Business Aviation

North American business aviation activity in July totaled 305,136 flights, up 45% from a year ago and 43,100 more than in July 2019, setting a record according to Argus International data.

Beyond pilot qualifications, the regs are vague, but common sense and operational approvals dictate a formalized approach to both initial and recurrent training.

The business aviation industry has played a key part in the repatriation of nationals and in the delivery of essential vaccine and health equipment – and that has meant a huge effort behind the scenes by ground handlers.

The Senate is nearing a vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that would fund $25 billion of commercial aviation priorities through 2026.

As more people discover private aircraft travel, galley equipment suppliers are upgrading equipment to enable greater inflight dining diversity and luxury restaurant quality food and beverage service.

Paul Corkery, GE Aviation general manager of turboprops, gives an update on the status of the new Catalyst turboprop for Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

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With analysts projecting that express logistics will be an early and potential large market for electric aircraft, U.S. autonomous cargo aircraft developer Elroy Air has completed a $40 million Series A funding round.

Bombardier is raising its forecast for business jet deliveries, revenue and profits in 2021, following a strong first half of the year and positive momentum.

As work continues to develop viable electric or hydrogen power plants for passenger aircraft, the industry’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions remain focused on sustainable aviation fuels.

The first fruits of Project Able–British charity Aerobility’s program to refurbish former Royal Air Force Grob Vigilant motor gliders to sell and use in the charity’s own fleet–was on public display for the first time on Aug. 6.

The Japanese startup that won the Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award at the 2020 GoFly Prize event has unveiled its first product, a single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle it plans to offer as a kit-built experimental aircraft beginning in 2022.

Pat Gallagher joined NetJets in 2010 after serving as executive vice president and head of sales at Marquis Jet Partners.

BOMBARDIER had $139m net income on $1.5b revenues in 2Q21 vs $223m loss on $1.2b in 2Q20, and now has $10.7b backlog; it delivered 29 business jets

Christian Flathman to Director of Public and Media Relations of Gulfstream Aerospace.

The partnership will support the government-led initiative to commercialize UAM in South Korea by 2025.

Wildfire smoke can have a significant impact on the efficiency of air traffic operations, and contains compounds that are toxic to breathe and

Suppliers have announced recent innovations designed to improve communications and support situational awareness in the cockpit, including the

Dr. Robie I. Samanta Roy to Chief Operating Officer of Electra, Falls Church, VA.

ASTM INTERNATIONAL is developing standard to address requirements for users to designate aircraft components as low stress structures, allowing the

The UK Royal Air Force has begun a search for new VIP aircraft to replace its BAe 146s.

High-altitude unmanned aircraft and satellites are an integral part of SoftBank’s vision for future 6G mobile networks that expand beyond wireless communications to underpin the digitalization of all industries.

Denmark is to permanently station a patrol aircraft in Greenland in a move that reflects the growing military importance of the Arctic region.

Aircraft modification specialist AeroTEC is to lead conversion, flight test and certification of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion under a joint effort with Universal Hydrogen.