Business & Commercial Aviation

Workhorse Group, a maker of electric pickups and vans, has joined the small, but growing, rank of companies flight-testing full-size electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, with the first flight of its hybrid-electric multirotor SureFly April 30 near its Cincinnati headquarters.

Citation VII, the second-generation Citation CE650, built from 1992 to 2000, made up for dozens of shortcomings found in the original model.

Deer Jet has been awarded Overseas Repair Station recognition by the FAA, allowing it to perform maintenance on N-registered aircraft at its facilities in mainland China and Hong Kong.

Piper Aircraft delivered 34 aircraft during the first quarter of 2018, as compared to 25 aircraft a year earlier.

Gulfstream Aerospace reported delivering 26 business jets during the first quarter, down from 30 a year earlier. The total comprised 19 large-cabin and seven mid-cabin aircraft, compared to 23 large-cabin and seven mid-cabin jets in 2017.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Ranked the fifth busiest business aviation airport in the UK, London Oxford Airport retains its top spot for business aviation movements. According to Eurocontrol data published in March, London Stansted leads the "most recovered" airports with 35% growth and London Oxford is second with an overall 32% growth.

A long-time seaplane pilot and Seaplane Pilots Association volunteer with experience in a wide variety of aviation businesses, McCaughey was appointed executive director of the Winter Haven, Florida-based association in 2011.

Collingwood Regional Airport, a single paved runway facility close by Ontario’s Georgian Bay, is up for sale or lease. The town of Collingwood is soliciting offers for the 392-acre airport, which is 90 mi. north of Toronto.

William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of Business and Commercial Aviation, speaks to John Sheehan, Operational Excellence Program Consultant, about the latest flight department evaluation program.

Selected Accidents And Incidents In April and March 2018.

Frozen trim controls lead to an unexpected return to the airport.

BCA subscribers, log in to download the entire 2018 Purchase Planning Handbook, including airplane comparison tables as well as Avionics Marketplace charts, which are available only in digital format.

Selected Accidents And Incidents In March and February 2018.

Flying-car developer Terrafugia says it hopes to add at least another 50 employees to its payroll by the year-end.

Arnie was one of those individuals who could light up a room just by walking into it because he was so much fun to be around.

Duncan Aviation has completed installation of the newly released Gogo Avance L3 Wi-Fi system in a Cessna Citation 560XLS.

Jet Aviation has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Hawker Pacific, a provider of integrated aviation solutions across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, for $250 million.

We in the aviation community take as an article of faith that those who occupy the seats in an airplane cockpit for a living are, in every sense of the word, professionals.

Mission Aviation Fellowship International recently ordered five Cessna Caravan 208 turboprops for its operations in Papua New Guinea, with the option for an additional two aircraft.

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Business aircraft flight activity rose 3.5% in February in North America compared to a year ago but fell slightly when compared to January figures, according to Argus International data.

Gulfstream Aerospace passed a major milestone in April when it delivered the 300th G650, slightly more than five years since its premier model entered service.

Frugal and Gulfstream are in deep harmony at a high-energy business that is keeping legacy members of one of the best-known purpose-built business jet series alive and humming.

FlightSafety International has designed a three-day leadership workshop for flight department personnel called"Leadership Elements for Flight Department Professionals."