Business & Commercial Aviation

Jetcraft, the international aircraft sales, marketing and ownership strategies consultancy, forecasts that—excepting at least four potential supersonic business aircraft already announced—as many as 19 new or updated aircraft will enter service from next year through 2023.

Pilot’s Bill of Rights was intended to address a range of practices in the aviation rule enforcement system and increase fairness.

Honeywell has updated its MyAerospace e-commerce portal to simplify online ordering and tracking processes. It cuts the steps required by more than 20% and improves turnaround time by 50%, the company said.

The Corporate Angel Network raised $435,000 during its charity auction at the NBAA-BACE on Oct. 11.

High personal wealth and a growing recognition within Chinese government and industry of the value of business aviation are galvanizing a slowly growing based business jet population in China and Hong Kong.

Italy's Leonardo has moved another step toward bringing its AW609 tiltrotor to market with the certification of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Canada powerplant.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is reminding pilots to remain alert during high-workload approaches with special attention paid to aircraft configuration.

Bombardier Aerospace's fourth Global 7000 arrived at its Flight Test Center in Wichita on Sept. 30 to join the first three flight test aircraft currently in evaluation.

The NBAA's 2017 Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition attracted around 27,000 attendees and some 100 aircraft on display at Henderson (Nevada) Executive Airport and within the convention hall.

Chinese aviation infrastructure — especially air traffic control — is not set up to accommodate the ad hoc, non-scheduled movement that is key to business aviation.

The TrueNorth Avionics brand will be transitioning to Satcom Direct in the coming months, reflecting the integration of the two companies.

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Embraer's new Phenom 300E inherits the company's DNA design, first introduced on Embraer Executive Jets 450 and 500.

Pratt & Whitney Canada unveils the first significant information and images about research and development tests of electronic engine controls and an integrated propeller controller for a new 2,000-shp-rated PT6.

Hong Kong is a world unto itself, classified since the U.K. turned it back to China as a Special Administrative Region. At least in terms of aviation, China regards Hong Kong as a foreign country and handles all flights from there as international arrivals, and all that they entail.

Duncan Aviation's satellite avionics shops will offer flat-rate installations of LoPresti's BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge lighting systems on a variety of business aircraft.

The tables show results of a price survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in October 2017 by Aviation Research Group/U.S. It reflects prices reported from over 200 FBOs located within the 48 contiguous states.

Made of forged aluminum, the Alpha Chocks are designed for optimum strength and weight.

The DU-875 units can be installed in the DU-870 tray without making any wiring changes. The LCD units also permit replacement of flight-deck displays one at a time or many at the same time.

Grypmat tool trays bend, grip without sliding, fold or roll any way you need them to and always returns to their original shape.

Fast Five with Bill Dolny, Chief Executive Officer of MedAire Worldwide

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

Clay Lacy Aviation in Seattle has earned the first North American IS-BAH Stage II registration after undergoing a rigorous third-party audit, resulting in the first stage of the registration. Only three other ground-handling operations have reached the milestone.

Business aviation traffic in Europe rose 8.8% in August when compared to the same month in 2016, marking the 10th consecutive month of traffic growth, according to the European Business Aviation Association.

Crystal Skye, a VIP Boeing 777-200L, was delivered Aug. 1 to Crystal AirCruises, marking an expansion by Crystal Cruises into special-interest aerial charters with a focus on the Asia market.