Business & Commercial Aviation

Garmin Introduces G1000 NXi for the Citation Mustang.

Authorities estimate some 100,000 pets have been displaced by the hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico in September, and aviation in the form of Wings of Rescue is leading the relief effort.

Wheels Up, the private membership lift provider, reports it closed an equity-based fund raising round of $117.5 million and increased its enterprise value to $1 billion—making it akin to a so-called unicorn in start-up investment circles.

Bombardier Aerospace's fourth Global 7000 arrived at its Flight Test Center in Wichita on Sept. 30 to join the first three flight test aircraft currently in evaluation.

Pilots and passengers of Cirrus SR20/SR22 single-engine aircraft are going to feel right at home when they belt into the 5-7-seat Cirrus Vision Jet.

These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet specifications

The contrasts between Eclipse 400 and Vision Jet could not be clearer. Masefield’s diminutive jet was all about speed, range and efficiency. Vision Jet is all about generous passenger accommodations, docile handling qualities and cockpit comfort.

Our editor-in-chief joins other aviation luminaries in opposing the privatization of U.S. air traffic control.

Duncan Aviation's satellite avionics shops will offer flat-rate installations of LoPresti's BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge lighting systems on a variety of business aircraft.

Questions for Par Avion Founder Janine Iannarelli

Italy's Leonardo has moved another step toward bringing its AW609 tiltrotor to market with the certification of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Canada powerplant.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has a program called Aircraft Ownership Service, a suite of aircraft maintenance and flight operations services that allow aircraft owners, flight departments and management companies to customize to their needs, the company said.

The Corporate Angel Network raised $435,000 during its charity auction at the NBAA-BACE on Oct. 11.

The European Aviation Safety Agency, the FAA and Transport Canada Civil Aviation have signed new bilateral aviation safety procedure agreements expected to reduce cost and delivery times for exports.

After all, shouldn’t dining en route to Paris be no less elegant than the $60 million private jet that is whisking its passengers across the Atlantic at Mach 0.85?

With Honeywell's HTF7700L turbofan newly certified for the Cessna Longitude, the engine family powers almost all super-midsize jets on the market today.

Dassault Aviation's long-delayed Falcon 5X development program is facing a further holdup after Safran Aircraft Engines encounters new problems with the aircraft's Silvercrest turbofans during recent ground and flight tests.

Textron Aviation has delivered its 100th Cessna Citation Latitude. The delivery, which went to NetJets, occurred 26 months after the first CE-680A entered service.

Pratt & Whitney Canada unveils 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.

Jetcraft, the international aircraft sales, marketing and ownership strategies consultancy, forecasts that—excepting at least four potential supersonic business aircraft already announced—as many as 19 new or updated aircraft will enter service from next year through 2023.

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California has approved Zetta Jet's request to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee and the U.S. Trustee's Office was expected to act accordingly and quickly.

Honeywell has updated its MyAerospace e-commerce portal to simplify online ordering and tracking processes. It cuts the steps required by more than 20% and improves turnaround time by 50%, the company said.

The TAG Aviation Maintenance Service Center in Geneva has expanded its on-site aircraft refurbishment services by adding an off-the-shelf cabin wood revarnishing process for aircraft cabin interiors.