Business & Commercial Aviation

Amazon wants to operate its Prime Air drone delivery service as an air carrier under FAR Part 135 and seeks relief from some requirements for a civil aircraft.

Stephen M. Dickson was sworn in as FAA administrator on Aug 12. Captain Dickson retired from Delta Air Lines last fall after 27 years at the company.

The following is an excerpt from a certified transcript of the ground communications during the jet-blast event.

High-ticket catering doesn’t fit every business aircraft operator’s budget. If fine cuisine is expected, expect that to be reflected in the final tab.

Alexandre Couvelaire is inextricably connected with the elevation of Le Bourget into Europe’s premier business aviation airport.

Skeptics, myself included, have long been involved in the negatives of helicopter operations in metropolitan settings.

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

Tamarack Aerospace has received U.S. Bankruptcy Court authorization to accept $1.95 million funding from a consortium of customers, vendors and stakeholders.

Cape Air took delivery of its first two Tecnam P2012 Travellers following inspection of the nine-passenger aircraft at the manufacturer's production facility in Capua, Italy.

Women in Aviation International provides the information, contacts, opportunities, guidance, encouragement and personal examples vital to success in aerospace.

Over the next 10 years, customers in Latin America are expected to take delivery of nearly 790 new business aircraft, with turboprops dominating the market.

On Aug. 8, Gulfstream announced making its first G600 delivery to a customer, one month after the aircraft earned its FAA type and production certificates.

On Aug. 4, Frenchman Franky Zapata rode his Flyboard Air, a jet-powered platform aircraft he developed, across the English Channel from France to England.

With more and more business aircraft pilots joining the scheduled carriers, the importance and appeal of temporary contract pilots is gaining attention.

High engine thrust during maintenance activity can cause considerable damage to airplanes and other elements on an airport.

The Hawker 900XP, the 19th and final iteration of the 1960 de Havilland DH125, the original midsize business jet, clearly was the strongest performer.

Getting up to speed with the latest Gulfstream is a matter of adapting old philosophies with new. It has a flight deck for the iPhone generation.

Think of Paris landmarks that have become iconic to the City of Lights. The Eiffel Tower. Notre Dame Cathedral. The Louvre. Sacre-Coeur Basilica. The Arc de Triomphe. And, Le Bourget Airport.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from September 1969.​

While Part 142 sim training is essential, it is clearly not all-encompassing instruction for safe flying.

Sheltair Aviation broke ground for its full-service, 21-acre, state-of-the-art, $20 million FBO at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport on Aug. 15.

Jet blast is created by turbine aircraft engines and can be powerful enough to cause large upsets to aircraft on the ground or close to the ground.

Blackhawk Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate to transform the Beechcraft King Air 300 into "the fastest King Air in the world."

BCA business aviation product and service previews.