Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Angus Batey
Amid geopolitical, economic and climate-related uncertainty, business aviation has an opportunity in 2025 to rediscover its mojo, one aircraft dealer says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The change in U.S. leadership injects uncertainly into aviation’s climate progress.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
Two people were killed Dec. 17 when a Kamaka Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into a vacant building shortly after takeoff.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has fast-tracked a final rule mandating drug and alcohol testing in non-U.S. repair stations approved to work on U.S. aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Locke’s first day as executive director of Aircraft Certification (AIR-1) was Dec. 16; she replaces Wes Mooty, who has been serving as acting AIR-1 since June.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker has informed the agency’s workforce that he will step down from his position four years early on Jan. 20, 2025.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
GAMA has named a successor to its president and CEO Pete Bunce, who plans to retire next April after two decades at the helm of the manufacturers’ association.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Signature Aviation and Eve Air Mobility have signed an agreement to jointly study requirements for advanced air mobility ground operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kent Jackson
FAA reauthorization legislation directs the agency to safeguard data generated by new 25-hour cockpit voice recorders.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has ticked two more boxes on its journey toward launching commercial electric air taxi service in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The partnership of five agencies operates from a facility in Boise, Idaho, and is responsible for wildland fire management of 674 million acres of federal land.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of former congressman Sean Duffy as the next U.S. DOT Secretary is earning praise from some key aviation stakeholders.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jeremy Kariuki
The FAA has updated its BasicMed program, further expanding the operational limits on pilots, allowing them to operate larger aircraft and fly more passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Garvey
Some airports say they need the fees to help cover expenses, but the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and Experimental Aircraft Association oppose them.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
With the presidential election, whether the change in administrations will slow or halt the audits remains to be seen.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Helping front-line workers perform better is the biggest opportunity for reducing aviation safety risk.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
NATA executives are awaiting justification from the FAA on its planned rulemaking to tighten requirements for Part 135 carriers flying public charter flights.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. regulator responds to industry concerns by offering alternative pathways for powered-lift training and operating limits.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Five people were killed and one person was injured seriously after a HondaJet HA-420 light business jet crashed during an aborted takeoff Nov. 5.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Listen in as former Cessna CEO Russ Meyer explains how the passing of the General Aviation Revitalization Act revived the production of piston-powered aircraft.
BCA Podcast

By Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft is equipping its HondaJet Elite II very light jet with an autothrottle system to automate the controls governing speed and thrust in flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
The tool, MySky Scheduler, utilizes onboard Flight Management System post-flight data to eliminate the need for manual post-flight data entry for aircrew.
NBAA

By Kevin Michaels
“Business aviation as a service” is fueling the latest wave of growth, which is great news for stakeholders.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Two congressmen, a Democrat and a Republican, agree the FAA reauthorization bill passed this year will survive the coming change in administrations.
NBAA

By Molly McMillin
On the eve of NBAA-BACE, Textron Aviation has announced the next generation of light jets, including the Cessna Citation M2 Gen3, CJ3 Gen3 and CJ4 Gen3.
NBAA