Business Aviation

Jetex is bringing the next-generation in advanced private jets to the Middle East after striking an agreement with Honda Aircraft Company to become the exclusive authorized dealer for the region.
Business Aviation

With the first Sukhoi SSJ100 airliner for an African customer due to be delivered this year, the Russian manufacturer has toured the continent with its executive jet variant. Alan Dron reports.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
The need for new workers—especially technology-oriented employees—and the difficulty in getting them is the talk of the industry.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Mente Group has added a new talent management division to address shortages of pilots, mechanics and other personnel in business aviation.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
JETcopter, the European-based developer of a proposed novel vertical-takeoff and landing (VTOL) urban air taxi concept, is seeking additional international engineering and production partners as it begins assembly of a full-scale mockup which will be displayed next April at AERO 2019 in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
VistaJet founder Thomas Flohr is launching Vista Global Holding to consolidate its aviation businesses and position it for further future acquisitions, the company said.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics upgrade for Pro Line II-equipped King Air B200 and B300 series turboprops, the avionics manufacturer announced on Sept. 10.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Russia’s new-generation agricultural aircraft, the all-composite T-500, has secured its first order, for 10 aircraft, from Russian operator RusAvia.
Business Aviation

An official from the FAA told U.S. lawmakers the so-called “Special Rule for Model Aircraft” remains the “most significant challenge’ to integrating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace system (NAS).
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aircraft’s first Global 7500 flight test vehicle, dubbed The Performer, has officially completed flight testing and will be retired as the flight test program winds down, the company said.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
CB SkyShare, a business jet share provider in the Western U.S., has selected Coleman Jet as the operator of its U.S.-based fleet.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
A British entrant into the fledgling urban air mobility business has lifted the veil on its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air vehicle.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Airbus Perlan 2 sets soaring record; Airbus spinoff sets sail; Uber shortlists international city contenders; Bell UAS demo for NASA, and JETcopter unveils air taxi concept.
Aerospace

By Kirby Harrison
Life can be exhausting, whether you’re spending the day in a cockpit or hours in the rain on the flight line, but a company called MetroNaps has a solution: the EnergyPod.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Pilot Paxton Calvanese has invented a “totally different” way to look at weather, using the new Wx24Pilot Version 5.5 of the app he describes as a data mining tool for aviation weather.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Business aviation can be a bumpy ride, but business at King Aerospace, which is entering its 25th year, has “never been stronger,” said Jerry King, founder and chairman of the completion, refurbishment and MRO company.
Business Aviation

Asia-Pacific Staff
India’s state-run National Aerospace Laboratories has linked up with New Delhi-based Mesco Aerospace Ltd. to develop a two-seater aircraft—New Generation Hansa or HANSA-NG—to help ease pilot training and surveillance.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Max Bleck, who held top executive positions at Raytheon, Beech Aircraft, Cessna, Gates Learjet and Piper Aircraft, died Sept. 2 in Kansas City at age 91.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Dassault has signed an “amicable” settlement with Safran on its dispute concerning Safran’s long-delayed Silvercrest engine it had planned to use on its Falcon 5X.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation departures in Europe rose 2.4% in August compared to a year ago but declined 8% compared to July, according to WingX Advance.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The NTSB has issued a preliminary report on its investigation of a near miss involving a Gulfstream IV charter flight at Philadelphia International Airport.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
KaiserAir, an Oakland, California-based charter outfit, airline, FBO and management firm—and once part of an industrial colossus—is expanding further, very much on its own.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
A Bell-led team has been selected to conduct a flight demonstration as part of NASA studies on integrating unmanned air systems into nonsegregated airspace.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Ten of the world’s largest metropolitan areas are in the running to become the first international test site of Uber’s proposed aerial ride-sharing program.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Ten of the world’s largest metropolitan areas are in the running to become the first international test site of Uber’s proposed aerial ride-sharing program.
Business Aviation