Business & Commercial Aviation

Desert Jet Center will waive ramp fees for all Angel Flight West volunteer pilots conducting missions from the Palm Springs, California, area and Coachella Valley.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Swiss helicopter developer Kopter Group is flight-testing its SH09 single-engine helicopter in Sicily and hopes to earn EASA certification next year.

(1) Air Canada Flight 797, June 2, 1983, cabin fire, NTSB AAR-86/02. (2) Air Cargo Carriers Flight 1260, May 5, 2017, complacency, NTSB DCA17FA109 (3) Air France Flight 296, June 26, 1988, complacency, Bureau Enquetes et Analyses (BEA) published April 1990.

Brad Hayden, founder, president and CEO of Robotic Skies talks with William Garvey.

Safety and security have always been a given in the business aviation industry. Now, attention has turned to adding sustainability to the mix, with alternative jet fuel leading the news at EBACE this year. Also, in the aftermath of the Boeing MAX crashes, are changes needed to the ODA process? Listen in as our editors discuss this and more from Geneva, Switzerland.

In April, the FAA grounded the fleet of Cirrus Vision SF50 light jets because of issues with the aircraft's angle-of-attack sensor.

We members of the business aviation community love to gather and flock heartily throughout the year. But these usually annual reunions are front-loaded.

Here is a list of meteorological conditions necessary for the formation of tropical cyclonic storms, provided by Brad Crosier of FlightSafety International.

Textron Aviation and China's Civil Aviation Administration opened ABACE with the sale of eight Cessna Citation XLS+ aircraft

Vista Global, owner of charter providers VistaJet and XOJet, plans to acquire JetSmarter, an online jet sharing provider and digital technology developer.

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

List of Tropical Cyclone Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers

Diamond Aircraft recently delivered the 400th Diamond DA40NG built in Austria as it celebrated the 20th anniversary of the aircraft prototype's first flight.

Blackhawk Modifications, a provider of engine upgrades for turboprops, is doubling the size of its facilities and aligning several companies under the Blackhawk Aerospace brand.

According to Ron Draper, Textron Aviation's new president and CEO, the company added 1,000 employees in 2018 and plans to hire another 1,000 this year.

While MCAS is unique to the MAX, all in aviation can derive important safety lessons for their own operations from the tragedies.

Business aviation can look forward to the easing of China's worst operational restriction next year, with the opening of a facility at Beijing Daxing.

Bombardier announced that an unnamed customer has purchased five Learjet 75s in a transaction valued at approximately $69 million based on 2019 prices.

Italian aircraft maker Tecnam reports taking orders for 51 aircraft during the recent Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany.

The Jet Support Services Inc. Business Aviation Index shows global flight activity showed a year-to-date increase of 4.9% in 2018 and 4.7% year-over-year.

The Rolls-Royce Tay 611-8 engine recently achieved a significant milestone when the fleet reached 10 million flying hours in nearly five million flights.

The urban air mobility market is forecast to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 11.33% through 2030, says a report from Markets and Markets.

The Australian government has taken delivery of the first of three Falcon 7X trijets from Dassault Aviation. Delivery of the others is expected within months.

Turbine aircraft sales historically have tracked with economic trends. This no longer is true. Flat is the new normal in turbine business aircraft sales.