Business & Commercial Aviation

HondaJet operator WiJet reportedly has shuttered its French subsidiary and is conducting flights through subsidiaries in Luxembourg and Belgium where operations have grown.

The explosion that rocked Textron Aviation’s Plant 3 in Wichita appears to have caused no harm to the company’s Cessna 408 SkyCourier turboprop program.

Fractional ownership company NetJets has launched a subsidiary offering an international network of safety experts to provide travel security and personal protection to high-profile travelers.

The FAA has sent a letter to Blackbird Air, which created a web-based application to connect passengers with pilots, emphasizing the agency’s regulations regarding pilots who transport paying passengers.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Michael Graham and Thomas Chapman to serve on the NTSB.

Innovative Solutions & Support has received FAA approval for an autothrottle system that helps protect against one-engine inoperative catastrophic loss-of-control accidents.

Embraer delivered the first Praetor 500 midsize business jet to its launch customer, fractional travel provider Flexjet.

Bombardier celebrates delivery of the first Global 6500 to HK Bella-wings Jet Ltd. of Hong Kong, a business jet management company.

Kurt Robinson, President and Chairman of Robinson Helicopter Co., discusses the movement toward urban air mobility, single pilot IFR and electrification of aviation with William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine.

Tourism represents about 60% of the Bahamian economy.

“Why didn’t those guys just disconnect the autopilot?”

Would one DUI, which you properly report to the FAA on your aeromedical application, restrict your ability to fly? Oh yes,

Aerion, Reno, Nevada, has hired Tim Fagan as its chief of industrial design. Fagan will lead Aerion’s team for the interior design of the AS2

Without a professional flight attendant aboard, and in the absence of formal emergency procedures training, most business jet travelers are ill-prepared for contingencies,

Yes, there’s a winter tourist season, but in the island chain’s south In late August 2019, meteorologists were monitoring a tropical wave of

The NTSB investigates, but does not require or enforce actions.

The aviation industry undoubtedly must have matured to the point where it will agree that the traditional industry-owned press is a detriment to progress and results in an erosion of faith in the printed word. — B­­CA Editors

Two other eVTOL vehicles also under development remain with Kitty Hawk.

Pilots' decision to continue an approach on autopilot when the circumstances were confusing and the situation was deteriorating rapidly could have ended tragically.

Selected accidents and incidents in November 2019. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

Today’s aircraft coatings offer numerous advantages to yesterday’s, including faster and more efficient stripping and surface preparation

Despite the January 2020 cover date on our printed magazine, the truth is that most of the material within appears on our website throughout December

Thanks, Dick Thanks, Dick, for all your remarkable work. I know the skies are safer due to your efforts. Be well. [email protected] Comments From

There are two competing thoughts about the wisdom of keeping qualified in two aircraft types.

Latest version boasts peppier performance than the original but is still reliable, versatile and economical.