Business & Commercial Aviation

China's ambitious plan to create a general aviation infrastructure includes promises to build a network of 2,000 small airports throughout the country by 2030.

Wheels Up, the private membership lift provider, reports it closed an equity-based fund raising round of $117.5 million and increased its enterprise value to $1 billion—making it akin to a so-called unicorn in start-up investment circles.

Pilots and passengers of Cirrus SR20/SR22 single-engine aircraft are going to feel right at home when they belt into the 5-7-seat Cirrus Vision Jet.

Garmin Introduces G1000 NXi for the Citation Mustang.

Textron Aviation has delivered its 100th Cessna Citation Latitude. The delivery, which went to NetJets, occurred 26 months after the first CE-680A entered service.

As with any international destination, getting the most out of a trip into Chinese airspace—and not winding up sideways with the aviation authorities—demands thorough advance planning.

Companies that use business aviation to further their success outperform those that do not, according to a new Nexa Advisors study of S&P 500 companies.

These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

AMSTAT has launched its Aircraft Valuation Tool to help evaluate business aircraft through a partnership with Vangas, a joint venture of Van Buren Advisors and General Aviation Services.

Textron Aviation has delivered its first fully configured Hawker 400XPR. The aircraft, which is owned by a Seattle-based company, was upgraded at Textron's Wichita Service Center with new winglets, Williams International FJ-44 engines, a refurbished interior and a new paint scheme.

A standards captain with the right attitude can be the best instructor in any flight department.

Raisbeck Engineering has earned an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for Hartnzell Propeller's new 106-in.-dia., five-blade composite propeller designed for the Beechraft King Air 350.

Questions for Par Avion Founder Janine Iannarelli

CHC Helicopter, along with Leonardo and SkyTrac, have completed testing of a real-time health and usage monitoring system and cockpit electronic flight bag for the AW139.

Dassault Aviation's long-delayed Falcon 5X development program is facing a further holdup after Safran Aircraft Engines encounters new problems with the aircraft's Silvercrest turbofans during recent ground and flight tests.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) and Hong Kong-based Metrojet, a business aircraft services provider, have signed an airframe maintenance agreement to offer customers on JSSI maintenance programs the ability to access airframe maintenance service at a Metrojet facility.

Our editor-in-chief joins other aviation luminaries in opposing the privatization of U.S. air traffic control.

The European Aviation Safety Agency, the FAA and Transport Canada Civil Aviation have signed new bilateral aviation safety procedure agreements expected to reduce cost and delivery times for exports.

The TAG Aviation Maintenance Service Center in Geneva has expanded its on-site aircraft refurbishment services by adding an off-the-shelf cabin wood revarnishing process for aircraft cabin interiors.

The envelope from the FAA looks innocent enough, but upon opening it, the subject line — “Letter of Investigation” — strikes hard. What do you do first? The right thing is to talk to a qualified lawyer.

Embraer has begun delivering the initial Legacy 500 jets assembled at its Melbourne, Florida, facility. The first was handed over to an undisclosed customer in the U.S.

After all, shouldn’t dining en route to Paris be no less elegant than the $60 million private jet that is whisking its passengers across the Atlantic at Mach 0.85?

Authorities estimate some 100,000 pets have been displaced by the hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico in September, and aviation in the form of Wings of Rescue is leading the relief effort.

Bombardier Aerospace and its largest union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, have reached a new collective labor agreement at its Wichita facility.