Business & Commercial Aviation

National Air Transportation Association president Gary Dempsey discusses the aviation technician shortage and illegal charter enforcement.

The FAA in October reportedly referred an enforcement action case involving alleged illegal charter activity to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Bell is to collaborate with Japanese package-delivery company Yamato on aerial logistics using unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Fourteen years after calling for regulations of air charter brokers, the U.S. Transportation Department has finally published a new set of regulations.

Meridian announced that its West Coast FBO, Meridian Hayward, was voted the Corporate Aircraft Association’s (CAA) Preferred FBO.

Aerion launches preliminary design of its 12-seat, Mach 1.4 AS2 business trijet and says it hopes to develop bigger and faster follow-ons.

SF Express, a Chinese freight company, plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B aircraft for carriage beginning in 2023.

NextGen ultimately will affect almost all aircraft movement — on the ground as well as in the air.

Air BP has added to its network in Brazil with the addition of Salvador International Airport. Operations at the airport will be managed by Air BP

Diamond Aircraft Industries has flown the first multiengine hybrid-electric aircraft, a demonstrator developed with electric motor supplier Siemens.

Ultra-long-haul charter specialist Planet Nine Private Air introduced its third VIP 16-seat Dassault Falcon 7X business jet into service last month.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Signature Flight Support has signed an agreement with ATP Flight School for a nationwide, full-service flight support agreement.

Qatar Airways plans to grow its business jet charter fleet to 35 aircraft from 14 and replace its seven Bombardier Global 5000s and 6000s with Gulfstream G500s.

NTSB calls out the dangers of “expectation bias” and urges better training for pilots to understand this phenomenon.

Executive AirShare, a fractional ownership and charter company, has deleted “Executive” from its name and now calls itself Airshare.

BCA business aviation product and service previews

Icon Aircraft says CEO and founder Kirk Hawkins is “stepping back” from his leadership role.

Selected accidents and incidents from October 2018. The NTSB information is preliminary.

Textron has joined with King Ranch, the largest ranch in Texas and one of the largest in the world, to launch a special edition Beechcraft King Air 350i.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from December 1968.​

Two companies have won contracts to test the feasibility of delivering vaccines by drone to remote islands in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.

Engines that are “contextually aware,” can “think for themselves” and are “comprehending” are described in a Rolls white paper on the new Pearl 15 turbofan.

Business jet and turboprop flight activity in North America rose 0.9% in October compared to a year ago and 8.9% compared to September activity.

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