Business & Commercial Aviation

The Cessna Citation Sovereign has earned a reputation for rock-solid reliability, plus it has the largest cabin of any midsize jet of its vintage.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

A check ride is more of an evaluation of the training program than of the student. If the trainers did a good job, the student will pass.

William Garvey speaks with Rolland “Rollie” Vincent, President, Rolland Vincent Associates and JetNet iQ Creator/Director of Plano, Texas.

Nearly 150 BBJ, BBJ2 and BBJ3 aircraft have entered service since 1999, triple the number forecast by Borge Boeskov, first president of Boeing Business Jets.

Krimson, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has obtained a business aviation license from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA), one of the first business aviation licenses issued by the authority, it said.

Europe's PrivatAir is clipping its wings. According to the carrier, a number of events have had a significant impact on the companies' business forecast and viability, which forced the companies to file for insolvency.

One Aviation, maker of the Eclipse 550 very light jet, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October.

Universal Avionics has received an FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) for its new touchscreen control display unit for the InSight Display System.

Dassault Aviation has been awarded a contract to study a future maritime surveillance aircraft based on its Falcon 2000 LXS business jet.

Nextant Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the 604XT Pro Line Fusion flight deck.

The Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association's 10th annual convention in San Antonio in October drew record attendance of 474 people and 65 exhibits.

PrivateFly, an on-demand charter service provider, has begun private jet flights between London Luton Airport and Geneva during ski season.

Jet Aviation has signed a preferred fixed-base operation service agreement with Excellent Air, a German-based charter service.

In late November, the Piaggio Aerospace board declared the Italian planemaker insolvent and requested it go into receivership.

Vertis Aviation in Switzerland has added a second Boeing Business Jet to its international charter fleet.

Tubreaux Aviation Services, based in Shreveport, Louisiana, has joined the Avfuel branded fixed-base operator network, including Avuel Contract Fuel and AvTrip rewards.

Huron Regional Airport’s fixed-base operator in South Dakota has a new owner and a new name.

The B-29 Superfortress known has "Doc" has a new home in Wichita.

West Star Aviation has expanded its MRO Chattanooga facility with 40,000 sq. ft. of hangar space and more than 25,000 sq. ft. of office and support space.