Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Fractional operator Flexjet will ferry pilots and flight crews to assignments using its own aircraft rather than its usual method of relying on commercial carriers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Garvey
This year’s Laureates continued a tradition of business aviation leading the way in innovation and are most deserving of thanks and applause.
Business Aviation

Commercial aviation has weathered numerous crises, and each time it has recovered and grown stronger.
Air Transport

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

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
In the next 10 years, the business aircraft fleet in Asia is expected to grow to nearly 1,395 aircraft by 2029 from 1,360 in 2020,
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Embraer delivered 109 business jets in 2019—62 light jets and 47 large jets—up from 91 in 2018.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Airbus Helicopters delivered 332 rotorcraft in 2019 compared to 323 in 2018.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The company developed the Active Winglet System, which enables aircraft to use less fuel and fly farther with greater payloads.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Dassault also is closing in on the preliminary design of the advanced, low-noise 6X follow-on, unofficially known as the 9X.
Business Aviation

By Daniel Williams, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
General aviation groups have launched a 2020 European General Aviation survey to understand the trends in flight activity and other aircraft categories.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The launch of its Plane Simple antenna portfolio positions SD as a single-source provider of end-to-end connectivity products for business jet operators.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
FAI will provide private aviation services to the Formula 1 group.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The program uses a new PC-24 simulator equipped with Honeywell Primus Apex avionics.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Air Charter Service, based in the UK, has been “inundated with requests,” the company reports. So has Air Partner, also based there.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Private jet charter operator XOJet is moving its headquarters.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Kink completed maintenance, avionics, paint and interior refurbishment on 40 Boeing Business Jets, Boeing 737s and 757s, and 45 corporate aircraft.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Vertis Aviation's program aims to offset 100% of carbon emissions generated by the charter flights it arranges for clients.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The UK will shift responsibility for aircraft certification and safety regulation to its own Civil Aviation Authority,
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Textron aims to meet nearly all of its electricity needs at facilities in Wichita and Independence, Kansas, by utilizing renewable wind energy.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Manufacturers of business and general aviation aircraft delivered 2,658 aircraft in 2019, including 917 in the fourth quarter, GAMA figures show.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
General aviation has a total economic output in the U.S. of $245.8 billion, an updated study by PricewaterhouseCoopers says.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The episode analyzes a Learjet 35A crash while circling to land at Teterboro Airport, New Jersey, in visual conditions and the events that led up to the accident.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Global supplier of aftermarket aviation parts to open a 25,000-sq.-ft. warehouse at Dublin Airport.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Reconstruction of the 8,800-ft. taxiway was accomplished in nine phases and included full-depth asphalt pavement reconstruction.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Yingling Aviation, a Wichita FBO and MRO provider, is in the final days of an expansion that includes a dedicated business jet maintenance hangar.
Business Aviation