Business & Commercial Aviation

AccuWeather has launched AccuWeather for the Google Assistant, an app that makes it easy to access weather forecasts using natural language commands.

United States Aircraft Insurance Group is celebrating 90 years as an insurance provider to the aviation and aerospace industries.

Lynn Nichols, chairman/CEO and owner, Yingling Aviation, Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita.

Lancair welcomed its first Mako production customer to its new 10,000-sq.-ft. Builder Assistance Center in Texas.

Videos help the less-experienced pilot handle flying into degraded illumination conditions or on mountain approaches.

London Biggin Hill Airport has set out a number of goals for the business aviation facility, which include the creation of 2,300 jobs in the next two years and 3,000 by 2031.

Air BP has opened its first location in Iceland, at Reykjavik-Keflavik International Airport. Iceland continues to experience major growth in travel and tourism.

Selected aviation accidents and incidents in December 2017.

Business aircraft activity in North America rose 2% in December from a year ago, down from a forecasted 5.6% increase, Argus International says.

The sky above the alpine landscape during twilight can be much brighter than the terrain below as the sun sets there early.

The NBAA's Certified Aviation Manager program reached a milestone this month when Kevin Flynn, director of aviation maintenance with AbbVie Inc. of Waukegan, Illinois, became the 400th aviation professional to be certified.

Leonardo has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification for its AW109 Trekker twin-engine light helicopter.

Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G geared turbofan for single-aisle airliners and the PW800 by Pratt & Whitney Canada, a turbofan for large business jets are being marketed collectively under the PurePower brand.

StandardAero plans to cease operations at its repair center at Los Angeles International Airport by the end of March but will continue to maintain mobile service in Southern California.

Perhaps the most persistent FBO nightmare remains the February 2010 hangar collapse at Dulles Jet Center that damaged 19 aircraft.

Having acquired Diamond Canada just a year earlier, China's Wanfeng Aviation Industry Co. has now doubled down on the brand by buying Austria's Diamond Aircraft Group as well.

Fast Five with Richard N. "Dick" Aarons, safety editor of Business & Commercial Aviation.

B. Coleman Aviation has completed construction of its 40,000-sq.-ft. hangar at Gary/Chicago Airport located 25 mi. from Chicago. The construction expands the facility to about 95,000 sq. ft. The new hangar can accommodate four large-cabin aircraft and eight small-to-midsize aircraft. The addition was added to meet the growing demand in the region for business aviation services.

Jet Aviation's history goes back further than 50 years to a decision by young Carl Hirschmann in 1940 to leave Paris for the U.S. ahead of the German blitzkrieg.

Paramount Business Jets has launched a newly designed website with faster response speeds for desktop computers and mobile devices. It is optimized to allow clients to book private jets through their mobile devices and provides improved support for international websites, the company said. The website is www.ParamountBusinessJets.com

Jet Aviation's maintenance facility at Moscow Vnukovo Airport has received Federal Air Transport Agency approval in Russia for Federal Aviation Rules 285 (FAP-285), confirming adherence to all Russian civil aviation laws. The approval allows the facility to provide line maintenance and AOG support to Bombardier Challenger 300 series, 600 series, Global 5000/6000 and Gulfstream G550/G650 aircraft.

Faced with a new set of delays associated with Safran's Silvercrest engine, Dassault Aviation has announced in December that it is terminating the development of its Falcon 5X business jet program.

Drone collisions with aircraft will cause more impact damage than a bird strike of equivalent size and speed, concludes a study conducted for the FAA.

Pilatus has received FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certifications for its PC-24 twin-engine business jet, the Swiss company announced. The certifications pave the way for initial customer deliveries.

Textron Aviation is betting that a boom in online commerce and package deliveries will provide a boost to the business aviation market's nascent recovery and has found a valuable partner to hedge that bet.