Business Aviation

Unsecured or forgotten items inside an aircraft can cause dangerous hazards. The NTSB urges pilots to account for all items before and after each flight.

Aerial firefighting involves extraordinary risk to protect the lives of firefighters on the fire line as well as citizens and their homes.

Comac/CATL electric aircraft venture; high-power silicon battery; JetBlue and carbon capture; and fly/drive evTOL hovers.

JET EAST (Gama Aviation), OH was approved to perform maintenance services on Bermuda-registed aircraft.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE had $13m net income on $109m revenues in 2Q23 vs $5.1m on $78.1m in 2Q22, and ended quarter with 348 engines (vs 293 a year ago), 12 aircraft (vs 12) and other leased parts/equipment worth $2.2b.

EMBRAER delivered 30 business jets (19 Phenoms/11 Praetors) in 2Q23 vs 21 (12 Phenoms/nine Praetors) in 2Q22.

Owners of Catalina Aircraft Trust, plan to revive and update the aircraft as a new Next-Generation transport category turboprop with modern technology.

Embraer delivered a total of 47 jets in the second quarter of 2023, of which 17 were commercial aircraft and 30 were executive jets.

Some EAGLE executive committee members briefed pilots on progress made by the four developers of candidate unleaded fuels.

A mix of old and new brought thousands of aviation enthusiasts to the annual fly-in and convention in Oshkosh.

The momentum is strong with large fleet operators.

VOYAGEUR AVIATION (Chorus Aviation) is expanding its air ambulance services (two King Air 200s) in New Brunswick to include service to Grand Manan Island.

GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION introduced AVANCE LX5 as easy box swap for AVANCE L5 for upgrading to Gogo 5G.

Learning to fly is expensive, attests NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy, who is working toward a private pilot’s license.

Oshkosh's annual fly-in convention, EAA AirVenture, saw a fantastic display of a variety of aircraft during the event's air shows.

The Latin American in-service business jet is projected to recede from 2,433 in 2023 to 2,083 by 2032, with retirements outpacing the shipment of new aircraft.

Gulfstream Aerospace announced that its G550 fleet has completed its one-millionth flight.

Preflight pilot briefing covers every aspect from communications to human factors with safety always in the forefront.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim has completed its first 60 months maintenance check on a Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft.

Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva served as CEO of Embraer between 2016 and 2019 and led the ultimately ill-fated tie-up with Boeing.

EAA AirVenture saw thousands of aircraft in Oshkosh this year. Join Aviation Week as we take a look behind the scenes with those who made it possible.

Jack Pelton is chairman and CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Unmarked towers can pose a hazard for pilots. The NTSB urges vigilance.

For those who demand custom completions, we have profiled six business jet interior designers.

Hideto Yamasaki was named president and CEO of Honda Aircraft, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 2022.