Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
In a move of confidence in the Asian business aviation market, Singapore-based Zetta Jet is adding four Bombardier Challenger 650 large jets, valued at $129.4 million, to its fleet of aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
With Brazilian upgrades under its belt, Helibras looks for more work in Latin America.
Defense

By Fred George
The FAA has officially awarded Cirrus Aircraft with an FAR Part 23 Type Certificate for its $1.96 million, 300-kt. single-engine turbofan SF50 Vision Jet.
NBAA

BBA Aviation, parent of Signature Flight Support, closed in February on its $2.065 billion acquisition of the Landmark Aviation FBO chain.
NBAA

IASO, or the International Aviation Services Organization, is a leading representative and professional industry forum and representative voice for global airport and aviation service providers around the world.
Business Aviation

Sponsored by Rockwell Collins
FANS, the Future Air Navigation System, is a vital building block for an advanced satellite-based air traffic control system unconstrained by outmoded radar technology.
Knowledge Center

By John Morris
Gulfstream has reached new heights in cabin sophistication with its two latest models, the G500 and G600. Today it is unveiling the luxuriously appointed cabin of the G500 and showing new interior styles for the first time.
NBAA

By Molly McMillin
Honeywell Aerospace’s new 10-year forecast projects market demand for 8,600 new business jet deliveries valued at $255 billion.
NBAA

International trip support company, UAS, which has operations in Johannesburg and Lagos has sold a major stake in the company to Chinese business aviation operator Deer Jet, it was announced at NBAA today.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
The deal comes at a price but adds a portfolio of popular cabin-interior products to Rockwell’s highly regarded avionics and connectivity systems.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Show organizers are in the last minutes of preparing for a range of speakers, educational seminars, awards and networking opportunities, as 27,000 industry professionals prepare to head to Orlando for the convention.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The company has added one new Bombardier Global 6000 and two new Challenger 350s to its fleet.
Business Aviation

By Bradley Perrett
Production of tail assemblies for the Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ has begun at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) plant at Matsusaka, Japan, while the first prototype has begun test flights in the U.S.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Crystal Luxury Air allows our travel agent partners and guests the ability to truly customize their vacation experiences to privately fly, [combining] our cruise, yacht, river, residence and air experiences,” Crystal President and CEO Edie Rodriguez said.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
FlightSafety International filed a lawsuit Oct. 25 related to the 2014 crash of a King Air B200 into a FlightSafety training facility shortly after takeoff from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
A photograph of the aircraft resembles drawings in the patent for a multirotor electric aircraft issued to Stanford University aerodynamics professor Ilan Kroo in 2013 and assigned to Zee.Aero.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
There are close to 5,000 airports in the U.S. with paved runways, but only about 500 have full- or part-time control towers.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Airbus Group’s Silicon Valley outpost A3 is building a full-size prototype to fly at the end of 2017 and plans a demonstrator to lift an 800-kg payload in 2020.
Aerospace

By William Garvey
At Priester Aviation, it’s all in the family.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Uber is ready to take ridesharing into the air, detailing its vision for networks of electric VTOL aircraft providing urban air transport at prices close to ground transportation but at much higher speeds
Aerospace

Mark Jones's deep expertise on Hawker series aircraft has proven to be invaluable to his employers, fellow maintainers, pilots and the jet’s manufacturer.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Many of the checklists designed for business aircraft are lengthy, especially when addressing critical phases of flight, and they can increase a pilot's workload, thereby detracting from the primary task of managing the aircraft's trajectory. The challenge becomes compounded whenever the list is temporarily halted for whatever reason.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
How to master automation, communications, navigation, systems and the rest when you are a crew of one.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Especially as a single pilot, organizing items you will need for the flight while still in the chocks or the planning room just makes good sense.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Going behind the scenes to see how much work is involved in creating an avionics product and bringing it to market gives one an appreciation and respect for the work of the designers, engineers and technicians who make this happen.
Business Aviation