Business & Commercial Aviation

OneSky has acquired PrivateFly, an online booking platform for private jet charters, where it will join forces with brokerage firm SkyJet, the company said.

Beginning in 2019, about 150 aircrew will be transferred to the Flexjet certificate and will be permanent employees of Flexjet, the company told the FAA.

Flying Colours has completed the first Ka-band installation of a Gulfstream GV aircraft as part of a major refurbishment of the cabin interior and exterior.

Private aircraft operator and aviation service provider SaxonAir, Norwich International Airport, England, has been named Aircraft Management Company of the Year 2018

Sheltair Aviation has entered into a long-term lease to build and operate a full-service FBO and hangar complex at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.

ForeFlight now offers customers mobile Pre-Departure Clearance and Digital Automated Terminal Information Service.

Business jet operations in July were almost flat with an 0.6% increase in flight activity. Domestic flights rose 1% while international flights declined 1.5%.

BCA shares news of the latest products and services for the business aviation industry.

If a business aircraft crewmember becomes ill or otherwise incapacitated, there is little room for discussion: Land as soon as possible.

Some of the materials most often found on vertical panels are replacing the more traditional carpeting and countertops.

Wood veneers range from the exotics of remarkable shadings to grain and patterns best described as nature's art.

Few, if any, light jets have entered service with such high dispatch reliability as the HA-420 HondaJet.

Kerfkore provides interior designers with the ability to create curves at a reduced weight for applications that might normally be difficult, even impossible.

The FAA has granted Textron Aviation a temporary exemption to meeting fuel tank flammability requirements that will allow Citation Longitude deliveries to begin but require a retrofit of delivered aircraft.

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As our 60th year ends, it's valuable and appropriate to reflect on the contributions we have made to helping the business aviation community operate better.

Bombardier Business Aircraft is upgrading the avionics on its Learjet 75 and Learjet 70 aircraft with the installation of the Garmin G5000 avionics suite.

Richard Aarons, my Dad, loved aviation since his New Jersey childhood when he would watch C-118s approaching McGuire AFB and imagine being in command.

Samson Sky, maker of the Switchblade flying sports car, reports it has received its 800th reservation. Customers come from 24 countries and 46 U.S. states.

Argus International has announced the launch of its Second in Command Gateway Program, a data-driven approach to pilot training to enhance safety and performance.

VistaJet founder Thomas Flohr is launching Vista Global Holding to consolidate its aviation businesses and position it for further future acquisitions, the company said.

Attendees at the World Meteorological Organization's Volcanic Ash Workshop in October 2015 learned of efforts to improve the forecasting of volcanic ash plumes.

Here are recommended actions from ICAO, NASA and Boeing publications on handling a volcanic ash encounter, along with simplified explanations behind them.

Hexagon Geospatial Systems has provided a hands-on example of a system used by Lufthansa to help its pilots avoid costly obstacles and delays in the air.

How many electric motors can a Cessna Caravan mini-freighter carry? Well, Australian startup MagniX thinks one is just fine — as long as it's under the cowling up front.