Business Aviation

The job of the business aviation flight attendant is one of myriad opportunities and challenges.

By the 1920s, it was apparent that with larger aircraft carrying growing numbers of people, there a cabin crewmember was needed to take care of passengers.

The Corporate School of Etiquette was launched by a former corporate flight attendant to focus on the finer areas of service skills and culinary arts training.

Business aircraft travel to Moscow in the last two years has fallen by 50% and is continuing at that level the year, says security expert Charlie Leblanc.

It sure is, and we are talking about the fees assessed against operators visiting Moscow's three principal international airports.

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.

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.

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."

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

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Thomas Hirschmann, former Jet Aviation chairman and CEO, died April 3 in Zurich of an undisclosed illness. He was 64.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from April 1969.​

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

Respecting different cultures while serving is high on a flight attendant’s list of considerations, as explained by two veterans who know.

Status: Capital (Moscow), largest city, financial and cultural center Country visa requirement: Required for passengers and crew; for tech stops, generally unnecessary, but as this policy varies from airport to airport, operators are advised to obtain visas as a backup. At Moscow, flight crews can obtain visas on arrival. However, the process is time-consuming and not recommended by flight planning agencies.

Bombardier announced enhancements to its support capabilities for business aircraft customers in China on the eve of the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition.

An electronics travel case designed to protect and organize everything from headsets to small cables. The PowerShuttle Plus will fit a Bose A20 or a Lightspeed Zulu 3 snug.

The FAA has grounded the fleet of Cirrus Vision SF50 light aircraft because of issues with the aircraft’s Angle of Attack sensor.

uAvionix, a developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, says it is testing a prototype control radio for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility vehicles.

uAvionix, a developer and manufacturer of miniature avionics for communications, navigation and surveillance applications, says it is testing a prototype control radio for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and urban air mobility vehicles.

Citing traffic congestion in the capital, Manila, a startup has launched a helicopter ridesharing service in the Philippines.

After helping set an endurance record for multirotor small unmanned aircraft of more than 12 hr., the UK’s Intelligent Energy has launched a fuel-cell power unit for the commercial drone market.

Bell says it will use its Ozark, Alabama, facility for final assembly of the Bell 407 single-engine light helicopter should the aircraft be selected for the U.S. Navy’s TH-XX Advanced Helicopter Trainer requirement.

In the wake of catastrophic rains and spring flooding across the Missouri River Basin earlier this year, Air Charter Safety Foundation member Silverhawk Aviation was one of the first to answer the call for help.

Sino Jet’s specialist travel service subsidiary, Geostar, had a good 2018 despite the wider slowdown in China’s business aviation market.