Business & Commercial Aviation

By the time Textron Aviation ended Citation Mustang production in May 2017, that model had become the most successful very light jet in history.

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

A $70 million expansion project at Million Air at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York, is progressing and scheduled for completion by the end of 2018.

Dann Runik still gets chills when he remembers the morning of March 1, 1978. He was in the cockpit of a DC-8 at LAX as he watched Continental Flight 603, a heavily laden DC-10, lumber down Runway 6R on its takeoff roll.

Aviation safety gains, described by the FAA in its annual report, were based on CAB figures for 1965. General aviation showed a slight statistical improvement with 516 fatal accidents in more than 16,000,000 flight hours.

Bell hopes to receive full certification of the fly-by-wire, twin-engine intermediate heavy Relentless in 2018.

Dassault Aviation has appointed the Maintenance Line Station in Vienna as an authorized service center for Falcon 900EX and Falcon 2000EX series aircraft

Compliance with the ADS-B mandate need not be a nightmare. The rules provide many ways to meet the requirement. Plan now, and you’ll be flying when others are awaiting deliveries of avionics boxes and slots in shop schedules.

Newly appointed FAA Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell has underscored the FAA's commitment to the compliance deadline for ADS-B and its firm compliance deadline.

Textron Aviation's Beechcraft T-6C military trainer has received basic certification from the EASA, paving the way for delivery of 10 aircraft to a UK Ministry of Defense program.

Inmarsat has launched a satellite communications service for unmanned aircraft, using a small terminal developed by Cobham Satcom.

EPS Diesel says it expects to receive FAA certification for its Graflight 8 general aviation diesel engine by the end of 2017.

IDAIR recently delivered its new-generation in-flight entertainment (IFE) and cabin management system (CMS) in a Boeing Business Jets 737-700 Increased Gross Weight aircraft.

Jet Linx Aviation's fleet has surpassed 100 aircraft under management. The Omaha, Nebraska, operator said it has grown to become the third largest Part 135 aircraft-management company in the U.S.

Raisbeck Engineering has received supplemental type certificate approval for its swept-blade propellers for the King Air B300 series from the ANAC in Argentina.

No, not the little stick with cotton tufts at the ends but Hartnell's Q-Tip Prop, developed in the 1970s ostensibly to reduce tip noise and retrofitted to a small population of light singles and twins.

Shaanxi Helicopter Co. has signed an agreement to purchase 100 Model 407GXPs from Bell Helicopter. Deliveries will begin this year.

Questions for Joe Brown, president, Hartzell Propeller Inc.; and COO, Tailwind Technologies Inc.

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee accepted an amendment to its FAA reauthorization bill that would make it easier to operate supersonic aircraft over land.

Chinese carmaker Geely, the owner of Volvo and Britain's Lotus, has purchased flying car developer Terrafugia, according to the South China Morning Post.

The Falcon 5X flew for the first time July 5, powered by a preliminary version of the Safran Silvercrest engine—an unexpected milestone in the much-delayed program.

Many times over the years I have sat in an FBO lounge and read about business aviation through the prose of William Garvey.

Mahindra Aerospace's Airvan 10 has earned FAR 23 type certification from the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

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Lufthansa has placed an order for 25 Cirrus SR20 aircraft for its primary training fleet. The aircraft will be used to train pilots destined for Lufthansa airliners as well as those operated by several other carriers and the German Luftwaffe.