The Citation Mustang, introduced at the 2002 NBAA Convention by then-Cessna Chairman and CEO Russ Meyer, was marketed as a sure-thing alternative to the new class of very light jets (VLJs) that were all the rage at the turn of the 21st century.
Once again, BCA editors and our business aviation colleagues from the Aviation Week Network have recommended BCA content from this year that readers might want to revisit.
Business aircraft owners often fly smaller, older or less capable aircraft than they’d like because they aren’t flying enough or can’t afford to buy their ideal aircraft.
Bombardier is on track to exceed revenues of $25 billion in 2020, including $3 billion each from deliveries of new C Series aircraft and Global 7000 business jets, the company’s leadership has told analysts.
London-based information technology specialist FltCtrl has launched two new cloud-based tools designed to enhance efficiency and productivity for aviation companies—FltCtrl and FltCheck.
The FAA has stopped attempts by the city of Santa Monica, California, to evict two fixed base operators at Santa Monica Municipal Airport as it investigates the city’s compliance with federal obligations.
U.S. small business owners and operators, Textron Aviation’s mainstay, should benefit disproportionately from an expected lower tax rate and less regulation, according to Cowen and Co. analyst Cai von Rumohr.
The aerospace and defense supply chain stands at another inflection point for companies, especially at lower tiers. Many face pressures to grow or get out, analysts and executives say.
French manufacturer Dassault is celebrating its centenary this year and, as Alan Peaford discovers during a flight to Johannesburg from Paris, the company is entering its second century with innovation and optimism in equal measure.
While NASA’s high-speed research is focused on low-boom designs that would enable commercial supersonic flight over land, the agency is flight-testing a display that could be used by any supersonic aircraft to manage the noise created by sonic booms.
The deadly midair collision between a Lockheed Martin F-16CM and Cessna 150M over South Carolina last year shows just how difficult it is for small aircraft to spot each other and deconflict under see-and-avoid rules.
ICAO is developing a series of regulatory changes aimed at reducing the plethora of duplicative oversight and certifications required by approved maintenance organizations.
After selling its cover to advertisers for 25 years, Aviation Week reclaimed the magazine’s most prominent real estate in time for the 1957 Paris air show.
The Carrier deal negotiated by President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence may have single-handedly sped up the automation and robotic takeover of the aerospace and defense workforce.
Jet Aviation has secured approvals from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in the United Arab Emirates for Gulfstream G550 and G650 aircraft at its maintenance centre in Dubai.
