Business & Commercial Aviation

Boeing reports a single, unidentified customer has ordered two long-range BBJ 787-9 Dreamliners worth $564 million, bringing the number of VIP Dreamliner orders to 16.

Desert Jet began in 2007 when Denise Wilson launched the company as an aircraft management, sales and acquisitions center, later adding a charter operation.

An early initiation for most pilots includes the humor of poorly written maintenance write-ups, or "squawks." We all laugh about the nonsensical pilot entries made on the left side of an aircraft's maintenance log destined to be corrected by a funnier mechanic's entry on the right.

The built-for-comfort, not-for-speed C90 King Air underwent a major upgrade in 2005 when Raytheon Aircraft swapped out the pair of anemic PT6A-21 turboprops for a brace of PT6A-135As.

A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Nov. 29, 2013, helicopter crash that killed 10 people in Glasgow has concluded the pilot ignored low-fuel warnings.

If you fly an aircraft with TKS, be aware that replacement of the system's panels after maintenance requires extreme care.

If your aircraft has wing-mounted propellers, you might wonder if the airflow behind them has any influence on the wing's aerodynamics. The simple answer is yes, most definitely.

Dassault's steady expansion of maintenance capability continues, convincing Luxaviation Group to sell it ExecuJet's global maintenance activities.

Tecnam took firm orders for 11 P2012 Traveller 11-seat utility aircraft during the first two days at the NBAA's annual convention in Las Vegas.

DJI, the mall drone manufacturer, has unveiled a quadcopter weighing 249 grams (0.5 lb.), which exempts it by 1 gram from registration requirements in in several countries.

The new, third-generation PC-12 NGX boasts a redesigned cabin with new seats and larger windows as well as a new electronically controlled P&WC PT-6 turboprop.

The “No Panic Button” autoland system could become perceived as minimum required safety equipment, along with seat belts, fire extinguishers and emergency exits.

French manufacturer Daher Group has completed its purchase of Quest Aircraft Co., maker of the Kodiak 100 utility turboprop.

In response to the growing demand for more qualified IT experts in the business aviation sector, Satcom Direct is strengthening its training program.

There comes a time when every person simply needs help, but asking for a hand can be difficult for some. This happened to an experienced older Cessna 500 pilot.

Dassault has completed the critical design review of its long-range, widebody Falcon 6X and is closing in on the preliminary design of the 9X follow-on project.

Flexjet made news at October's NBAA-BACE by placing a $1.4 billion order with Embraer for Praetor 500 and 600 aircraft, as well as Legacy 450 and Phenom 300 midsize jets.

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Oct. 23 at the National Business Aviation Association's annual convention. The Fund an Angel event at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel drew more than 600 people.

Exciting new partnerships continue to emerge in the realm of business aircraft cabin electronics and online services.

CAE has concluded a multilayered arrangement with Directional Aviation Capital involving investing $85 million for a 50% stake in Simcom.

David Horton began working on the Schweizer acquisition from Lockheed Martin in 2017. His private goal? Earning a rotary-wing rating. Listen in as William Garvey, editor-in-chief of BCA, discusses the process with David Horton.

The latest Garmin G3000 NX avionics package includes an emergency autoland function, essentially a virtual, digital copilot that can take control of the aircraft and land it safely.

A Canada Transport Safety Board report on a fatal accident points out the importance of preventing hypoxia.

The last two of 155 planned airports now receive and display aircraft targets by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), says the FAA.