Business & Commercial Aviation

The financial pressures affecting helicopter operators supporting the oil and gas industry are cited as Petroleum Helicopters files for bankruptcy protection.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from April 1969.​

Eccelsa Aviation is an FBO in Sardinia and for most of the year, it's a relatively quiet place. But each June, that changes and there are few busier FBOs.

By the 1920s, it was apparent that with larger aircraft carrying growing numbers of people, there a cabin crewmember was needed to take care of passengers.

L3 Commercial Aviation has placed an order for up to 240 new Piper aircraft to expand and modernize the training fleet at its airline academies.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

World Fuel Services is now supplying Gateway Aviation Services at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

The Corporate School of Etiquette was launched by a former corporate flight attendant to focus on the finer areas of service skills and culinary arts training.

FlightSafety International and TRU Simulation + Training have formed FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training to provide instruction services on Textron Aviation's product line of business and general aviation aircraft.

Respecting different cultures while serving is high on a flight attendant’s list of considerations, as explained by two veterans who know.

Jetex has opened its third location in Japan—at Kansai International Airport. It adds to the existing Jetex portfolio of 56 locations in 26 countries.

Business aircraft travel to Moscow in the last two years has fallen by 50% and is continuing at that level the year, says security expert Charlie Leblanc.

Dassault Aviation says it plans to acquire ExecuJet's MRO business at Subang Airport in Malaysia as it strengthens its aftermarket support in Southeast Asia.

Status: Capital (Moscow), largest city, financial and cultural center Country visa requirement: Required for passengers and crew; for tech stops, generally unnecessary, but as this policy varies from airport to airport, operators are advised to obtain visas as a backup. At Moscow, flight crews can obtain visas on arrival. However, the process is time-consuming and not recommended by flight planning agencies.

Questions for William Korner, chairman and CEO of Flight Research Inc. and The International Flight Test Institute, Mojave Air & Space Port, Mojave, California.

It sure is, and we are talking about the fees assessed against operators visiting Moscow's three principal international airports.

Bombardier announced enhancements to its support capabilities for business aircraft customers in China on the eve of the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition.

An electronics travel case designed to protect and organize everything from headsets to small cables. The PowerShuttle Plus will fit a Bose A20 or a Lightspeed Zulu 3 snug.

This month, William Garvey talks with Chad Cundiff, President of Astronautics Corporation of America.

Avflight Corp. has expanded into Canada at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport by acquiring Kelly Western Jet Center.

Boeing continues to expand its number of subsidiaries, recently closing on ForeFlight, a provider of mobile and web-based aviation applications.

To create value while retaining pilots and ensuring a balance between their work and personal lives is a daily challenge for an aviation department manager.

After a near-decade hiatus, Schweizer helicopters are returning to production, with two S-300s later this year paving the way for full-rate production in 2020.

Four crewmembers and 47 of the 67 passengers on board a US-Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400 died when their scheduled flight crashed and burned at Kathmandu, Nepal, while maneuvering for a VFR landing.

Questions for Chad Cundiff, president of the Astronautics Corp. of America in Milwaukee.