Business & Commercial Aviation

Fractional aircraft operator Executive AirShare is expanding its service to Rocky Mountain communities with the establishment of base in Denver.

A Cessna 525C crashed into Lake Erie moments after takeoff from Runway 24R at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport on Dec. 29, 2016, at 2257 EST.

Jet Linx, based in Omaha, Nebraska, has opened a private terminal in Detroit. The terminal includes a private meeting room, executive lounge, Wi-Fi connectivity and staffing.

As of Aug. 1, Nextant Aerospace has ended its introductory discount pricing for installation of Pro Line Fusion avionics on Challenger 604XT aircraft.

BCA compares the PC-24's specifications and performance attributes to the characteristics of other aircraft in its class.

Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus in Salina has received an FAA waiver to fly unmanned aircraft systems beyond the line-of-sight.

Heat, glare, noise, vibrations, exceptionally dry air and confinement to a seat for hours can act synergistically to deepen the stress on a body's reserves.

Jetex has announced it has signed an MOU with the AERIA airport management company to be the operator and manager of the new FBO in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

Charter operator VistaJet reported a 32% increase in subscribers in the first half of 2018 with the number of European contracts doubling over the 2017 period.

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The 1995-2005 Hawker 800XP was the best-selling Hawker model of all time and the most popular midsize jet of its era. It is still a workhorse.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao acknowledges the 1,500-hr. ATP requirement to become a U.S. airline pilot has effectively cut the ranks of eligible pilots.

AirPower Software specializes in the design and development of aviation software products used to analyze aircraft operating costs, charter and leasing strategies, and solutions to aid in the identification of business aircraft suitable for various mission needs.

These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Pilatus PC-24 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

Selected accidents and incidents in June 2018

We've all heard: "When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the airplane, you are ready to fly." And it's never truer than when you fly transoceanic.

Changi Airport Group plans to open a 10,000-sq.-m business aviation terminal at Singapore's Seletar Airport to handle 700,000 passenger movements a year.

PC-24's ACE flight deck, powered by Honeywell Epic 2.0 avionics, features 12-in. screens, point-and-click graphic user interface and several advanced features.

Questions for Fred Lewis, chairman of Black Pilots of America Inc.

"Fatigue-related performance problems in aviation have been consistently underestimated and underappreciated."

The much-anticipated Pilatus PC-24 might well be named the big Swiss surprise. Many people confuse it for a turbofan-powered variant of the PC-12.

Between 2010 and 2012, more than 6,000 European pilots were asked to self-assess the level of fatigue they experienced during their flight duties. The surveys confirm that pilot fatigue is a common, dangerous and underreported phenomenon in Europe.

Traffic on Interstate 57 came to a near standstill on July 7 when a medevac helicopter made an emergency landing in a grassy area on Chicago's South Side, injuring all four people on board.

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The House of Representatives version of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 contains a section seeking to update the fatigue rules for FAR Part 135 pilots.