Business Aviation

Embraer has delivered its first Praetor 500 business jet to the market, just over one year after its announcement at the 2018 National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE).

HOLAND AUTOMOTIVE GROUP took delivery of second new 8-pax Learjet 75 from Bombardier for pax charters out of Montreal.

GULFSTREAM delivered its 600th G550; the first entered service in 2003.

EMBRAER delivered the first Praetor 500 to FLEXJET under $1.4b deal for Praetor 500/600 and Phenom 300 (SPNWS; Oct 25).

Bombardier has received FAA type certification of its Global 5500 and Global 6500 business jets.

BOMBARDIER received FAA certification for Global 5500/6500; it secured Transport Canada/EASA certification earlier in year.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

The aviation industry undoubtedly must have matured to the point where it will agree that the traditional industry-owned press is a detriment to progress and results in an erosion of faith in the printed word. — B­­CA Editors

Two other eVTOL vehicles also under development remain with Kitty Hawk.

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Despite the January 2020 cover date on our printed magazine, the truth is that most of the material within appears on our website throughout December

There are two competing thoughts about the wisdom of keeping qualified in two aircraft types.

Pilot in fatal crash had been cited for multiple license violations for almost 30 years.

Yes, there’s a winter tourist season, but in the island chain’s south In late August 2019, meteorologists were monitoring a tropical wave of

Would one DUI, which you properly report to the FAA on your aeromedical application, restrict your ability to fly? Oh yes,

“Why didn’t those guys just disconnect the autopilot?”

Pilots' decision to continue an approach on autopilot when the circumstances were confusing and the situation was deteriorating rapidly could have ended tragically.

Selected accidents and incidents in November 2019. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

It is a myth that Hurricane Dorian decimated the entire Bahamian archipelago.

Tourism represents about 60% of the Bahamian economy.

Today’s aircraft coatings offer numerous advantages to yesterday’s, including faster and more efficient stripping and surface preparation

Without a professional flight attendant aboard, and in the absence of formal emergency procedures training, most business jet travelers are ill-prepared for contingencies,

The NTSB investigates, but does not require or enforce actions.

Latest version boasts peppier performance than the original but is still reliable, versatile and economical.

Aerion, Reno, Nevada, has hired Tim Fagan as its chief of industrial design. Fagan will lead Aerion’s team for the interior design of the AS2