Business & Commercial Aviation

Charts for the BCA 2026 Purchase Planning Handbook are in a PDF linked from this article, which explains the specifications and terminology used in this guide.

This year’s Purchase Planning Handbook highlights new models and new tech.

Russ Meyer Jr., chair, CEO and chairman emeritus of Cessna Aircraft, died March 4 in Wichita at the age of 93 after a brief illness.

These ground power units are targeting cleaner power for business aviation aircraft.

Your job is to find it before something bad happens.

Recommendations for post-maintenance test flights in Hawkers after maintenance of ice protection panels.

AAM developers developers are increasingly leaning on simulation to overcome challenges that span pilot training, engineering and aircraft design.

The Bell 429 combines a comfortable cabin with good high-speed performance.

The third-generation Cirrus Vision Jet includes at least 30 refinements and enhancements, including improved landing lights and exterior lights.

Australian company Heli-D has developed a new aerial LED display and is targeting the U.S. market for growth.

Choosing the right aircraft registry requires early planning and consultation, often narrowing options to a single best choice.

London City Airport is looking to add a shallower 4.49 deg. approach, which could open the downtown airport to larger narrowbodies like the Airbus A320neo.

Gulfstream G700 earned Indian certification, enabling deliveries of the ultra-long-range jet with unmatched range, speed, and cabin space.

In the final video in our series examining the interior innovations in the Embraer Praetor 600E, Jay Beever, Embraer vice president of design operations, demonstrates the new 4K smart window.

The Senate confirmed longtime American Airlines flight operations exec John DeLeeuw as the NTSB's newest member.

As part of our series examining the interior innovations in the Embraer Praetor 600E, Jay Beever, Embraer vice president of design operations, takes us through the new functionality with the remodeled seats.

Jay Beever, Embraer vice president of design operations, presents a look inside the just-announced Embraer Praetor 600E.

The industry has ridden a roller-coaster of uncertainty since Trump first announced across-the-board duties on products from other countries.

BCA's 20/Twenty pre-owned market feature aircraft for February is the Cessna Citation M2.

Ron Draper, GAMA Chairman and Textron Aviation president and CEO, and James Viola, GAMA president and CEO, answer questions about aircraft certification concerns.

In a late January post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared that the U.S. would decertify “Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada."

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at overhauling parts of FAA type certification, with a focus on eVTOL and AAM aircraft.

Honeywell had developed a ground-based version of its IntuVue RDR-7000 weather radar system.

The total hours for corporate operators – by far the largest of the four operator classes with a fleet that exceeds 21,500 aircraft – came to just under 1 million hr. over the three months.

Aggregated hourly flown figures for the world’s leading business aviation carriers show that NetJets, Flexjet, VistaJet and Flyexclusive all experienced a November 2025 to January 2026 utilization ahead of the same period of 2024-25,