Business & Commercial Aviation

Cirrus Aircraft cofounder and CEO Dale Klapmeier plans to relinquish his chief executive post and transition into a senior advisory role during the first half of this year.

London Biggin Hill Airport reports its traffic grew by 12% in 2018, while it says there was a 1% decline in business aviation activity at other London airports.

AVIAA, an international business aviation group-purchasing organization, has signed a new preferred-supplier partnership with ground-handling specialist Jetex.

Ajwa Aviation Services, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, plans to construct a number of hangars on a secure site at Riyadh Airport as the number of customers grows.

Gulfstream Aerospace set a world speed record in a G650ER on a flight from Teterboro, New Jersey, to Dubai, a distance of 6,142 nm, in 11 hr., 2 min.

Baker Aviation has begun construction of two new hangars at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, with plans to centralize and expand its operations there.

Textron Aviation's flagship $26.9 million Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet was granted provisional type certification by the FAA on Dec. 19.

The sole full-service FBO at Naples Airport in Florida has announced a name change to Naples Aviation from Naples Airport Authority.

TAG Aviation Farnborough Maintenance Services has marked its 15th year of maintenance services operations from its base at TAG Farnborough Airport.

Lee Aerospace has announced the expansion of its FAR Part 145 capabilities and its presence across the U.S.

William "Bill" Juvonen, a former U.S. Marine Corps pilot and business aviation executive, died at home in Stamford, Connecticut, on Dec. 22, 2018, after a long illness. He was 81.

Japanese startup Euglena has completed construction of the country's first demonstration plant for producing renewable jet and diesel fuel.

Bombardier Aerospace delivered its first flagship Global 7500 long-range business jet Dec. 20 at a ceremony at its Montreal headquarters.

Business jet deliveries to the Middle East are expected to total nearly 200 aircraft over the next decade, with 12 deliveries in 2019 rising to 20 in 2028.

When performing a preflight, it is important to review the temperature compensation chart next to the oxygen cylinder to ensure you have a full supply.

A flight crew’s timely response to a loss of cabin pressurization or to smoke or fumes is critical and certainly not the time to discover that your supplemental oxygen system isn’t working.

Leather grades can seem cryptic at first but basically they differ only by their handling and the chemical procedures applied to the material.

How can you tell if it’s genuine leather? Touch it. Depending on the quality, the real McCoy can feel coarse or smooth, or anywhere in between.

Buenos Aires and Cordoba are the magnet destinations of the majority of business aviation flights to Argentina, while a lesser number head to the huge country’s many scenic wonders.

Nancy Leveson, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, has been on a 30-plus-year quest to engineer out hazards that can lead to aircraft accidents.

The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet only has been in production for 15 months and the planemaker already is announcing a Generation 2 version.

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The most common oxygen mask components that fail are around valves, fittings, and connections involving rubber seals, tubing and hoses.

The business aviation community has mostly focused on what the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 does not contain: ATC privatization.

Genuine leather remains the preferred product for aircraft seating upholstery, while textiles are usually specified for headliners and sidewalls.