Business & Commercial Aviation

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in November 2019.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Toland was hooked by aviation as a grade schooler. He later earned degrees in business and law and demonstrated a special affection for aviation insurance.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
French manufacturer Daher Group has completed its purchase of Quest Aircraft Co., maker of the Kodiak 100 utility turboprop.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
The “No Panic Button” autoland system could become perceived as minimum required safety equipment, along with seat belts, fire extinguishers and emergency exits.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Tecnam took firm orders for 11 P2012 Traveller 11-seat utility aircraft during the first two days at the NBAA's annual convention in Las Vegas.
Business Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
A professional pilot must know an aircraft’s aerodynamic limitations in all phases of flight and be familiar with conditions that cause instruments to display misleading information.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Years in development, the all-new Extra NG aerobatic single has received in new type certificate from the EASA.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Oct. 23 at the National Business Aviation Association's annual convention. The Fund an Angel event at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel drew more than 600 people.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Flexjet made news at October's NBAA-BACE by placing a $1.4 billion order with Embraer for Praetor 500 and 600 aircraft, as well as Legacy 450 and Phenom 300 midsize jets.
Crossover Narrowbody Jets

By Kirby Harrison
Desert Jet began in 2007 when Denise Wilson launched the company as an aircraft management, sales and acquisitions center, later adding a charter operation.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
CAE has concluded a multilayered arrangement with Directional Aviation Capital involving investing $85 million for a 50% stake in Simcom.
Business Aviation

In response to the growing demand for more qualified IT experts in the business aviation sector, Satcom Direct is strengthening its training program.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Boeing reports a single, unidentified customer has ordered two long-range BBJ 787-9 Dreamliners worth $564 million, bringing the number of VIP Dreamliner orders to 16.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation Staffing and FlightSafety International have formed a global pilot training partnership program powered by the Hullo Aircrew platform.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
XTI Aircraft says it has signed an initial agreement with a potential lead investor in its $25 million Series B funding round.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Dassault's steady expansion of maintenance capability continues, convincing Luxaviation Group to sell it ExecuJet's global maintenance activities.
Business Aviation

If your aircraft has wing-mounted propellers, you might wonder if the airflow behind them has any influence on the wing's aerodynamics. The simple answer is yes, most definitely.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Lateral separations between aircraft flying in North Atlantic airspace have been reduced with space-based ADS-B for near real-time aircraft monitoring.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
There were times when having that internet connection would have saved me a last-minute divert or could have rescued us from an hours-long ATC delay.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The new, third-generation PC-12 NGX boasts a redesigned cabin with new seats and larger windows as well as a new electronically controlled P&WC PT-6 turboprop.
Business Aviation

There comes a time when every person simply needs help, but asking for a hand can be difficult for some. This happened to an experienced older Cessna 500 pilot.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Long in coming, the Epic turboprop finally earns its type certificate.
Business Aviation

A wing's true angle of attack is unknown; it can only be estimated by a measuring device on the airplane that has inherent errors that must be addressed.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
DJI, the mall drone manufacturer, has unveiled a quadcopter weighing 249 grams (0.5 lb.), which exempts it by 1 gram from registration requirements in in several countries.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Nov. 29, 2013, helicopter crash that killed 10 people in Glasgow has concluded the pilot ignored low-fuel warnings.
Business Aviation