Business & Commercial Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Selected accidents and incidents from February 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
RUAG Australia has been certified as an EASA Part 145 maintenance organization. It offers component MRO and line support for fleets there and in Europe.
Business Aviation

"Ozone converters are one-piece assemblies consisting of a ceramic honeycomb core covered by a metal catalyst."
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Ross Aviation has completed its acquisition of Rectrix Aviation, which has a total of five FBOs in and Florida.
Business Aviation

There is a potentially serious "poison" at high altitude that can cause long-term health effects and about which you have likely never been trained. It's ozone.
Business Aviation

The National Research Council recommends the FAA take effective measures to ensure the FAR addressing ozone exposure is met on all flights..
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Stuart Jet Center in Stuart, Florida, has added a U.S. Customs facility at Witham Field to streamline international travel.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Several fatal accidents involving breakdowns in situational awareness provide evidence that more needs to be done to standardize and simplify interfaces.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation has completed the rebranding of its six Hawker Pacific FBOs in Australia under the Jet Aviation name. Jet acquired Hawker Pacific in May 2018.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Boeing and Embraer expect to close their commercial and defense aircraft joint-venture deals by year-end, now that Embraer shareholders approved the proposals.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier received the Grand Laureate in business aviation for its new Global 7500, at Aviation Week Network's Laureate Awards honoring aerospace achievements.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier is boosting its customer service capabilities in the Asia-Pacifc region by expanding its Singapore Service Center.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Dassault will not be participating in a supersonic business-jet project. A low-boom aircraft still would be too noisy at takeoff, CEO Eric Trappier said.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Questions for Chad Cundiff, president of the Astronautics Corp. of America in Milwaukee.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
After a near-decade hiatus, Schweizer helicopters are returning to production, with two S-300s later this year paving the way for full-rate production in 2020.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International has added new training courses for Airbus Helicopters at its Denver Learning Center.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
There is no shortage of bad ideas out there, but the ones that concern me are old sayings with a history of being wrong yet are still embraced by some pilots.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Arab Air Carriers Organization has signed a memorandum of understanding with MedAire for aviation security and assistance services.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
TAG Farnborough FBO says it does it all and more, as might be expected of a facility on an airfield that says it offers unparalleled services and amenities.
Business Aviation

By David Esler
"The only way to get a good understanding of the problem is data—data that is vigilantly collected and is recorded and retained for further analysis."
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
HAI President Matt Zuccaro tells HAI attendees unmanned and eVTOL machines are “not a threat” to helicopter operators “and you’ve got to get your heads around that.”
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Business & Commercial Aviation news from April 1969.​
Business Aviation

These graphs show the performance of the Bombardier Global 7500 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.
Business Aviation

Companies and pilots often assume no harm could come from offering a ride at a charity auction. Such flights are OK but with tight restrictions.
Business Aviation

By David Esler
Being on call 24/7 is driving burned-out business aviation pilots to the airlines, and flight departments are reacting.
Business Aviation