The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) was forced to postpone its annual show that was scheduled for December, but the organization’s founding and executive chairman Ali Alnaqbi is hopeful the rescheduled event will go ahead in February 2021.
David Coleal is the outgoing president of Bombardier Aviation. Molly McMillin, editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, spoke to him just days before his departure was announced on Oct. 1 for Business Aviation Week 2020 about how the business jet-maker was adapting to the new business environment following the outbreak of COVID-19.
Robert Fisch is president of aviation services at Luxaviation, one of the world’s largest private aircraft operators. As part of Business Aviation Week 2020, John Morris, editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews, speaks to him about how Luxaviation sees the market amid the pandemic.
It’s reasonable to ask why the aviation industry hasn’t made the transition from indicated air speed to Angle of Attack as the primary performance indicator for target V speeds.
While video provides value in very many ways, the importance of actually being there is beyond measure. And that’s the gift business aviation facilitates so magnificently.
Chinese urban air-taxi developer EHang is to expand the production capacity for its autonomous aerial vehicles as it develops markets for the passenger/medical support/firefighting-capable aircraft.
In 2019, more than 4.5 million people traveled by air every day worldwide and many of them arrived late because of weather. The FAA says up to 70% of air traffic delays are caused by instrument meteorological conditions.
When the FAA conceived NextGen as the long-awaited modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system, it hooked its progeny to the Global Positioning System.
While nearly every state allows a felon’s records to be expunged with a showing of good behavior, a pilot will have to live with a failed check ride for the rest of his or her life.
Learjet 31/31A, with all seats filled, is about as comfortable and practical as a Porsche 911 stuffed with adults. With few people aboard, it’s about as much fun to fly as the Zuffenhausen blitz-wagen is to drive on the autobahn.
The U.S. Transportation Dept. has selected nine high-tech companies to demonstrate technologies that could support air traffic movement and management should GPS become unusable.
