Business & Commercial Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
The NBAA rightly notes that among the industry's greatest attributes is providing its users time, one of our most precious resources.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Embraer has made significant improvements to the Phenom 100EV that are aimed at helping it rise above the flood of entry-level light jets in the pre-owned market.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Gulfstream’s G600, the eventual successor to the G550, is months ahead of the original schedule and on track for 2018 deliveries.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Could there be a more ideal pairing of an airplane and floats? That was our first thought when we settled comfortably on to Lake Winnebago this past July while flying the Quest Kodiak 100.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier delivered 36 business jets in the second quarter, down from 42 in 2016, the company reports.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
New NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt is a good man with a passion for safety.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Battery-powered-plane maker Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. recently announced plans for a four-place version of its Sun Flyer.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Missile Defense Agency is in the market for two second-hand Gulfstream G550 business jets to replace its 1970s-vintage Gulfstream IIB test observation platforms.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Selected U.S. aircraft accidents and incidents in July 2017. The NTSB information is preliminary.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Transactions of used business jets rose 5.6% during the first six months of 2017 compared to a year ago, although the jets are taking an average of 12 days longer to sell compared to last year, according to JetNet.
Business Aviation

New U.S. Transportation Department transparency requirements may result in delays or stranded charter passengers.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
This past July, Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its 550th G550 ultra-long-range jet, making it the most successful model in the plane maker's history.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Promotions, appointments and honors within business aviation.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
BCA readers share their opinions on articles we published.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
A compliance issue that stopped air charter operators from adding certain Pilatus PC-12 single-engine aircraft to their certificates has been resolved, the National Air Transportation Association said.
Business Aviation

By David Esler
With the introduction of nearly every technological advance in aircraft, unintended consequences have come along for the ride.
Connected Aerospace

By William Garvey
Question for William Quinn, chairman of Aviation Management Systems, and managing partner of Charleston Aviation Partners.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Hospital Wing, a Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit air medical transport service, has taken delivery of a new Airbus H130 helicopter, joining three H130s already in service.
Business Aviation

After investigating an incident involving a B737 that ran off the runway while landing during a downpour, Canada’s Transportation Safety Board found that pilots might want to rethink their approach to wet runways.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
The midair of a Cessna 310 and Piedmont 727 near Hendersonville, N.C., on July 19, 1967, has touched off pleas from politicians and newspapers for lightplane restrictions in terminal areas.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The number of U.S.-registered business jet and turboprop accidents, including fatalities, fell during the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same time a year ago.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
It's back-to-school time and Textron Aviation is providing 15 Cessna Skyhawk 172 trainers and other new flight-training aircraft.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Cirrus Aircraft reports deposits in hand for more than 600 of its Vision Jet single-engine aircraft, representing five years of production.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
In a 2016 study, researchers at the University of Maryland developed mathematical proofs to define jet lag more precisely, and according to Associate Professor Michelle Girvan, the condition has everything to do with the brain's so-called "pacemaker cells" being disrupted as people cross multiple time zones.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Business and general aviation operators should begin to plan now for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea because of expected high demand for on-ground services, Universal Weather and Aviation recommends.
Business Aviation