Business & Commercial Aviation

Six general aviation-related organizations have partnered to form best business practices for FBOs, calling on them to publish an online list of charges.

Textron has joined with King Ranch, the largest ranch in Texas and one of the largest in the world, to launch a special edition Beechcraft King Air 350i.

The acting FAA administrator wants to see funding reform from Congress, saying appropriating through continuing resolutions complicates planning and budgeting.

Terrafugia, the developer of the Transition flying car, reported in late October that it has received letters of intent for 10 vehicles, each accompanied by a $50,000 deposit.

Icon Aircraft says CEO and founder Kirk Hawkins is “stepping back” from his leadership role.

Qatar Airways plans to grow its business jet charter fleet to 35 aircraft from 14 and replace its seven Bombardier Global 5000s and 6000s with Gulfstream G500s.

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There are other down-under aviators like me who question the plethora of restricted airspaces and areas. This VFR pilot is keen to see what results.

Engines that are “contextually aware,” can “think for themselves” and are “comprehending” are described in a Rolls white paper on the new Pearl 15 turbofan.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Bombardier surprised many last month when it announced it was shedding the Q400 regional turboprop program, the last of its de Havilland products.

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Fourteen years after calling for regulations of air charter brokers, the U.S. Transportation Department has finally published a new set of regulations.

Reprint remembers flying in the Northeast U.S. after World War !.

Reach Air Medical Services will acquire five Airbus helicopters for use in emergency medical service operations.

Executive AirShare, a fractional ownership and charter company, has deleted “Executive” from its name and now calls itself Airshare.

Ultra-long-haul charter specialist Planet Nine Private Air introduced its third VIP 16-seat Dassault Falcon 7X business jet into service last month.

Early prospective customers are being sought for a hybrid passenger airship that the developers claim will offer unprecedented safety.

Bell is to collaborate with Japanese package-delivery company Yamato on aerial logistics using unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

The two newly anointed Brazilian aviation “magistrates” are, once again, raising price-versus-performance expectations in their respective segments.

Air Culinaire Worldwide launched its lifestyle concept for its 19 owned and operated inflight catering kitchens in the United States.

Operators say Bombardier’s Global 5000 has the best cabin of any business aircraft in this range class, along with unsurpassed long-range cruise speed and nearly best-in-class runway performance.

Sky Valet has opened new facilities in the business aviation terminal at Ibiza Airport off the coast of Spain after an extensive renovation.

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Every year or so, we see another case of a passenger-carrying aircraft sliding off the end of a runway. Given the sheer number of landings in winter, the writer is surprised it doesn’t happen more regularly.