Business & Commercial Aviation

NextGen ultimately will affect almost all aircraft movement — on the ground as well as in the air.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in November 2018.

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

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

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

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

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

The Cessna Citation Hemisphere engine program is progressing toward testing a new axial high-pressure compressor in June 2019.

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.

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.

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

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.

A former airline pilot and school teacher, Robb Williams was executive director of the Aerospace Center of Excellence in Lakeland, Florida.

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.

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.

Dassault Aviation has won a contract to conduct a detailed study for a future maritime surveillance aircraft based on its Falcon 2000LXS business jet.

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

SF Express, a Chinese freight company, plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B aircraft for carriage beginning in 2023.

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

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

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

Meridian announced that its West Coast FBO, Meridian Hayward, was voted the Corporate Aircraft Association’s (CAA) Preferred FBO.

The FAA is investing $40.9 million in a new 180-ft.-tall air traffic control tower and 15,650-sq.-ft. base building at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Business jet and turboprop flight activity in North America rose 0.9% in October compared to a year ago and 8.9% compared to September activity.