Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Details on the benefits of business aircraft departments were released near simultaneously to GE’s grounding of its jets.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier is expecting more than 450 attendees at its 21st Safety Standdown USA safety seminar when it opens Oct. 31.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Constant Aviation’s newest maintenance, repair and overhaul facility has opened for business at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Wencor Group, based in Peachtree City, Georgia, has acquired Fortner Engineering & Manufacturing, a certified 145 repair station specializing in hydraulic component repair and maintenance.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
A U.S. District Court has dissolved a temporary restraining order that had instructed Santa Monica, California, not to take action to shorten the runway at the city’s airport.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has won a fleet order for 11 aircraft, including one Citation Latitude jet and 10 King Air 250 turboprops to support air ambulance missions in Norway.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Described by CEO Tom Enders as a “win-win-win situation for everyone,” Airbus’s unparalleled agreement to acquire a majority stake in the C Series aircraft without paying anything is both the deal of the century for the European giant and a lifeline for Bombardier.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Project Wing, the drone delivery service under development by Google parent Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” has returned to Australia for wider trials of deliveries to real-world customers.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Florida is to establish a biofuel supply chain based around brassica carinata, a non-edible plant that has already been used to produce 100% bio-derived jet fuel.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has detailed the work it has carried out to resolve five potential root causes of the loss of an H225 helicopter in the North Sea in April 2016.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Transport Canada has confirmed that a SkyJet Beechcraft King Air A100 collided with a drone on Oct. 12 while on approach to Quebec City’s Jean Lesage International Airport.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is in the process of delivering its 100th Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet.
Business Aviation

Inmarsat has announced that its Jet ConneX business aviation inflight Wi-Fi service has received a Supplement Type Certificate (STC) for the popular Gulfstream G550 aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Florida is to establish a biofuel supply chain based around brassica carinata, a non-edible plant that has already been used to produce 100% bio-derived jet fuel.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Scaled flies Model 401; Yamaha goes multicopter; Flirtey flies defibrillators; Spike tests supersonic design; DARPA taps Aerojet for TBCC; Dubai’s firefighting UAV.
Aerospace

Commercial and general aviation operations at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS) have been severely disrupted, as fires came within 5 mi. of the facility.
Business Aviation

By Adrian Schofield
Performance-based navigation and runway improvements are crucial to airline night operations at a New Zealand airport surrounded by mountains.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris, John Morris
The news at a subdued National Business Aviation Association 2017 show held Oct. 10-12 was more about what was not announced.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has detailed the work it has carried out to resolve five potential root causes of the loss of an H225 helicopter in the North Sea in April 2016.
Business Aviation

Despite mitigations deployed, the number of reported runway incursions each year has remained stubbornly steady, or some say, on the rise. Safety advocates and industry want to find out why.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Dassault’s Falcon 5x development faces another delay related to problems uncovered during tests of Safran’s Silvercrest engine.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris, John Morris, Molly McMillin
The National Business Aviation Association show in Las Vegas was subdued, but behind-the-scenes activity gives reason for optimism.
Business Aviation

By Jen DiMascio
In this week's Washington Outlook: The Eastern European nation is rebuilding its industrial base, Pentagon acquisition chief will cede power to services, another spat about how open the skies should be, and a way to form national regulations for UAS.
Defense

By Molly McMillin
Guardian Jet, a business aviation consulting and aircraft brokerage firm, has launched the newest version of “The Vault,” a platform to help clients with the analytics to select, trade, own or operate the right business jet model.
Business Aviation

By John Morris
The world’s only VVIP Boeing 787 Dream Jet available for charter has a new base – moving from Hong Kong to Dubai, where sales and marketing will be handled by UAS International Trip Support.
Business Aviation