Business & Commercial Aviation

David Paddock of Jet Aviation will be chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and Nicolas Chabbert of Daher will be vice chair in 2020.

Jet-A Region High Low Average Eastern $8.74 $4.45 $6.19 New England $7.85 $3.86 $5.22 Great Lakes $8.13 $3.37 $5.51 Central $7.51 $3.37 $4.92 Southern

Jet Aviation has redesigned its facility within the shared FBO terminal at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport.

Charter broker Paramount Business Jets has introduced a carbon offset system for passengers hoping to neutralize pollutants generated by their flight.

Aviation Week Network recently announced the winners of its 63rd annual Laureate Awards, honoring achievements in global aerospace.

Bombardier’s Montreal facilities recently received its first shipment of sustainable aviation fuel.

Textron Aviation has developed a new utility nose option for the Beechcraft King Air 350 to give the aircraft more capabilities.

Gulfstream Aerospace delivers its 400th G650.

Textron Aviation announced in December it is reducing its salaried workforce in Wichita and Independence, Kansas,

Long in coming, the Epic turboprop finally earns its type certificate.

William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation, speaks to Lance Toland of Associates Aviation Insurance about current trends in aviation insurance, especially with single pilot aircraft.

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

Cause & Circumstance has appeared on these pages for over 30 years and, of course, will continue to be right here every month.

Toland was hooked by aviation as a grade schooler. He later earned degrees in business and law and demonstrated a special affection for aviation insurance.

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Selected accidents and incidents, October 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

While there was plenty of substantial news emanating from the NBAA's annual gathering in Las Vegas this past October, what struck me as a notable change of focus was the emphasis on themes with global significance to business aviation going forward.

A wing's true angle of attack is unknown; it can only be estimated by a measuring device on the airplane that has inherent errors that must be addressed.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from December 1969.​

Long in coming, the Epic turboprop finally earns its type certificate.

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.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

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.

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