Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Boeing and an AI startup have launched SkyGrid, a joint-venture company that will develop an airspace management platform for UAVs and urban air mobility (UAM).
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Diamond Aircraft Industries has flown the first multiengine hybrid-electric aircraft, a demonstrator developed with electric motor supplier Siemens.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Ultra-long-haul charter specialist Planet Nine Private Air introduced its third VIP 16-seat Dassault Falcon 7X business jet into service last month.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Signature Flight Support has signed an agreement with ATP Flight School for a nationwide, full-service flight support agreement.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Qatar Airways plans to grow its business jet charter fleet to 35 aircraft from 14 and replace its seven Bombardier Global 5000s and 6000s with Gulfstream G500s.
Business Aviation

NTSB calls out the dangers of “expectation bias” and urges better training for pilots to understand this phenomenon.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Executive AirShare, a fractional ownership and charter company, has deleted “Executive” from its name and now calls itself Airshare.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
BCA business aviation product and service previews
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Icon Aircraft says CEO and founder Kirk Hawkins is “stepping back” from his leadership role.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Selected accidents and incidents from October 2018. The NTSB information is preliminary.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Textron has joined with King Ranch, the largest ranch in Texas and one of the largest in the world, to launch a special edition Beechcraft King Air 350i.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Business & Commercial Aviation news from December 1968.​
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Two companies have won contracts to test the feasibility of delivering vaccines by drone to remote islands in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.
Business Aviation

Engines that are “contextually aware,” can “think for themselves” and are “comprehending” are described in a Rolls white paper on the new Pearl 15 turbofan.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Business jet and turboprop flight activity in North America rose 0.9% in October compared to a year ago and 8.9% compared to September activity.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
It was politics the old-fashioned way — personal, respectful and solicitous.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Cessna Citation Hemisphere engine program is progressing toward testing a new axial high-pressure compressor in June 2019.
Business Aviation

By David Esler
There has never been a time in business aviation when the manufacturers of intercontinental business jets have had so many high-performance engine options.
Program Management

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Terrafugia, the developer of the Transition flying car, reported in late October that it has received letters of intent for 10 vehicles, each accompanied by a $50,000 deposit.
Business Aviation

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Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Early prospective customers are being sought for a hybrid passenger airship that the developers claim will offer unprecedented safety.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
The two newly anointed Brazilian aviation “magistrates” are, once again, raising price-versus-performance expectations in their respective segments.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Big Game Air, a provider of luxury game day travel experiences for sports fans, has launched two subsidiaries, Triumph Jets and Next Level Tix.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
A former airline pilot and school teacher, Robb Williams was executive director of the Aerospace Center of Excellence in Lakeland, Florida.
Business Aviation