Business & Commercial Aviation

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.

Bombardier delivered 36 business jets in the second quarter, down from 42 in 2016, the company reports.

The tables above show results of a fuel price survey of U.S. fuel suppliers performed in August 2017.

True Blue Power has received FAA type certification for its TB17 17-amp hr. lithium-ion, engine-start battery for Robinson R66 helicopters.

Polaris Aero, a provider of software for improved flight risk management, is offering Vector SMS, an aviation safety management system to help flight departments operate safely and comply with SMS protocols.

OPMAS introduced the new OPMAS Quick Guides after having received many requests to present the importation alternatives in a different way.

OPMAS introduced the new OPMAS Quick Guides after having received many requests to present the importation alternatives in a different way.

Northstar Aviation at Theodore-Francis Green International Airport in Providence, Rhode Island, now has on-site U.S. Customs.

Teterboro Airport was the top airport measured by acukwik.com user traffic in July 2017, according to site metrics.

The town in 2015 imposed a year-round curfew for all airport operations from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., and an extended 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. curfew for “noisy” aircraft. It also implemented a summertime one-trip-per-week limit for aircraft identified as "too noisy."

Hartzell Propeller, Inc., a family-owned business, is celebrating its 100 birthday this year. BCA's William Garvey interviews Joseph Brown, president.

Fifteen years ago when the very light jet mania was ramping up, developers proclaimed that the gestating mini-jets would herald the demise of the propeller-driven executive turboprop.

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

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.

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

Flying Colours Corp. says it has completed the first installation of the Honeywell JetWave Ka-Band satellite communications system.

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

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.

Federal government agencies, including the FAA, are studying the viability of auctioning a minimum of 30 MHz of L-band spectrum used in ATC radars and other cross-agency purposes.

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

London City Airport is soon to begin a major infrastructure upgrade to accommodate 30,000 additional flights.

West Virginia University's Institute of Technology and FlightSafety International have launched a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management degree program.

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.

AirPower Software specializes in the design and development of aviation software products used to analyze aircraft operating costs, charter and leasing strategies and solutions to aid in the identification of business aircraft suitable for various mission needs.

Jet East Aviation has earned approval from Dassault for non-destructive testing on all Falcon aircraft at its facility and mobile unit in Trenton, New Jersey.