Business & Commercial Aviation

Two former executives of Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo have been acquitted in a corruption case related to alleged bribes paid to secure a lucrative Indian helicopter deal.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told attendees at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that the FAA's national drone registry had surpassed 1 million recreational and commercial users.

BendixKing has launched the BendixKing Confidence Plan which extends the warranty period of new products for up to seven years.

Dassault Aviation reports receiving orders for 41 Falcon Jets in 2017, up from 33 in the prior year. Termination of the Falcon 5X program resulted in three cancellations.

When Michael Huerta's five-year term as FAA administrator ended Jan. 7, Deputy Administrator Dan Ewell became acting administrator. The Trump administration has not nominated a permanent administrator.

AccuWeather has launched AccuWeather for the Google Assistant, an app that makes it easy to access weather forecasts using natural language commands.

Business aircraft activity in North America rose 2% in December from a year ago, down from a forecasted 5.6% increase, Argus International says.

Jet Aviation's eight FBOs in the U.S. have qualified for Stage 1 registration to the IS-BAH program, joining the company's 13 FBOs in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

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Ramp wrecks are a serious problem for all segments of the civil aviation industry.

If you have any doubt about your aircraft’s airworthiness while in flight, pressing on without taking steps to reassure yourself might be an exercise in wishful thinking.

Videos help the less-experienced pilot handle flying into degraded illumination conditions or on mountain approaches.

The sky above the alpine landscape during twilight can be much brighter than the terrain below as the sun sets there early.

Poor flying conditions can put clients' wishes to get there at odds with pilots' safety judgments.

Gogo Business Aviation is expanding its Gogo Vision wireless inflight entertainment service by introducing digital magazine content and a broader selection of business news.

Jet Aviation's third hangar at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore is now in operation and providing maintenance, repair and overhaul services to an Airbus ACJ, a Boeing BBJ and a Gulfstream G550.

Elliott Aviation has completed FAA ground and flight testing of its new low-cost ADS-B solution for the Citation Excel and XLS.

Certain airports are designated for arrival from specific areas south of the U.S.

If your native country is other than the U.S. and you are scheduled to fly there, you will probably need to make the usual preparations for an international flight.

Bell Helicopter, working in collaboration with Uber is developing a four-seat air taxi. The Textron subsidiary debuted its design at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Piper Aircraft has received FAA certification for the G1000 NXi integrated flight deck for the Piper M500 single-engine turboprop and M350 pressurized, single-engine piston aircraft.

Having acquired Diamond Canada just a year earlier, China's Wanfeng Aviation Industry Co. has now doubled down on the brand by buying Austria's Diamond Aircraft Group as well.

The UAE's Falcon Aviation says three Leonardo AW169 helicopters will be deployed on a five-year contract with The Kuwait Oil Co.

According to the AOPA, more than 25,000 pilots are now flying under BasicMed rather than with an FAA aviation medical certificate.

The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop, one of the longest-running product lines in business, general, and military aviation, may finally be getting an electronic engine control.