By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Two private jet operators have begun accepting a new form of payment for charter flights—bitcoins. Monarch Air Group and Premium Jet said they will accept the bitcoin.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aerospace has achieved delivery milestones on the Challenger 650 and 350. The company has surpassed 200 deliveries of its Challenger 350 super-midsize aircraft and has made more than 50 deliveries of its Challenger 650 large-cabin aircraft.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Satcom Direct has launched a new certified cybersecurity course called CyberSAFE (Securing Assets for End Users), which is designed for those interfacing, supporting or interacting with aircraft communications.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International has introduced a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A engine series pilot familiarization course designed for agricultural aircraft operators.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Zetta Jet ceased operations Nov. 30 and filed a motion for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after a judge declined to approve outside financing and two aircraft financiers demanded the return of six aircraft critical to its business.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Business jet operations in North America rose 3.8% in October, in line with September results and slightly above the year-to-date average of 3.5%, said Robert Stallard of Vertical Research Partners, citing figures from the FAA.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
About 30 medium and large business jets valued at a total of $1.5 billion are expected to be delivered to owners in Florida each year between now and 2025.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Surf Air, an all-you-can-fly membership airline, is moving its London service to London City Airport from London Luton Airport. Surf Air began London-to-Zurich daily weekday service on Nov. 13.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has released its 2018 Bahamas and Caribbean guides for 2018. The guides provide photographs of all airports in the islands, including 61 in the Bahamas and 88 in the Caribbean, and provide runway and navigation information, customs, immigration procedures, hotel contacts, survival tips and other information, AOPA said. It also includes tips from other pilots about places to stay and what to do. The guides are for sale and can be downloaded as an app on iTunes.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Flamingo Air in Cincinnati is establishing agreements with partner companies in Japan to offer drone training and maintenance and repair courses there.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Canadian corporate business aviation users, on average, outperformed non-users by 43% in top-line revenue growth, according to a study by NEXA Advisors.
The investigators' factual information on the loss of a Cessna Citation 525 contains lessons for all pilots flying aircraft with modern, complex flight management/information systems.
Brad Mottier says the philosophy behind the conception of General Electric's Passport turbofan was to conceive an entirely new engine to power large long-range business jets at high speeds and altitudes with unprecedented fuel economy.
There are a variety of contributing factors that result in wrong-airport landings and a few common threads we can look out for to avoid being on the nightly news.
Potential divert airports are organized by the specific services they offer, such as FBO line support and fuel, aircraft maintenance, passenger accommodations and amenities, and availability of airline service.
