Business & Commercial Aviation

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

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

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

Reach Air Medical Services will acquire five Airbus helicopters for use in emergency medical service operations.

The acting FAA administrator wants to see funding reform from Congress, saying appropriating through continuing resolutions complicates planning and budgeting.

The FAA is investing $40.9 million in a new 180-ft.-tall air traffic control tower and 15,650-sq.-ft. base building at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Big Game Air, a provider of luxury game day travel experiences for sports fans, has launched two subsidiaries, Triumph Jets and Next Level Tix.

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.

Terrafugia, the developer of the Transition flying car, reported in late October that it has received letters of intent for 10 vehicles, each accompanied by a $50,000 deposit.

Dassault Aviation has won a contract to conduct a detailed study for a future maritime surveillance aircraft based on its Falcon 2000LXS business jet.

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.

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

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

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

There has never been a time in business aviation when the manufacturers of intercontinental business jets have had so many high-performance engine options.

The two newly anointed Brazilian aviation “magistrates” are, once again, raising price-versus-performance expectations in their respective segments.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

There are other down-under aviators like me who question the plethora of restricted airspaces and areas. This VFR pilot is keen to see what results.

Air Culinaire Worldwide launched its lifestyle concept for its 19 owned and operated inflight catering kitchens in the United States.

Operators say Bombardier’s Global 5000 has the best cabin of any business aircraft in this range class, along with unsurpassed long-range cruise speed and nearly best-in-class runway performance.