Business & Commercial Aviation

Pilots and passengers of Cirrus SR20/SR22 single-engine aircraft are going to feel right at home when they belt into the 5-7-seat Cirrus Vision Jet.

After all, shouldn’t dining en route to Paris be no less elegant than the $60 million private jet that is whisking its passengers across the Atlantic at Mach 0.85?

China's ambitious plan to create a general aviation infrastructure includes promises to build a network of 2,000 small airports throughout the country by 2030.

As with any international destination, getting the most out of a trip into Chinese airspace—and not winding up sideways with the aviation authorities—demands thorough advance planning.

Questions for Par Avion Founder Janine Iannarelli

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.

Administrative Law: How it works for U.S. aviation cases and what it does.

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

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.

Readers' Feedback (November 2017): Letters To The Editor

Despite the act that created its independence, the NTSB is very much a part of the Department of Transportation and in many ways not all that distant from its sister agency, the FAA.

A standards captain with the right attitude can be the best instructor in any flight department.

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.

These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

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.

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

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.

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

Satcom Direct has become the first service provider to activate the Inmarsat Jet ConneX technology for a Brazilian registered executive aircraft, the company said.

MRO provider Constant Aviation says it has more than doubled its automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) sales compared to the same time one year ago.

Texas Turbine Conversions has received European Aviation Safety Agency approval for Hartzell Propeller's four-blade composite swept propeller designed for single-engine Supervan 900 aircraft.

C&L Aerospace and Securaplane Technologies have developed a Supplemental Type Certificate for the Securaplane sealed acid batteries for Saab 340 aircraft. The two companies have entered into an agreement that designates C&L as the worldwide distributor for the batteries. The batteries are maintenance free and directly replace existing nickel-cadmium batteries.

A new forecast by JetNet IQ predicts demand for 8,436 new business jets valued at $223 billion at list prices for 2017-26. Company says percentage of used business jets on the market is at its lowest level in more than nine years.

VistaJet has received a $150 million cash investment from Rhone Capital. The transaction values VistaJet's equity at more than $2.5 billion.