Business & Commercial Aviation

The BFU found that the cause of the incident was ATC issuing a clearance on the basis of inadequate situational awareness.

“If you meet the ADS-B mandate standards, our receivers can pick up the signals.”

In-Personal Preferred I really enjoyed “Being There” (Viewpoint, October 2020, page 7), and in transitioning the NBAA Business Aviation Convention and

For many years, summer’s arrival for av junkies was signaled not so much by Memorial Day speeches, All-Star games or the season’s first surfside

It took eight launches over two years to put up 66 satellites plus six spares (with nine more stored on the ground), replacing the original Iridium constellation launched in the 1990s.

Pilot oxygen masks should be kept clean to reduce the danger of infection and to prolong their lives.

On a private or business aircraft you have direct control over who will ride onboard, allowing you to screen passengers for illness.

If the resulting landing distance or threat of running out of speed is too great, find another place to land.

The Gulfstream G450, built from 2003 to 2017, is the last of the legacy Gulfstream jets with roots to Grumman’s original Gulfstream I turboprop.

Kent S. Jackson is founder and managing partner of Jetlaw LLC in Washington.

In only its first year of service (March 2019 to March 2020), Aireon ADS-B has chalked up these service milestones:

Vista Global has partnered with Ferrari to provide private jet transportation to all Ferrari drivers competing in the international GT races and Prancing Horse monobrand championships.

The third and final Cessna 408 SkyCourier test aircraft completed its first flight on Sept. 28 and is joining the company’s flight-test program.

Clay Lacy Aviation has been awarded a 35-year lease at John Wayne Airport (KSNA) in Orange County, California, for its FBO.

Bombardier plans to establish a company-owned service center in Berlin.

Embraer has delivered its 250th business jet in Latin America with Phenom handovers to two first-time jet buyers.

IATA is now forecasting a slower-than-expected recovery of air travel for this year and into 2021,

Aviation startup ZeroAvia completes the first flight of its hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered Piper M350 test aircraft.

Wheels Up has formed Wheels Up Aircraft Management, which was created after its integration of recent acquisitions Delta Private Jets and Gama Aviation Signature,

328 Support Services GmbH, a divi­sion of the Sierra Nevada Corp., has opened a simulator facility for the Dornier 328 turboprop.

Jet Aviation’s Completions Center has completed the upgrade and redelivery of its first ACJ319neo.

Flight services provider DroneUp has announced a pilot program with Walmart and Quest Diagnostics to deliver COVID-19 test sample collection kits by drone.

FlightSafety International is now offering training for the Gulfstream G280 at its Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

Signature Flight Support and fuel supplier Neste have partnered to offer permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel to operators at San Francisco International and London Luton airports.

Business-aviation manufacturing veteran David Coleal has vacated his position as president of Bombardier Aviation following a senior management reorganization.