Business & Commercial Aviation

Phillips 66 Aviation has added five fixed base operations into its network of FBOs: Devil's Lake Aero Service, Devil's Lake, North Dakota; Lawton Aviation Services, Lawton, Oklahoma; Storm Flying Service, Webster City, Iowa; Brookneal Airport, Brookneal, Virginia; and Winamac Pulaski County BOAC, Winamac, Indiana.

Dater's Airplane Business Unit delivered 54 TBM 900/TBM 930s in 2016, or one fewer than in 2015. The TBM 930 accounted for two-thirds of the total.

Across Europe, deliveries for mid-to-heavy business jets are projected to total 959 between now and 2025, according to a new forecast by Global Jet Capital. The largest demand is expected to be from the UK.

Diamond Aircraft has received an order for five training aircraft from Patria Aviation in Finland to be delivered this year. The order includes four single-engine DA40 NGs and one DA42-VI multi-engine aircraft.

Business jet takeoffs and landings in North America rose a modest 0.15% in December, according Vertical Research Partners. Adjusted for the leap year, business jet operations rose 1.1% in 2016 compared to the prior year.

Bell Helicopter now anticipates achieving certification of its Model 525 super medium helicopter in 2018, as the investigation continues into the loss of the first prototype.

Baker Aviation received FAA approval to operate aircraft with 10 or more passenger seats when its Embraer Legacy 600 was added to its FAR Part 135 certificate.

The Canadian government plans to provide Bombardier with C$372.5 million ($282.4 million) in repayable support for its Global 7000 business jet and C Series airliner programs.

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal cited a study by a McGill University accounting professor that found companies whose chief executives were also pilots are more likely to inspire original thinking than CEOs of other businesses. The study, co-authored by Jingling Zhang, surveyed more than 1,200 men and women who held the top job between 1993 and 2003. The results appeared in the January issue of the Journal of Financial Economics. It quoted Ms.

Quest Aircraft delivered a record 36 Kodiak 100 turboprop aircraft last year, up from 32 in 2015. The airframer also celebrated delivery of its 200th Kodiak in 2016 as well.

Yes, there's more than one way to run an airport. Just ask the Airports Council International (ACI) in Montreal.

News of promotions, appointments and honors involving professionals within the business aviation community.

The FAA budget for fiscal 1968 was $741 million in new obligational authority—$27.8 million more than in fiscal 1967 (not counting the $200 million authorized in fiscal 1967 for the SST).

Gary Jet Center is constructing a new corporate flight center as part of its fixed base operation at Gary/Chicago International Airport.

PAL-V of the Netherlands has unveiled the Liberty, its first production flying car, and is taking orders for the vehicle, which it says will be certificated and in operation by the end of 2018.

The National Business Aviation Association is surveying its members to gauge the impact of the presidential temporary flight restriction in place for Palm Beach International Airport on Feb. 3-6.

Back in the 1980s, a prime goal of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's British government was privatization of government-owned assets, and airports were a principal target.

Duncan Aviation and Gogo Business Aviation are developing STCs for Gogo’s new 4G service and Wi-Fi equipment.

Jet Support Service, Inc. and Constant Aviation are offering owners and operators an ADS-B upgrade program that will help JSSI clients meet the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline for equipage.

Conklin & de Decker Life Cycle Cost Release 17.1 includes five new aircraft and expanded engine costs which include the details of internal engine components that are cycle and time limited for fixed-wing engines.

Lightspeed Aviation launched the Zulu 3 ANR headset that builds on the performance and features of the original Zulu and Zulu.2.

The second-generation system has dual core processors, 250 times more nonvolatile memory, better graphics refresh rates and less lag for zooming and panning.

Teterboro Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport remained the top two airports ranked by acukwik.com user traffic for the third consecutive month in January 2017, according to site metrics. The top six airports were stable.

Talaat Captan is founder and CEO of Air Hollywood, an aviation-themed movie studio that has everything found at an airport—except planes that fly.

The Beech King Air B100 is a versatile big-cabin turboprop for operators on a tight budget.