Business Aviation

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is reminding pilots to remain alert during high-workload approaches with special attention paid to aircraft configuration.

Readers' Feedback (November 2017): Letters To The Editor

Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet specifications

Pilots and passengers of Cirrus SR20/SR22 single-engine aircraft are going to feel right at home when they belt into the 5-7-seat Cirrus Vision Jet.

These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

Questions for Par Avion Founder Janine Iannarelli

Our editor-in-chief joins other aviation luminaries in opposing the privatization of U.S. air traffic control.

After all, shouldn’t dining en route to Paris be no less elegant than the $60 million private jet that is whisking its passengers across the Atlantic at Mach 0.85?

The contrasts between Eclipse 400 and Vision Jet could not be clearer. Masefield’s diminutive jet was all about speed, range and efficiency. Vision Jet is all about generous passenger accommodations, docile handling qualities and cockpit comfort.

BCA shares news of the latest products and services for the business aviation industry.

The Corporate Angel Network raised $435,000 during its charity auction at the NBAA-BACE on Oct. 11.

The NBAA's 2017 Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition attracted around 27,000 attendees and some 100 aircraft on display at Henderson (Nevada) Executive Airport and within the convention hall.

Pratt & Whitney Canada unveils the first significant information and images about research and development tests of electronic engine controls and an integrated propeller controller for a new 2,000-shp-rated PT6.

With Honeywell's HTF7700L turbofan newly certified for the Cessna Longitude, the engine family powers almost all super-midsize jets on the market today.

Textron Aviation has delivered its 100th Cessna Citation Latitude. The delivery, which went to NetJets, occurred 26 months after the first CE-680A entered service.

Textron Aviation has delivered its first fully configured Hawker 400XPR. The aircraft, which is owned by a Seattle-based company, was upgraded at Textron's Wichita Service Center with new winglets, Williams International FJ-44 engines, a refurbished interior and a new paint scheme.

Dassault Aviation's long-delayed Falcon 5X development program is facing a further holdup after Safran Aircraft Engines encounters new problems with the aircraft's Silvercrest turbofans during recent ground and flight tests.

The TAG Aviation Maintenance Service Center in Geneva has expanded its on-site aircraft refurbishment services by adding an off-the-shelf cabin wood revarnishing process for aircraft cabin interiors.

Bombardier Aerospace and its largest union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, have reached a new collective labor agreement at its Wichita facility.

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California has approved Zetta Jet's request to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee and the U.S. Trustee's Office was expected to act accordingly and quickly.

Jetcraft, the international aircraft sales, marketing and ownership strategies consultancy, forecasts that—excepting at least four potential supersonic business aircraft already announced—as many as 19 new or updated aircraft will enter service from next year through 2023.

Italy's Leonardo has moved another step toward bringing its AW609 tiltrotor to market with the certification of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Canada powerplant.

The TrueNorth Avionics brand will be transitioning to Satcom Direct in the coming months, reflecting the integration of the two companies.

Duncan Aviation's satellite avionics shops will offer flat-rate installations of LoPresti's BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge lighting systems on a variety of business aircraft.

Wheels Up, the private membership lift provider, reports it closed an equity-based fund raising round of $117.5 million and increased its enterprise value to $1 billion—making it akin to a so-called unicorn in start-up investment circles.