Business Aviation

AVIAA, an international business aviation group-purchasing organization, has signed a new preferred-supplier partnership with ground-handling specialist Jetex.

Baker Aviation has begun construction of two new hangars at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, with plans to centralize and expand its operations there.

Yingling Aviation has announced a 73,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its facilities at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.

Ajwa Aviation Services, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, plans to construct a number of hangars on a secure site at Riyadh Airport as the number of customers grows.

Japanese startup Euglena has completed construction of the country's first demonstration plant for producing renewable jet and diesel fuel.

Lee Aerospace has announced the expansion of its FAR Part 145 capabilities and its presence across the U.S.

TAG Aviation Farnborough Maintenance Services has marked its 15th year of maintenance services operations from its base at TAG Farnborough Airport.

Business jet deliveries to the Middle East are expected to total nearly 200 aircraft over the next decade, with 12 deliveries in 2019 rising to 20 in 2028.

Textron Aviation is upgrading flight-deck capabilities with new-production Cessna Caravan and Grand Caravan EX turboprops.

New aviation rollup iAero Group has signed a definitive agreement to purchase nearby Swift Air, an independent U.S. airline charter business.

Pilots found themselves impaired visibility as they peered through scratched and degraded oxygen masks while shooting a CAT II approach.

Selected accidents and incidents from December and November 2018. The NTSB information is preliminary.

As far as I can see, we pilots fit into two groups. Half of us are compelled to double-check things that have already been checked.

A flight crew’s timely response to a loss of cabin pressurization or to smoke or fumes is critical and certainly not the time to discover that your supplemental oxygen system isn’t working.

Oxygen flow to each individual mask is controlled by a regulator mounted on the mask. Masks commonly have two regulator switches.

When performing a preflight, it is important to review the temperature compensation chart next to the oxygen cylinder to ensure you have a full supply.

The most common oxygen mask components that fail are around valves, fittings, and connections involving rubber seals, tubing and hoses.

Genuine leather remains the preferred product for aircraft seating upholstery, while textiles are usually specified for headliners and sidewalls.

How can you tell if it’s genuine leather? Touch it. Depending on the quality, the real McCoy can feel coarse or smooth, or anywhere in between.

Leather grades can seem cryptic at first but basically they differ only by their handling and the chemical procedures applied to the material.

Here’s a matter you have never considered and a question you have never asked: Wherefrom will come the next generation of aviation writers?

Buenos Aires and Cordoba are the magnet destinations of the majority of business aviation flights to Argentina, while a lesser number head to the huge country’s many scenic wonders.

The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet only has been in production for 15 months and the planemaker already is announcing a Generation 2 version.

Nancy Leveson, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, has been on a 30-plus-year quest to engineer out hazards that can lead to aircraft accidents.

The Cessna Citation Sovereign has earned a reputation for rock-solid reliability, plus it has the largest cabin of any midsize jet of its vintage.