Business Aviation

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Apr. 22 named four additional aviation experts to serve on a Special Committee to review FAA’s procedures for the certification of new aircraft, including the Boeing 737 MAX.

Florida-based regional carrier Silver Airways has initiated ATR 42-600 turboprop operations, marking the first time revenue passengers have flown on an ATR-600-operated by a U.S. carrier, the Franco-Italian manufacturer said Apr. 23.

An investment banking firm focused on the aerospace sector has proposed an “innovative project financing” model to fund the largest-ever U.S. procurement of surveillance and air traffic control (ATC) radars.

Embraer’s Praetor 600 super midsize business jet has won type certification from Brazil’s Civil Aviation Authority, the company announced.

The used business jet market is beginning to see decreasing market values because of political uncertainties and the increased availability of good used inventory, Mente Group’s CEO says.

NASA is seeking ideas for reliable and secure communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems to enable urban air mobility (UAM).

Armed with its Part 135 operator’s certificate, Wing now plans to engage with communities and businesses in Blacksburg and Christiansburg in southwest Virginia, close where it has been testing its delivery drones.

Australia has received the first of three Dassault Falcon 7X business jets that will re-equip the VIP squadron based at Canberra.

As it works to complete the prototype of its electric regional aircraft for display at the Paris Air Show in June, Israel’s Eviation has selected startup MagniX as the second supplier of motors for the nine-seat aircraft.

An Italian startup developing micro-turbines to power unmanned aircraft has won the $1 million grand prize in New York state’s Genius NY accelerator competition.

VistaJet recently launched VistaPet, which it calls the most comprehensive program designed to ensure all passengers feel welcome.

It seemed nothing would go right for Ameristar Charters Flight 9363 until the captain averted tragedy by aborting the takeoff after accelerating through V1.

The high-speed, single-engine turboprop that has become a business aviation mainstay has roots in the 1950s-vintage Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris jet.

GE Aviation reports its CT7-2F1 engine received FAA certification following more than 1,000 flight hours and more than 1,350 hr. of turn time.

Selected accidents and incidents from March 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

In January 1999, we did some European and South American trips and flew once a year to Asia, but basically, we were a domestic operation.

Bombardier recently delivered a Global 7500 to the model's first European customer: Formula One driver and world champion Niki Lauda.

FBW systems present a special challenge in the event of inaccurate airspeed indications caused by reversion to laws/modes that alter flight envelope protection.

The NTSB recently issued its 2019-20 Most Wanted List, and prominent among the top 10 is "Improve the Safety of Part 135 Aircraft Flight Operations."

Harbour Air, North America's largest seaplane airline, has partnered with motor developer magniX to convert its fleet to electric propulsion.

The accurate display of airspeed information at high altitude is vital because the margins between the low-speed and high-speed buffet margins can be thin.

Business and general aviation comprise a key segment of the aerospace world and this year’s Laureates honorees helped mightily to protect and advance it.

Piper's PA-46-500TP Meridian has been the lowest-priced pressurized, single-engine turboprop offered by an airframe manufacturer for nearly two decades.

A pair of Bombardier Global 6000s have been delivered to Turkey to be prepared for a conversion process that will turn them into standoff jammer platforms.

Although transport aircraft have three independent speed-sensing systems, environmental factors such as high-altitude ice crystals have the potential to remove this redundancy and create simultaneous failures.