Business & Commercial Aviation

Concerned about explosives that might be concealed inside a UAV, the FAA now requires owners to display their registration numbers on outside surfaces.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

The Aviation Week core remains strong, thanks to our commitment to invest in top-notch editorial and data teams that lead industry coverage all over the globe.

There are vocal advocates who believe learning an autorotation procedure all the way to the ground is better as it provides the maneuver’s actual look and feel.

London-based startup argues its approach to insuring drone flights is encouraging pilots to think more carefully about minimizing risk.

Diamond Aircraft Group plans to double aircraft production and increase its staff at its facilities in Austria and Canada in 2019 as demand increases.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

While the "Green New Deal" is a dead man's hand, it has a worthy goal of protecting our environment. For aviation, there are opportunities to cut its emissions.

British unmanned aircraft developer Blue Bear Systems Research has begun flights along a corridor established in the UK for beyond-visual-line-of-sight testing.

Honeywell Aerospace is closing its longtime office at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and moving repair and overhaul operations 170 mi. northeast to Olathe, Kansas.

EASA has approved a Rolls-Royce request to transfer design authorization to Germany from Britain as a precaution against a possible no-deal Brexit.

According to the head of Embraer Executive Aircraft, a potential Boeing-Embraer partnership would benefit his division, which would become Embraer's largest.

Sikorsky has signed an agreement with on-demand helicopter provider Blade that will give the manufacturing company with urban-air-mobility market data.

By year-end, Leonardo hopes that after a decade in the making its AW609 commercial tiltrotor finally will be awarded certification.

Bombardier's Global 7500 has earned European Aviation Safety Agency certification, which follows approvals from Transport Canada and the FAA.

With the battle against ATC privatization behind it, the NBAA is focusing on the industry's pressing shortage of pilots, mechanics and other professions.

Questions for Leslie Weinstein, manager of True-Lock Aviation Fasteners, Boise, Idaho; and founder, Turtles Fly Too (turtlesflytoo.org).

Boeing reports having made a significant investment in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2.

Clay Lacy Aviation has opened a new round-the-clock aircraft MRO facility for its FAR Part 145 repair station at Van Nuys Airport outside Los Angeles.

Owners and pilots of two Daher TBM turboprops recently completed milestone, 2,700-nm flights over the South Pole.

Lynx FBO Network has acquired the FBO assets of World Jet Inc. at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE) in Florida.

Israel Aerospace Industries reportedly has approved the development of an advanced model of the Gulfstream Aerospace G280, which it manufactures under license.

The NTSB's biennial "Most Wanted List" of safety improvements includes a recommendation to hold FAR Part 135 ops to the same requirements as scheduled airlines.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in February 2019.

The introduction of the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet has prompted the FAA to propose a change in regulations for obtaining an initial transport pilot certificate.