Business Aviation

Gulfstream Aerospace has made the 100th customer delivery of the next-generation Gulfstream G500 and Gulfstream G600 programme. The 100th aircraft is a G500.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
Lessons learned from peer reviews.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has begun the certification flight test phase of its Cessna Model 408 SkyCourier program as it moves toward first deliveries later this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
January pre-owned business jet transactions in 2021 were essentially unchanged from January 2020 at 155 retail sales and leases of whole aircraft, according to preliminary data from JetNet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Gulf Avionics, an avionics maintenance, repair and overhaul operation, has moved its headquarters and operations to the Kerrville/Kerr County Airport in the Texas Hill Country, from its previous location in Harlingen, Texas.
Maintenance & Training

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is increasing the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the A220-300 by around one additional ton and is now offering the aircraft with a 70.9-ton option.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
A campaign to highlight enforcement of the UK’s laws on flights by small unmanned aircraft—and to emphasize the penalties that will be imposed when they are broken—has been launched this week by the nation’s airspace regulator, police force and government.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Insitu is preparing to fly a version of its ScanEagle3 unmanned aircraft powered by a fuel cell and liquid hydrogen.
Advanced Air Mobility

Michimasa Fujino, President & Chief Executive Officer of Honda Aircraft, was awarded the 2021 AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Former RAF and NetJets pilot Adam Twidell established PrivateFly as a digital charter broker in St Albans, on the northern outskirts of London, in 2007.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A group of 300 U.S. pilot and aviation organizations are advocating for standard airport diagram labels for general aviation aircraft parking. Pilots
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Twin-props seem to have gone missing from the skies of general aviation airports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Albright
Get an objective look from another pilot outside your operation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
With the vision of operating 100,000 air taxis in cities globally by 2035, Volocopter has detailed its approach to scalable urban air mobility in a new white paper.
Advanced Air Mobility

Recent aircraft seizures by law enforcement officers have highlighted a need for those involved in exporting aircraft from the U.S.—sellers, buyers, brokers and trust companies—to work with qualified advisors to make sure the transactions comply with laws and regulations, the National Business Aviation Association said recently.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The first customer Bell 525 will be configured for oil and gas operations, the rotorcraft manufacturer has revealed as it focuses on getting the fly-by-wire, twin-engine, super-medium helicopter certified in 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
West Star Aviation is aiming to distribute custom configured iPads with maintenance software installed to more than 600 technicians across the U.S. by the end of May.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
A novel active landing gear designed by electric aircraft startup Metro Hop to enable ultrashort takeoffs and landings is to be tested under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime advanced air mobility program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The NTSB is calling for stricter FAA oversight of commercial passenger-carrying flights conducted under Part 91 general aviation rules, including
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
More insight is needed into pilot decision-making on whether or not to execute a go-around on final approach.
Business Aviation

By Kent Jackson
A Department of Justice case questions aircraft trusts
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Five general aviation organizations are opposing two New York City bills they say would “severely restrict helicopter operations in the city.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
A new French manufacturer has announced its intention to develop an electric 19-seat regional and freighter aircraft with early funding support from regional governments as part of post-pandemic recovery plans for the country’s aviation industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Laurent Schneider-Maunoury to Senior Vice President-Industry of Daher, France.
Business Aviation

Julie de Cevins to Group Senior Vice President-Programs of Daher, France.
Business Aviation