Business & Commercial Aviation

An aircraft’s tires are critical safety items for every pre- and post flight inspection. Ignoring or abusing them can cause lots of expensive damage.

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

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

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

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

The Bell 407GXi light single helicopter has received type certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

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

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.

William Garvey speaks with Sheryl Barde, President and CEO of Aviation Personnel International.

As far as I can see, we pilots fit into two groups. Half of us are compelled to double-check things that have already been checked.

New aviation rollup iAero Group has signed a definitive agreement to purchase nearby Swift Air, an independent U.S. airline charter business.

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.

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

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.

Here’s a matter you have never considered and a question you have never asked: Wherefrom will come the next generation of aviation writers?

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.