Business & Commercial Aviation

Selected accidents and incidents from December and November 2018. The NTSB information is preliminary.

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.

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

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.

Rolls-Royce is hoping to make its mark on the electric-aircraft speed record with a vision of breaking the 300-mph barrier in 2020.

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

Bye Aerospace, which is developing a family of electric aircraft, received a major investment by the Subaru-SBI Innovation Fund.

TAG Aviation has launched its first Asia-Pacific FBO. Located in Macau, the new facility represents the fourth FBO for TAG Aviation globally.

Tecnam, the Italian aircraft manufacturer, recently received full type certification for the P2012 Traveller from the European Aviation Safety Agency.

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.

Questions for Sheryl Barden, president and CEO of Aviation Personnel International (API) in San Francisco.

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

Yingling Aviation has announced a 73,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its facilities at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.

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

Textron Aviation is upgrading flight-deck capabilities with new-production Cessna Caravan and Grand Caravan EX turboprops.

Pilots found themselves impaired visibility as they peered through scratched and degraded oxygen masks while shooting a CAT II approach.

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

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.

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.

ASTM International has launched a certification program for business jet cabin crews by affiliate National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies.

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.

American Aero at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport has earned International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling Stage 3 certification.

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.

Collins Aerospace is teaming with Inmarsat to offer Jet ConneX high-speed internet service to business aircraft operators.

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