hawker Pacific FBOs in Australia under the Jet Aviation name. Jet acquired Hawker Pacific in May 2018.

There is a potentially serious "poison" at high altitude that can cause long-term health effects and about which you have likely never been trained. It's ozone.

Several fatal accidents involving breakdowns in situational awareness provide evidence that more needs to be done to standardize and simplify interfaces.

"Ozone converters are one-piece assemblies consisting of a ceramic honeycomb core covered by a metal catalyst."

The National Research Council recommends the FAA take effective measures to ensure the FAR addressing ozone exposure is met on all flights..

There is no shortage of bad ideas out there, but the ones that concern me are old sayings with a history of being wrong yet are still embraced by some pilots.

Selected accidents and incidents from February 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

Here are three aircraft cabin zone studies.

The $75 million Global 7500 is the largest, roomiest, farthest-flying and most expensive purpose-built business jet created by a general-aviation manufacturer.

These graphs show the performance of the Bombardier Global 7500 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

The FADEC-equipped SPU300[BA] has the highest power- to-weight ratio of any engine in its class and boasts an ex- ceptionally wide operating envelope.

To create value while retaining pilots and ensuring a balance between their work and personal lives is a daily challenge for an aviation department manager.

“At Harley-Davidson, we are a small flight department that does big things,” Jad Donaldson, the motorcycle manufacturer’s aviation director, declared.

"The only way to get a good understanding of the problem is data—data that is vigilantly collected and is recorded and retained for further analysis."

The 18,920 lb. of thrust produced by General Electric's Passport 20-19BB1A capitalizes on the multi-millions of dollars the company invested in the CFM Leap-1 engine family developed for commercial jetliners.

Operators give high marks to the Bombardier Global 6000 long-range jet for its speed, comfort, reliability and product support.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Companies and pilots often assume no harm could come from offering a ride at a charity auction. Such flights are OK but with tight restrictions.

The use of the GPS position for control is probably the single smartest idea since radar and the ILS.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from April 1969.​

The Global 7500 flight deck has four, 14- by 11-in. landscape-configuration flat-panel displays, large enough so that each can be split into two or more windows.

Being on call 24/7 is driving burned-out business aviation pilots to the airlines, and flight departments are reacting.

The FAA has selected Wing, the drone delivery subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, to participate in the agency’s UAS traffic management pilot program.

After a near-decade hiatus, Schweizer helicopters are returning to production, with two S-300s later this year paving the way for full-rate production in 2020.