Business & Commercial Aviation

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.

Ross Aviation is back in the FBO business, having recently acquired six former Landmark Aviation bases.

The 100th Series 400 Twin Otter took flight recently from Viking Air’s production facility in Canada.

Signature BKL’s campus spans four acres with a 6,000-sq.-ft. executive FBO terminal and an 18,750-sq.-ft. hangar featuring high-efficiency lighting.

On Oct. 1, FAA will make the transition from its traditional domestic IFR flight plan (Form 7233-1) to the International Civil Aviation Organization IFR flight plan (Form 7233-4) for domestic flights.

MAC Air Group of the Maine Aviation Corp., joined the AvFuel Network as it opened its new FBO facility—MAC Jets LLC—in late June.

Pratt and Whitney Canada last month agreed to provide Antonov’s An-132 multipurpose aircraft program with a new version of the PW150A turboprop.

Daher announced that 208 Aviation, a private company, has been appointed as a TBM service center for southern Africa.

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.

“Understanding International Medevac,” a feature published in the January 2016 edition of Business & Commercial Aviation was named the Best Business Aviation submission.

Executive AirShare, the Kansas-based regional fractional aircraft program, has changed owners and received a hefty investment in the process.

Embraer Executive Jets has boosted its Asia-Pacific sales network with the appointment of Japan Aerospace Corp. as the authorized sales representative for Japan.

The process of creating a safe, fuel-efficient and regulatory-compliant oceanic flight plan actually begins with the compilation of a comprehensive international operations manual based on standardized procedures and best practices.

The Aviation Week Network, of which Business & Commercial Aviation is a member, is celebrating a major milestone this month. “Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering,” the progenitor of what ultimately became Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine first appeared 100 years ago, Aug. 1, 1916.

It's a bona fide buyers' market for the IAI Galaxy/G200 in mid-2016. According to Informa's (formally Penton's) Aircraft Bluebook, selling prices for early 2001 models are approaching $3 million and late model 2011 aircraft are going for less than $8 million.

BCA's editor-in-chief William Garvey talks with Joe Moeggenberg, President & CEO ARGUS International, Inc.

Seven articles and four writers published in Business & Commercial Aviation are finalists for 2016 Aerospace Media Awards to be presented in London on July 10. The nominees are: Best Safety, Training and Simulation Submission

Somewhere in the G280 family tree, there is a decades-old Israel Aircraft Industries Astra IV ancestor, the first super-midsize jet.

Looking for a new oceanic flight plan format? Mark McIntyre of Mente LLC advises: "A lot of people aren't aware that international trip planners have a variety of trip flight plan formats. You might want to request a handful of different formats and find one that suits your operation."

Since a lost wrench can produce catastrophic results, a careful accounting is imperative.

"We are starting to move into the paperless way of doing things," international Capt. Nat Iyengar observed.

Mitch Launius of Air Training International is waging a campaign against what he terms "predictable errors," especially in North Atlantic operations.

Crews must become more self-aware of dangers and their vulnerability during their time away from the airport while on trips, and that includes their commutes to and from airports.

The purpose of the Automatic Identification System is to keep all that floating tonnage from smacking into each other on some dark and stormy night.

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