Business Aviation

Six general aviation-related organizations have partnered to form best business practices for FBOs, calling on them to publish an online list of charges.

Meridian announced that its West Coast FBO, Meridian Hayward, was voted the Corporate Aircraft Association’s (CAA) Preferred FBO.

Air BP has added to its network in Brazil with the addition of Salvador International Airport. Operations at the airport will be managed by Air BP

Signature Flight Support has signed an agreement with ATP Flight School for a nationwide, full-service flight support agreement.

Air Culinaire Worldwide launched its lifestyle concept for its 19 owned and operated inflight catering kitchens in the United States.

The number of used business jets for sale fell 6% in November, while pricing declined 5% from a year ago, according to Jefferies.

Cutter Aviation took delivery of its 20th HondaJet light jet during a Nov. 14 ceremony at HondaJet headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina.

FAA is implementing a new controller staffing policy after a tower controller became incapacitated while working the midnight shift at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Honeywell has completed initial testing of a software-based runway collision avoidance system that uses automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) position reports to alert pilots to potential conflicts on the airport surface, the company said Nov. 13.

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has cut metal on the X-59 QueSST, beginning manufacture of the first part for NASA’s low-boom flight demonstrator.

Luxaviation Group’s top executive said it will no longer exhibit at the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition in Geneva because of the high cost.

Airspace Technologies, a startup pitching proprietary software for time-definite logistics in air cargo, has raised $20 million in venture capital funding.

Meducare never closes and its Eurocopter EC135 P2+ twin, affectionately named ‘Ingrid,’ along with its IFR helicopters, can respond to emergencies in minutes.

With fewer programs to power its business, what comes next for storied Canadian aerospace player Bombardier?

A petition for exemptions from FAA rules governing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) reveals rotorcraft developer Bell plans to use a large commercial multicopter drone, the xFold DragonH, for research and development flying.

GAMA has accelerated dialogue with European regulators on development of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and technologies.

Investigators probing the first-ever crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine medium helicopter shortly after takeoff from a British football stadium are focusing on the aircraft’s anti-torque control system.

Business and general aviation deliveries worldwide grew 6% during the first nine months of 2018, compared to the first three quarters of 2017, although billings declined 3%.

Chinese freight company SF Express plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B biplanes, based on a 70-year-old Soviet design, in an air delivery setup to be running by 2023.

Russian central aerohydrodynamic institute TsAGI has assisted in development of a floatplane version of the Czech L-410UVP-E20 turboprop utility aircraft.

Inmarsat has named Honeywell Aerospace as a value-added reseller (VAR) of its GX Aviation Ka-band inflight broadband system.

NASA plans to award a contract to Influit Energy to adapt its nanoelectrofuel (NEF) flow battery to electric aircraft propulsion.

One month after the most devastating hurricane ever to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, area airports, businesses and homes are still digging out.

Dassault Aviation has been awarded a contract to carry out detailed study work for a future maritime surveillance aircraft based on its Falcon 2000 LXS bizjet.

Flyability, a Swiss startup developing collision-tolerant drones for operation in confined spaces, has raised $11 million in a Series A financing round.