Business & Commercial Aviation

Paint involves a plethora of environmental and regulatory issues, new technologies, care and maintenance, and more.

The FAA has a long-standing clear policy on whether a pilot may consume marijuana.

1. New Aircraft Cabin Comparison Tool Guardian Jet, an aircraft consulting, brokerage and appraisals company, has launched a Aircraft Cabin Comparison

After a sudden, but short-lived, company-wide furlough in mid-November, Mooney International workers returned to their jobs in Kerrville, Texas, and

Canadian seaplane airline Harbour Air has flown a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver converted to electric propulsion and powered by a 540-kW (750-hp)

More than 140 Cirrus Vision Jets have been delivered since the model entered service in late 2016. Another 30+ aircraft are in various stages of

Cirrus Aircraft’s Safe Return emergency automatic landing system, a new function developed in partnership with Garmin, will be added as a standard

David Paddock of Jet Aviation will be chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and Nicolas Chabbert of Daher will be vice chair in 2020.

Jet-A Region High Low Average Eastern $8.74 $4.45 $6.19 New England $7.85 $3.86 $5.22 Great Lakes $8.13 $3.37 $5.51 Central $7.51 $3.37 $4.92 Southern

Aviation Week Network recently announced the winners of its 63rd annual Laureate Awards, honoring achievements in global aerospace.

Charter broker Paramount Business Jets has introduced a carbon offset system for passengers hoping to neutralize pollutants generated by their flight.

Jet Aviation has redesigned its facility within the shared FBO terminal at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport.

Gulfstream Aerospace delivers its 400th G650.

Bombardier’s Montreal facilities recently received its first shipment of sustainable aviation fuel.

Textron Aviation has developed a new utility nose option for the Beechcraft King Air 350 to give the aircraft more capabilities.

Textron Aviation announced in December it is reducing its salaried workforce in Wichita and Independence, Kansas,

Long in coming, the Epic turboprop finally earns its type certificate.

William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation, speaks to Lance Toland of Associates Aviation Insurance about current trends in aviation insurance, especially with single pilot aircraft.

While there was plenty of substantial news emanating from the NBAA's annual gathering in Las Vegas this past October, what struck me as a notable change of focus was the emphasis on themes with global significance to business aviation going forward.

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Toland was hooked by aviation as a grade schooler. He later earned degrees in business and law and demonstrated a special affection for aviation insurance.

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Selected accidents and incidents, October 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in November 2019.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.