Business & Commercial Aviation

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.

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.

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.

ATP Flight School recently took delivery of 10 new Cessna 172s, adding to the 15 it accepted last December and raising the school's training fleet to 323.

Oxfordjet FBO and London Oxford Airport has received the Best Business Aviation Airport award for the second successive year.

Listen in as William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation interviews Aaron Hollander, Chairman and CEO of First Aviation Services, Inc.

An airplane’s thrust reverser system is designed to help the airplane decelerate after landing by diverting the direction of the engine exhaust gas stream.

Britain’s Gama Aviation is the latest to add its voice to the growing concern that the business aviation community is flirting with disaster if operators continue to ignore the Jan.1, 2020, deadline for equipping their aircraft with ADS-B technology.

MagniX promises to have an electric motor installed and flying on a Cessna 208 Caravan by August 2019.

The recent purchase and leaseback of four Sikorsky S-92 helicopters raised Milestone Aviation Group's fleet of the type to more than 95, thus one-third of all S-92 aircraft in operation globally.

A Gulfstream G650ER has completed a record-breaking flight over the North Pole, flying from White Plains, New York, on May 12 and arriving in Shanghai on May 13. It completed the 6,870-nm trip in 13˛hr., 40 min. at an average speed of Mach 0.86.

VistaJet and Avinode have announced a partnership that will allow brokers to request flights directly.

BBA Aviation, parent company of Signature Flight Support, is buying Epic Fuels for $88.1 million.

Controller-pilot data-link communications technology is now operational at California’s Van Nuys Airport.

Harrods Aviation has a new automated check-in system for its VIP and group charter flights at its London Luton and London Stansted FBOs.

Pentastar Aviation has joined the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service has announced that Air BP has become its third national partner.

HK Bellawings Jet plans to field up to 18 Bombardier Global 6500 and Global 7500 very-long-range jets.

FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell has called for the agency to embrace innovation and emerging technology by forming partnerships with industry and entrepreneurial organizations.

Hong Kong-headquartered TAG Aviation Asia has agreed to a six-year agreement with the Macau Airport Authority to provide a full-service facility operating 24/7.

The London Oxford Airport and Oxfordjet FBO team have received the Sapphire Pegasus award for Best Business Aviation Airport for the second successive year.

Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin says the company still sees “a great future” for its troubled Silvercrest business jet engine program and is working on redesigning its high-pressure compressor to have a fix finalized by next spring.

The National Air Transportation Association has formed a group to address a growing concern among members and the industry: illegal charter operations.

Gogo Business Aviation has reached the second major milestone for its Gogo Avance L5 as the 200th aircraft has taken flight with the new system on board.

Duncan Aviation is partnering with SmartSky Networks on SmartSky's new 4G LTE-based inflight network. The air-to-ground network delivers connectivity for passengers to stream video, chat, text, play games and hold videoconferences.