Business Aviation

BBA Aviation, parent company of Signature Flight Support, plans to acquire Epic Aviation, which does business as Epic Fuels.

American Airlines has more than 2,000 applicants for its just-launched Cadet Academy pilot pipeline program, and plans to accept 200 candidates this year.

Embraer will debut the Phenom 100EV business jet at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 29 to May 31.

Air medical transport firm Med-Trans has opened a new AeroCare VIII medical helo base in Plainview, Texas, joining a ground ambulance already operating there.

The NBAA Regional Forum to be held in White Plains, New York, on June 21 will be a tent event.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in May 2018.

United Technologies has unveiled plans to fill 35,000 job positions and spend more than $15 billion in R&D and CapEx in the U.S. over the next five years.

Citation X program officials recall favorite moments, including increasing maximum speed rating and record-setting flight.

Over the next decade, the European business aircraft fleet is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 3%.

Industry and government leaders will introduce a plan to help advance the development and adoption of Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel ahead of EBACE.

After extended delays, Desert Jet Center in Thermal, California, has won its fight to move forward with construction of a new terminal facility, the FBO said.

Aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems is turning an empty field north of its south Wichita plant into a state-of-the-art Global Digital Logistics Center.

After years of repeated washouts, the business aviation outlook seems rosier.

A long-time seaplane pilot and Seaplane Pilots Association volunteer with experience in a wide variety of aviation businesses, McCaughey was appointed executive director of the Winter Haven, Florida-based association in 2011.

"It’s obvious that the airlines are trying to avoid a direct confrontation with general aviation for fear that it will sully their public image."

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Bombardier is selling its Downsview aircraft assembly operation outside Toronto where it assembles its Q400 turboprops and Global 5000 business jets.

General Dynamics subsidiary Jet Aviation has completed its acquisition of Hawker Pacific.

Flying in Alaska and Canada’s northern provinces is tough: It takes ingenuity, skill and constant vigilance. Complacency is a killer.

JetBlue Airways' commercial tie-up with boutique scheduled charter operator JetSuiteX is both a long-term play for the mainline carrier and an indicator of how underserved communities could regain air-service network connectivity without relying directly on traditional airlines.

OneJet, a three-year-old air transportation network that provides scheduled nonstop service between small and medium-size cities primarily east of the Mississippi River using regional operating partners, is acquiring Ultimate JetCharters.

Congress recently clarified that aircraft management fees should not be subject to Federal Excise Tax, nor should flights operated by the aircraft owner. However, there are still many gray areas for business flight operations.

Workhorse Group, a maker of electric pickups and vans, has joined the small, but growing, rank of companies flight-testing full-size electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, with the first flight of its hybrid-electric multirotor SureFly April 30 near its Cincinnati headquarters.

Gulfstream Aerospace reported delivering 26 business jets during the first quarter, down from 30 a year earlier. The total comprised 19 large-cabin and seven mid-cabin aircraft, compared to 23 large-cabin and seven mid-cabin jets in 2017.

Business Jet Center at Dallas Love Field is returning to the Paragon Network. It is the only award-winning FBO at Love Field and continues to place at the top of operator surveys.