Business Aviation

“Understanding International Medevac,” a feature published in the January 2016 edition of Business & Commercial Aviation was named the Best Business Aviation submission.

Embraer Executive Jets has boosted its Asia-Pacific sales network with the appointment of Japan Aerospace Corp. as the authorized sales representative for Japan.

In light of mixed results, including disappointing sales of its Rafale fighter and a softening of the business aircraft market, Dassault is consolidating its workforce.

Facebook’s full-size UAV flies; Airbus debut’s hybrid E-Fan; Flirtey UAV delivers for 7-Eleven; Airbus Perlan glider heads to Argentina; Leonardo to fly active rotor.

On the eve of EAA Airventure 2016 at Oshkosh, WI, EAA Chairman and CEO Jack Pelton talks Young Eagles, FAA reform and UAVs.

A move by the FAA to allow Part 23 aircraft owners to install experimental aircraft avionics in their panels gained momentum at EAA AirVenture.

Deliveries of Textron Aviation Citation jets rose during this year’s second quarter, although King Air shipments declined.

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh bills itself as the “World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” and few would argue the claim.

The NTSB’s cadre of 53 air safety investigators can practically plan their annual workload based on a stubbornly persistent statistic—that each year there will be about 225 fatal fixed-wing general aviation accidents.

Those visitors hoping to see electric aircraft flying at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, are likely to be disappointed.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank has remained hobbled by tea party lawmakers who refuse to allow a quorum of directors to take seats, but that may be changing if some other Republicans and Democrats have their way.

Alan Klapmeier, CEO of ONE Aviation, is taking the wraps off the $3.5 million Project Canada aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin July 25-31.

On July 7, when Lockheed Martin said it was awarded a $344 million contract by the (FAA to provide the Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) system, whoops and cries erupted all around the Washington Beltway.

Business aviation in Europe employs 371,000 direct and indirect employees, creates €98 billion ($108.1 billion) in output, €27 billion in gross value added (GVA) and €21 billion in wages and salaries, according to a report by Booz Allen Hamilton released by the European Business Aviation Association.

The Tecnam P2012 Traveller, a high-wing piston twin-engine multi-role aircraft, flew for the first time July 21.

Flight Design GmbH of Germany has taken significant actions to turn around the “daunting financial situation” it faced at the beginning of this year.

Jet Aviation Flight Services has received approval to begin charter services to and from Cuba, the company said.

Additive Manufacturing specialist EOS recently opened a facility near Austin, Texas, to serve North American customers with an innovations laboratory, a showroom of AM systems and to help bring new ideas to market.

Euro VAT Refund, a U.S. financial services company, has announced the release of the first in a series of free educational value-added tax (VAT) webinars for North American companies doing business overseas.

Surf Air, the California-based air travel operator that offers “all-you-can-fly private air travel,” plans to launch operations in Europe later this year.

Textron Aviation will announce the name and additional product details of its new single-engine turboprop (SETP) aircraft at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, which runs July 25-31 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Greenpoint Technologies has delivered a BBJ 787-8 to an undisclosed private client represented by Kestrel Aviation Management.

Pilatus Business Aircraft is expanding its Broomfield, Colorado, facilities to meet growing demand, with additional cabin-completion capability for the Swiss company’s new PC-24 “Super Versatile Jet.”

Duncan Aviation plans to build a new, $50 million business-aircraft maintenance, modifications and paint complex at its facility in Provo, Utah.

North American business-aircraft flight activity in June rose 4.2% overall from the same time a year ago, with growth in large-cabin jet activity posting the biggest gain with a 6.4% increase.