Business & Commercial Aviation

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a claim by business aviation leaders who sought to overturn an agreement with the FAA that allows for the

The CEO of Italy’s Leonardo has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in a previous role. Alessandro Profumo was recently found

Vanderbilt LifeFlight recently was named the Air Medical Program of the Year by the Association of Air Medical Services.

A Cessna 337 Skymaster whose forward gas engine was swapped out with an electric motor, completed a 297-nm flight from Camarillo to Hayward

The North American charter jet services market is projected to record a compound annual growth rate of 3% per year from 2020 through 2025,

Although FAA’s years-long search for a lead-free replacement to 100LL avgas has had no success as yet, Avfuel Chairman Craig Sincock believes one will be found.

Pyka believes it an accelerate fielding of two of the hottest technologies in aviation: autonomy and electric propulsion.

Bombardier Aviation is developing a new service center at Essendon Fields Airport in Melbourne, Australia.

The U.S. Transportation Command wanted scientific answers regarding the infection risk posed by aircraft cabins.

Italy’s Tecnam has partnered with Rolls-Royce to develop the 9-passnger P-Volt, an all-electric version of the airframer’s P2012 Traveller regional aircraft.

TRAXXALL has launched TRAXXALL 360, a cloud-based maintenance tracking system that streamlines workflows with an intuitive user interface.

Cybersecurity is a top priority as connected aircraft become the norm in business aviation.

The AOPA Air Safety Institute notes a continued decrease in overall accident rates for noncommercial and commercial fixed-wing operations, noncommercial and commercial helicopter operations, and sport/experimental operations.

As pilots, we regard aircraft as technological marvels, but infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists see the growing mobility of people via air transport as amplifying the potential for rapid dissemination of disease.

“In a normal year, which is to say, prior to March of this year,” Doug Dillon, Gander Center’s general manager, told BCA, “we were processing 550,000

Selected accidents and incidents in September 2020. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

“ADS-B has built into it a figure of merit that tells you the performance of the GPS information imbedded in the ADS-B message.”

The performance of the crew was completely routine, yet beautiful in its professionalism.

Another benefit harvested from Aireon satellite-based ADS-B is data enabling the tracking of equipped aircraft for search-and-rescue purposes.

Ground operations in the winter create a large number of threats that can cause serious damage to an aircraft.

In only its first year of service (March 2019 to March 2020), Aireon ADS-B has chalked up these service milestones:

iI you know the aircraft is going to experience a cold soaking, remove the battery and store it in a warm place.

Since officially launching its satellite-borne ADS-B program in 2015, Aireon LLC, has signed 16 customers.

Gulfstream G500 operators live in a 500+ kt. world where few, if any, competitive aircraft can catch them.

The Gulfstream G450, built from 2003 to 2017, is the last of the legacy Gulfstream jets with roots to Grumman’s original Gulfstream I turboprop.