Business Aviation

BCA Staff
Utilizing Aviation Week’s Marketplace the BCA Staff collated three companies specializing in new flight planning. From runway analysis to flight planning, take a look and learn more.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Steve Trimble
An investigation report released by Air Combat Command nearly a year after the crash that killed both crewmembers definitively concludes that pilot and co-pilot responded to an explosion that shut down the left engine by incorrectly shutting down the right engine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Organizers of the annual Aero Friedrichshafen international general aviation show have postponed the event in Friedrichshafen, Germany, until July 14-17.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Heli-Expo 2021 organizers have canceled the March trade show in New Orleans after many exhibitors and attendees decided to withdraw in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Helicopter Association International organizers announced Jan. 20.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Innovative Solutions & Support leaders are looking beyond Textron Aviation’s iconic King Air turboprop for its new ThrustSense Autothrottle, a product that gained attention recently when Textron Aviation announced the King Air 260 and King Air 360.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Global Aviation Technologies is growing with new projects, including installations of the Innovative Solutions & Support ThrustSense Autothrottle, new starter generators and alternators for special-mission King Airs, and a new inflight entertainment system, called Goji Geotainment, offering movies, music and Hollywood-quality stories about places passengers are flying over.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
Bell has flight tested a different configuration for its Autonomous Pod Transport unmanned cargo aircraft to show that the vehicle design is flexible and can be scaled and customized for potential customers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Transporting passengers between London City and London Heathrow Airports is one potential application of urban air mobility in the UK that will be studied by a consortium led by Eve, the spinoff from EmbraerX.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Ask the editors: Despite the pandemic-related travel dip, demand for speed continues to propel development of supersonic business jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
In purely financial terms, it is not one of the biggest deals of the decade. But Gama Aviation’s acquisition of Trenton, New Jersey-based Jet East Corporate Aviation may highlight one way out of the post-COVID-19 doldrums for business aviation MRO.
MRO

Emilio Lopez to Vice President of Global Services of PAM JETS, Los Angeles.
Business Aviation

Peter Westerberg to Chief Operating Officer of PAM JETS, Los Angeles.
Business Aviation

Ben Harrow to President of PAM JETS, Los Angeles.
Business Aviation

Ben Harrow to President of PAM JETS, Los Angeles.
Business Aviation

PLANET NINE, CA added a Global Express to its managed fleet, the third aircraft to go on to its Part 135 certificate since March 2020.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Vehicle developers ranging from Airbus to startup Ascendance Flight Technologies are among 30 companies that have been selected to participate in urban air mobility testing in Paris beginning in June.
Advanced Air Mobility

Roger Cox
On the stormy afternoon of Aug. 2, 1985, I drove out of the north tollbooth at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (KDFW), headed for my home in Dallas. As I
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
MagniX and Eviation set up base in Washington state, focused on enabling “middle-mile” air transportation using electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Private jet travel bookings are expected to return to 2019 levels in 2021, although private business travel is expected to rise to 85% of 2019 levels, according to predictions by European-based Air Charter Service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale in January declined 18% compared to a year ago, while average list prices decreased 11%, according to a report by Jefferies Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The location of a drone operator should be made available to police but not to the public, the National Business Aviation Association says in a Jan. 19 critique of the FAA’s new Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft final rule.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

UNIVERSAL AVIONICS completed successful on-wing update of InSight Display System’s core software via remote connection.
Business Aviation

Laura Heltebran to Chief Legal Officer of Wheels Up, NY.
Business Aviation

FREEFLIGHT SYSTEMS, TX has AML-STC approval from FAA for Datalink ADS-B solution for >400 Part 23 aircraft airframes.
Business Aviation

By Alan Dron
Canada’s Conair Group, which describes itself as operating the world’s largest privately owned fixed-wing fleet of firefighting aircraft, has bought 11 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft for conversion to firefighting aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion