Business Aviation

NASA has rolled out its Grand Challenge plan to help guide, foster and enable the coming generation of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles.

Aircraft utilization in business aviation rose 5.7% in the third quarter compared to a year ago, averaging more than 30.3 hr., according to Jet Support Services’ Business Aviation Index.

Qatar Airways plans to grow its fleet of for-charter business jets to 35 from the current 14 and replace the seven Bombardier Global 5000s and 6000s that it now operates with Gulfstream G500s, Group CEO Akbar Al Baker says.

For more than nine years ending in April 2016, U.S. Part 121 operators went without a fatal accident.

Six general aviation-related organizations have partnered to form best business practices for fixed-base operators, calling on FBOs to publish an online list of pricing, fees and other charges.

With a 7,000 ft.-long grass runway, floatplane-friendly lake and fly-ins for youngsters and oldsters, Triple Tree Aerodrome is an airport like no other.

Embraer is seeing an improving market for business aircraft, with increasing sales activity, better pricing and reductions in used inventory.

The assets of once-high-flying drone startup company Airware are being bought by another drone-based services upstart called Delair.

SESAR, Europe’s public-private partnership for airspace technology research, has launched a series of demonstrations.

Two companies have won contracts to test the feasibility of delivering vaccines by drone to remote islands in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.

The FAA has referred an enforcement action case involving alleged illegal charter activity to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to the National Air Transportation Association.

GE Aviation has selected King Aerospace as a GE OnPoint service center for CFM56-7B engines for Boeing Business Jets.

The FAA has renewed a $500 rebate program for owners of some aircraft types who install qualified ADS–B systems ahead of the agency’s Jan. 1, 2020, deadline.

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced Cirrus Services, a business unit within Cirrus aimed at addressing customer needs.

Cirrus Aircraft has introduced Cirrus Services, a business unit within Cirrus aimed at addressing customer needs.

Gulfstream Aerospace said it delivered 27 business jets in the third quarter: 21 large-cabin and six mid-cabin aircraft, a decline from 30 deliveries a year ago.

British air accident investigators are probing the first-ever loss of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine helicopter that crashed on Oct. 27.

Developed under a veil of secrecy for Bombardier’s Global 5500/6500 ultra-long-range business jets, Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 15 turbofan has passed the 10,000-cycle milestone in the run-up to entry into service in late 2019.

Selected accidents and incidents in September 2018. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

American Aero FTW, an FBO at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, has earned a Stage 3 safety and ground handling certificate of registration.

National Aeronautic Association names winners of the 2018 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award.

The growing, worldwide pilot shortage is affecting virtually every segment of the aviation industry including the pre-owned aircraft market.

Glare from reflective surfaces, in particular solar energy installations, is becoming an issue, particularly when located at or near airports.

Phillips 66 Aviation awarded $22,000 to longtime partner Corporate Angel Network during this year’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition.

Questions for Gary Dempsey, president of the Washington-based National Air Transportation Association.