The primary purpose of investigating any aircraft accident is to prevent recurrence. Legal teams may wrestle with "who" when assigning blame, but investigators are focused on the "why" to make sure the "what" never happens again.
Aircraft operating costs are presented in a format that separates the data into seven areas: Mission Costs, Variable Costs, Fixed Annual Costs, Periodic Costs, Personnel Costs, Training Costs and Facilities Costs.
Managing an aircraft flight path, along with its energy level, is a basic piloting responsibility. The professional pilot community has been told for decades about the importance of the stabilized approach. It has been a consistent message from aviation safety organizations around the world. And yet the problem of unstabilized approaches continues.
Jet spacing over the North Atlantic was reinstated to 120 mi. at all altitudes. The FAA cited the complexity of a double standard above and below 29,000 ft., and excessive ATC workload from numerous requests for altitude changes. With this decision, the FAA validated ALPA’s arguments for such reinstatement.
Despite there being only a handful of the 30-seat regional turboprops still in service, it is such an extraordinary machine that we decided to focus on it for this month’s used aircraft report.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
NetJets' first Latitude—the 7,000th Citation delivered by Cessna since it entered the business jet market in 1972—has begun service and will soon be joined by others, apparently many others
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation has released the Certification Straight Talk Book, which is aimed at making the cumbersome process of certifying work on an aircraft a little clearer and less frustrating for operators.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The recent addition of a facility at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, raised to 200 the number of FBO locations of Signature Flight Support.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
C. Don Bateman, the engineer who led development of the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, retired from Honeywell in June, capping a nearly 60-year career.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
“Understanding International Medevac,” a feature published in the January 2016 edition of Business & Commercial Aviation was named the Best Business Aviation submission.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Embraer Executive Jets has boosted its Asia-Pacific sales network with the appointment of Japan Aerospace Corp. as the authorized sales representative for Japan.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
In a clear indication that these are not the best of times, Gulfstream Aerospace is continuing to trim its employee count through a voluntary separation program to “select” employees working in support roles in the U.S.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Switzerland’s business aviation sector is poised for further growth, as long as capacity and regulatory issues do not stifle potential, according to industry players gathered for the first Business Aviation National Forum in Switzerland.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
On the opening day of last month's Farnborough Airshow, Qatar Executive, the business jet charter arm of Qatar Airways, announced a firm order for three Gulfstream G650ER aircraft, adding to the three now in service. With the additional aircraft, expected to be delivered in 2017, Qatar Executive will become the largest operator of the type.
