Business & Commercial Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.
Business Aviation

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

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Diamond Aircraft Group plans to double aircraft production and increase its staff at its facilities in Austria and Canada in 2019 as demand increases.
Business Aviation

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

By Kirby Harrison
Jetex Flight Support is one of the world's fastest-growing FBO chains with 29 facilities and more to come, but its Jetex Dubai facility remains its showpiece.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Clay Lacy Aviation has opened a new round-the-clock aircraft MRO facility for its FAR Part 145 repair station at Van Nuys Airport outside Los Angeles.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier's Global 7500 has earned European Aviation Safety Agency certification, which follows approvals from Transport Canada and the FAA.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Boeing reports having made a significant investment in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Bell 407GXi light single helicopter has received type certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
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.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
State Farm has received a long-term FAA waiver to fly drones beyond the operator's visual line of sight and over people, activities that have been restricted.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Lynx FBO Network has acquired the FBO assets of World Jet Inc. at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE) in Florida.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Questions for Leslie Weinstein, manager of True-Lock Aviation Fasteners, Boise, Idaho; and founder, Turtles Fly Too (turtlesflytoo.org).
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Orlando-Melbourne (Florida) International Airport officials are seeking developers to build an upscale hotel with airfield access.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
According to the head of Embraer Executive Aircraft, a potential Boeing-Embraer partnership would benefit his division, which would become Embraer's largest.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Israel Aerospace Industries reportedly has approved the development of an advanced model of the Gulfstream Aerospace G280, which it manufactures under license.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
With the battle against ATC privatization behind it, the NBAA is focusing on the industry's pressing shortage of pilots, mechanics and other professions.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Owners and pilots of two Daher TBM turboprops recently completed milestone, 2,700-nm flights over the South Pole.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in February 2019.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Avfuel has added Blue Heron Aviation in the Turks and Caicos Islands to its network of independent FBOs.
Business Aviation

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

By Jessica A. Salerno
BCA business aviation product and service previews.
Business Aviation

By Kent Jackson
If you are paying your monthly hangar rent, can you use it as you please? No. FAA rules come down from the sky, across the ramp and into your hangar.
Business Aviation

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

By Bill Carey
The NTSB's biennial "Most Wanted List" of safety improvements includes a recommendation to hold FAR Part 135 ops to the same requirements as scheduled airlines.
Business Aviation