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The FAA in October reportedly referred an enforcement action case involving alleged illegal charter activity to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

NextGen ultimately will affect almost all aircraft movement — on the ground as well as in the air.

Fourteen years after calling for regulations of air charter brokers, the U.S. Transportation Department has finally published a new set of regulations.

Icon Aircraft says CEO and founder Kirk Hawkins is “stepping back” from his leadership role.

It was politics the old-fashioned way — personal, respectful and solicitous.

The acting FAA administrator wants to see funding reform from Congress, saying appropriating through continuing resolutions complicates planning and budgeting.

Diamond Aircraft Industries has flown the first multiengine hybrid-electric aircraft, a demonstrator developed with electric motor supplier Siemens.

Reach Air Medical Services will acquire five Airbus helicopters for use in emergency medical service operations.

Qatar Airways plans to grow its business jet charter fleet to 35 aircraft from 14 and replace its seven Bombardier Global 5000s and 6000s with Gulfstream G500s.

A former airline pilot and school teacher, Robb Williams was executive director of the Aerospace Center of Excellence in Lakeland, Florida.

Bombardier surprised many last month when it announced it was shedding the Q400 regional turboprop program, the last of its de Havilland products.

Early prospective customers are being sought for a hybrid passenger airship that the developers claim will offer unprecedented safety.

There has never been a time in business aviation when the manufacturers of intercontinental business jets have had so many high-performance engine options.

Aerion launches preliminary design of its 12-seat, Mach 1.4 AS2 business trijet and says it hopes to develop bigger and faster follow-ons.

Engines that are “contextually aware,” can “think for themselves” and are “comprehending” are described in a Rolls white paper on the new Pearl 15 turbofan.

Two companies have won contracts to test the feasibility of delivering vaccines by drone to remote islands in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from December 1968.​

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in November 2018.

Air Culinaire Worldwide launched its lifestyle concept for its 19 owned and operated inflight catering kitchens in the United States.

Operators say Bombardier’s Global 5000 has the best cabin of any business aircraft in this range class, along with unsurpassed long-range cruise speed and nearly best-in-class runway performance.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in October 2018.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from November 1968.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

When selling a used aircraft, put pride aside. Sell it as-is, where-is, with all details subject to verification by the buyer.