Business & Commercial Aviation

Brian Proctor, President and CEO, Mente Group, LLC, discusses business trends regarding business aircraft values.

London Biggin Hill Airport is celebrating 15 years of its dedicated animal-handling service, SkyPets.

Honda Aircraft has begun deliveries of its HondaJet Elite, an upgraded version of its light twinjet. Honda unveiled the aircraft at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in May in Geneva. The first HondaJet Elite was delivered to an undisclosed customer from Honda’s headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The new $5.25 million aircraft had been in development for the past two years. The changes increase fuel capacity, expand range and provide updates to the Garmin 3000 avionics suite.

Flytenow, a would-be online flight-sharing service, says the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is opposing a senator's effort that would allow there service to operate in the U.S.

According to the FAA, between March 1991, and May 2018, there were 206 thermal runaway incidents involving lithium batteries at airports or onboard aircraft.

Louisa Fisher, cabin safety program manager at FlightSafety International, answers questions on how to deal with lithium-ion battery fires on business aircraft.

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

Gulfstream Aerospace’s new G500 twin-engine business jet received type certification and its production certificate from the FAA on July 20.

Gulfstream’s G600 has begun FAA certification field performance testing close on the heels of type certification of its sibling G500.

KULR Technology designs and manufactures carbon-fiber containment solutions for lithium-ion battery applications.

Rockwell Collins recently signed on as a service provider of Iridium Certus satellite solutions over the Iridium NEXT network. Rockwell will be adding the service to its aircraft connectivity applications, delivering the next-generation L-band broadband solution for commercial, government and ARINCDirect customers. In addition, it will design and produce Iridium Certus service terminals.

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Piper company engineers elected to hot-rod the PA-42-720A Cheyenne III to field a viable challenger.

A team of scientists has developed an algorithm that could allow unmanned aircraft to harmlessly “herd” flocks of birds away from airports.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

When it comes to Learjet business jet production at its Wichita facility, Bombardier has not made any decisions, President and CEO Alain Bellemare told analysts in early August.

The FAA has granted a two-year authorization to the Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems test site to fly large drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the operator.

The unmanned aircraft systems world is surely one of the most active sectors of aviation today and, arguably, in decades.

Questions for Brian Proctor, Mente Group founder, president and CEO.

Duncan Aviation has opened an aircraft sales office in Phoenix to respond to client requirements and acquisition opportunities, it said.

According to the Experimental Aircraft Association, this summer’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, attracted 601,000 attendees, about 2% above last year’s record.

Gogo, one of the biggest providers of highly sought-after inflight connectivity, is struggling to turn that demand into dollars.

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

Signature Flight Support posted revenue of $926.3 million during the first half of 2018, up 15.4% from the same period a year ago.

Thermal runaways and resultant fires of lithium-ion batteries powering electronic devices brought on aircraft continue to vex regulatory agencies and operators.