Business & Commercial Aviation editor in chief William Garvey has been selected as one of the recipients of the National Aeronautic Association’s 2018 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award.
With the January 1, 2020, deadline drawing closer for automatic dependent surveillance compliance, only about 52% of business aviation aircraft that fly in U.S. airspace are in compliance with the rule, according to MRO specialist Duncan Aviation.
The FAA has granted Textron Aviation a temporary exemption to meeting fuel tank flammability requirements that would allow Citation Longitude deliveries to begin but require a retrofit of delivered aircraft by Jan. 31, 2020.
GE Aviation has disclosed initial details of the 18,000-lb.-thrust Affinity powerplant, which is the first supersonic engine ever to be developed for a business jet, and the first designed to meet Stage 5 noise limits.
Bombardier Business Aircraft’s new ultra-long-range $72 million Global 7500 business jet has earned certification from Transport Canada, paving the way for entry-into-service this year.
Healthy economic growth in the world’s major economies is generating a greater demand for business jets, especially those with large cabins and ultra-long range, says Jetcrafd.
On the day the companies had long expected to be their first day as one corporation, the U.S. Justice Department – in cooperation with European and Canadian competition authorities – instead filed a lawsuit and outlined spinoff demands before United Technologies would be allowed to acquire Rockwell Collins.
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) usually brings an ACJ319 to NBAA, and this year is no exception. But it’s the first time out in public for this particular aircraft, an ACJ319 operated for VVIP charter by K5 Aviation of Germany. Of the more than 190 ACJs of all types delivered worldwide, only 20 or 30 are available for charter.
The thundery weather conditions appeared nearly ideal for an evaluation of Dassault’s new FalconEye combined vision system at dusk on the day we flew Dassault’s Falcon 8X flight test aircraft.
MRO experts Flying Colours is adding 148,000 sq. ft. of new facilities in North America to meet demand for new and refurbished large-cabin business jets.
We had the opportunity to fly Rockwell Collins’ Challenger 601, fitted with the latest HGS-6605 head-up display that has the CVS upgrade. The flight also enabled us to compare it to Dassault’s FalconEye HUD/CVS gear that we evaluated earlier this year.
Jet Aviation has completed its acquisition of KLM Jet Center, a provider of comprehensive FBO/handling services at Amsterdam and Rotterdam International Airports.
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer Executive Jets introduced the new Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 midsize and super-midsize business jets, respectively, Oct. 14 at the National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition.
With the decreasing supply of used aircraft and demand for new aircraft heating up, the industry is on the precipice of many new and exciting innovations.
Ultimately, the only practical solution for sustaining powered aviation is electricity or a combination of electric motors and internal combustion engines operating as hybrids.
After five years of heavy hints but precious few details, Pratt & Whitney Canada has unveiled the first significant information and images about research and development tests of electronic engine controls and an integrated propeller controller for a new 2,000-shp-rated PT6.
Embraer’s enhanced Phenom 300E boasts a very nice cabin – and behind it is a NICE HD cabin management and in-flight entertainment system from Lufthansa Technik’s Original Equipment Innovation product division.
Cobham SATCOM, a leading manufacturer of satellite communications solutions, and Avionica, a leading aircraft data collection and data transmission manufacturer, have joined forces to provide what they deem is the industry’s smallest and lightest Inmarsat satcom solution for simultaneous cockpit and cabin communications.
The world’s only VVIP Boeing 787 Dream Jet available for charter has a new base – moving from Hong Kong to Dubai, where sales and marketing will be handled by UAS International Trip Support.
