Business & Commercial Aviation

An Air Canada A320 came within seconds of landing atop a line of four airliners waiting on a parallel taxiway to take off from Runway 28R at San Francisco.

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

Six general aviation-related organizations have partnered to form best business practices for FBOs, calling on them to publish an online list of charges.

A former airline pilot and school teacher, Robb Williams was executive director of the Aerospace Center of Excellence in Lakeland, Florida.

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Business & Commercial Aviation news from December 1968.​

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

Tacoma Narrows Aviation has completed its new executive terminal facility that includes 30,000 sq. ft. of heated hangar space, 2,500 sq. ft. of

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.

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.

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

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

Early prospective customers are being sought for a hybrid passenger airship that the developers claim will offer unprecedented safety.

The Cessna Citation Hemisphere engine program is progressing toward testing a new axial high-pressure compressor in June 2019.

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

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.

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.