Business Aviation

Selected accidents and incidents in January 2017. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

How to ensure your technicians and aircraft stay safe while working solo.

After three years of gestation, the FAA published Advisory Circular 120-115: "Maintainer Fatigue Risk Management," which cites maintenance technician fatigue as a serious safety hazard.

Only 8-10 percent of Aviation Safety Reporting System reports go into the full database. The rest get stored electronically, and that’s it. So, roughly 83,000-85,000 of 93,000 reports submitted in 2016 got shelved. Why?

News of promotions, appointments and honors involving professionals within the business aviation community.

The Beechcraft King Air 200 series has been in continuous production for over 40 years. More than 1,800 units have been delivered and the King Air 250 remains in solid demand with 162 deliveries since late 2010.

For safety’s sake, it is up to us to help problem pilots improve. Learn about the seven types of problem pilots, what drives them and how to approach them.

Are airports in peril, either from owners that want to privatize them or municipalities that want to shut them down? The NBAA's Steve Brown has some good news and some bad news.

Financial and other pressures are causing governments to reevaluate their control of airports, with the outcome unclear.

Back in the 1980s, a prime goal of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's British government was privatization of government-owned assets, and airports were a principal target.

Yes, there's more than one way to run an airport. Just ask the Airports Council International (ACI) in Montreal.

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

Leonardo has begun flight trials of the third prototype AW609 commercial tiltrotor as it targets certification of the high-speed rotary-wing aircraft by 2018.

MedAire, the well-known medical and travel security specialists, has created its 2017 Travel Risk Map the map, which provides a comprehensive overview of risks by destination.

Gulfstream Aerospace delivered fewer business jets in 2016, but the company said sales are good and its pipeline for orders is solid.

Jet-A and avgas per-gallon fuel prices—February 2017

The Red Bull Air Race World Championship has returned to San Diego after an eight-year hiatus. The race will be held April 15-16.

Piper Aircraft has received Brazilian Aviation Authority approval for its $2.89 million M600 single-engine, six-passenger turboprop.

PAL-V of the Netherlands has unveiled the Liberty, its first production flying car, and is taking orders for the vehicle, which it says will be certificated and in operation by the end of 2018.

The National Business Aviation Association is surveying its members to gauge the impact of the presidential temporary flight restriction in place for Palm Beach International Airport on Feb. 3-6.

Diamond Aircraft has received an order for five training aircraft from Patria Aviation in Finland to be delivered this year. The order includes four single-engine DA40 NGs and one DA42-VI multi-engine aircraft.

American Aero FTW, a Signature Select member, opened its new fixed base operation at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth on Feb. 24.

Hindustan Aeronautics has selected Hartzell's four-blade aluminum propeller for its HTT-40 two-place turbine basic trainer aircraft.

Business jet takeoffs and landings in North America rose a modest 0.15% in December, according Vertical Research Partners. Adjusted for the leap year, business jet operations rose 1.1% in 2016 compared to the prior year.

Quiet Technology Aerospace says it has developed a less costly solution for Gulfstream GIII and GIV winglet corrosion that also will provide longer service life.