Business & Commercial Aviation

By Lee Ann Shay
The private aviation mogul behind Luxaviation UK weighs in on UK and European charter trends.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

BCA Staff
Highlighting acquisitions, new terminals and more.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Lee Ann Shay
Signature Aviation and Flexjet invest significantly in technology and infrastructure to increase customer service.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Airline pilot hiring impacts bizav operations, too.
Flight Deck

Joel Thomas
That jet you reserved for charter isn’t sitting in a hangar, polished and waiting for you. Instead, it’s crisscrossing the skies, battling inclement weather, ferrying families with kids and pets, and serving passengers who don’t treat it like their own.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Cirrus has delivered four of seven SR20 G7+ airplanes with Garmin Autoland to Texas Southern University (TSU).
Aircraft & Propulsion

Harding Bush
A former U.S. Navy Seal gives advice on the critical strategies and tools business professionals should use when traveling in high-risk areas abroad.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Gulfstream on Sept. 30 unveiled a new G300 super midsize business jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Mark Huber
The BCA 20/Twenty pre-owned market feature aircraft for September is the Cessna Citation CJ2+.
Aircraft & Propulsion

BCA Staff
The total flight hours for corporate operators totaled more than 950,000 hr. during the June to August time period, up 5% from a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Engineered Materials Arresting System surfaces help mitigate the impact of runway excursions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Lawsuits allege that the city of Mesa, Arizona, did not maintain an adequate runway safety area.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Aircraft utilization by the largest business aviation operators grew in the period from June to August, Aviation Week data shows.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Michaela Renee Johnson has taken a unique approach to promoting the publication of her new book.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Runway safety areas serve as the primary safety mitigation for runway excursions. But some airports lack sufficient space.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
A coalition is calling on the U.S. Defense and Transportation departments to take action to address the growing threat of GPS signal jamming and spoofing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Dassault Falcon Jet has received FAA supplemental type certification (STC) approval for installation of the Gogo Galileo HDX satellite communications terminal.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Pre-flight and post-fight inspections should include grounding and bonding straps that protect the aircraft from lightning strikes.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Nearly half of the flight crews observed no significant adverse weather on the weather radar at the time of the lightning strike.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Ann Shay
Fractional operator Flexjet's focus on luxury is leading to big investments.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

BCA Staff
In September, the cost of a gallon of Jet-A averaged $6.53. All eight FAA regions recorded a price decrease, with the largest monthly decrease found in the Northwest Mountain and Western Pacific regions, which were both down 13 cents from August.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Most aircraft lightning strikes occur in weather that flight crews do not detect as a threat.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Global Medical Response has signed a purchase agreement for seven Bell 429s with an option to acquire eight additional helicopters, Bell Textron said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Nav Canada has started construction of a first, temporary, digital tower at Kingston Airport in Ontario.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Listen in as Air Charter Association CEO Glenn Hogben, George J. Priester Aviation's Viviana Kozin and Molly McMillin discuss the changing charter industry.
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