Business & Commercial Aviation

BCA Staff
Instructions for operators flying to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend Super Bowl LX on February 8.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Texas Children’s Hospital announced the entry into service of a “Kangeroo Crew” helicopter for critical pediatric and neonatal transport services in Austin.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Weather data company Meteomatics says it will make available data from its Meteodrones for the first time to the U.S. National Weather Service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation announced delivery and entry-into-service of its Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 light jet equipped with Garmin autothrottles.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The FAA has ordered a UK-based company to surrender aircraft registration certificates it obtained using trust agreements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Richard Murphy
Business aviation companies, particularly those with large fleets of aircraft or operations at multiple airports, must be prepared to adapt a new reality.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The FAA has released a draft plan to move general aviation airplanes and helicopters to using unleaded aviation gasoline by 2030 in the continental U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
FAA grant assurances for Airport Improvement Program funding run in perpetuity, Heber City officials learn.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
VP Racing and LyondellBasell announced that standards organization ASTM International has issued a first specification for their UL100E unleaded avgas.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Heber Valley Airport in Utah is an example of the complexities local municipalities face in upgrading an airport to comply with FAA safety requirements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The NTSB board on Jan. 2 issued five urgent recommendations to Textron Aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The U.S. subsidiary of Spain’s Indra Group announced a $342 million contract under the FAA’s Radar System Replacement program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

BCA Staff
Operational support company Nimbl has released a 2026 Flight Department Prep Checklist to help operators address key operational areas and strengthen compliance with regulations as a new year begins.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
An advocacy group is surprised by the recent expansion of the FCC's Covered List of prohibited equipment and services to include all foreign-made drones.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Richard “Dick” Aarons, renowned former editor of Aviation Week’s Business and Commercial Aviation (BCA) for more than 50 years, died Dec. 11 at the age of 82.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Christopher Todd
The FCC's recent action to add Chinese-made drones to its Covered List of prohibited communications equipment may have a dramatic impact for public safety agencies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Gogo said it has completed flight testing and is prepared to launch its new 5G air-to-ground network in the contiguous U.S. and southern Canada in January.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Bill Carey
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
A new Honda Aircraft performance package upgrades earlier model HondaJets with technical innovations introduced on later iterations of the light twinjet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The FAA expects to commit half of the $12.5 billion Congress gave it for air traffic control modernization by the end of the year, Bedford tells senators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

BCA Staff
The price of a gallon of Jet-A fuel rose in December compared to a year ago, but was down when compared to November prices , according to Aviation Research Group.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

Jennifer E. Pickerel
Jennifer Pickerel serves as president of Aviation Personnel International.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

BCA Staff
BCA's 20/Twenty pre-owned market focus aircraft for December is the Hawker 900XP.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Spanish aviation regulators have certified a digital control tower at Vigo Airport on Spain’s northwest coast.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus has received Brazil’s ANAC approval for its SR Series G7+ equipped with Garmin’s Safe Return Emergency Autoland for use in Brazil.
Safety, Ops & Regulation