Safety, Ops & Regulation

U.S. business aviation faces a huge fuel tax increase, new audits and a longer aircraft depreciation schedule. NBAA's Ed Bolen joins to discuss industry's response.

Wheels Up and FlyExclusive logged the same year-on-year period for the past three months, while having performed above the total from Dec. 2019 to Feb. 2020.

According to the White House, the funding is part of the administration’s larger effort to rebuild infrastructure across the U.S.

As we have seen from the accidents and incidents described in this article, the management of pitch trim failures deserves more attention.

The Biden administration is pitching higher taxes on business aviation fuel.

Did the backgrounds of the two pilots contribute to the fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 550 air medical flight?

Pilots can encounter excessive forces on the yoke when the pitch trim system unexpectedly malfunctions.

Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO, spoke to attendees at the 2024 Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.

Pilots should manage distractions to be on heightened alert when the accident chain has started.

EGNOS provides LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) approaches at smaller airports.

Trade groups took exception to the Biden administration’s proposed fiscal 2025 budget for the FAA, which would impose greater costs on business aviation.

An airline crew just expected the plane to be behind them. Their radio calls demonstrate they didn’t change that expectation throughout the tail strike incident.

An association representing flight-training providers has called for stronger support and oversight of contract ATC towers that serve smaller airports.

Under the DOT budget request, FAA funding would total $21.8 billion, not counting another $5 billion in special bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL) grants.

A look at seemingly minor distractions on the flight deck that led disaster or near disaster for pilots.

President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union (SOTU) address March 7, citing many of his administration’s legislative goals for the near future.

Norwegian air accident investigators probing the fatal crash of a Sikorsky S-92 say the aircraft landed on the water with “limited energy.”

The state of Colorado is pressing ahead with plans to operate a digital tower system at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL).

The July 26 restrictions will involve a five-hour shutdown of traffic at the two major Paris airports Charles de Gaulle and Orly.

The first Bell 525 order was one of several placed by the offshore helicopter industry at this year’s Heli-Expo.

The rotorcraft-maker’s new president, David Smith, is already making an impact on the company.

Lindsey Oliver, managing director at the British Business and General Aviation Association, says that the business aviation industry is "tricky" to understand, but that is what makes it interesting.

Norwegian oil companies have halted all flights to offshore platforms following a fatal accident involving a Bristow-operated Sikorsky S-92 on Feb. 28.

Analysis of past type certification efforts shows that current timelines for eVTOL startups are far too optimistic.

Rising operator costs mean planning ahead.