Business & Commercial Aviation

Due to several active volcanoes, including Kilauea in Hawaii and Fuego in Guatemala, the NBAA is urging pilots to avoid flying in areas with volcanic ash.

Two design features make the PC-24 engines stand apart from competitors.

Readers comment on recent articles in BCA.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao acknowledges the 1,500-hr. ATP requirement to become a U.S. airline pilot has effectively cut the ranks of eligible pilots.

Jetex has announced it has signed an MOU with the AERIA airport management company to be the operator and manager of the new FBO in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

Jet Linx, based in Omaha, Nebraska, has opened a private terminal in Detroit. The terminal includes a private meeting room, executive lounge, Wi-Fi connectivity and staffing.

Listen in as William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation interviews Aaron Hollander, Chairman and CEO of First Aviation Services, Inc.

The London Oxford Airport and Oxfordjet FBO team have received the Sapphire Pegasus award for Best Business Aviation Airport for the second successive year.

West Star Aviation's Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport location has received FAR Part 145 Repair Station Certification.

Bombardier has completed the $635 million sale of its aircraft assembly operation at Downsview Airport outside Toronto to Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board.

By January 2019, Inmarsat expects to offer its European Aviation Network inflight Wi-Fi services to business aircraft operators.

Hong Kong-headquartered TAG Aviation Asia has agreed to a six-year agreement with the Macau Airport Authority to provide a full-service facility operating 24/7.

Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin says the company still sees “a great future” for its troubled Silvercrest business jet engine program and is working on redesigning its high-pressure compressor to have a fix finalized by next spring.

ImagineAir, the membership-based charter outfit headquartered outside Atlanta that operated a fleet of Cirrus SR22s, ceased operations May 24.

German industrial giant Siemens is stepping up its involvement in the growing electric-aircraft market, supplying propulsion motors for projects in the U.S. and Europe.

FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell has called for the agency to embrace innovation and emerging technology by forming partnerships with industry and entrepreneurial organizations.

Controller-pilot data-link communications technology is now operational at California’s Van Nuys Airport.

BBA Aviation, parent company of Signature Flight Support, is buying Epic Fuels for $88.1 million.

The recent purchase and leaseback of four Sikorsky S-92 helicopters raised Milestone Aviation Group's fleet of the type to more than 95, thus one-third of all S-92 aircraft in operation globally.

Republic Airways recently announced it will open a “Leadership in Flight Training Academy” in Indianapolis and equip the school with 50 Diamond Aircraft DA40 NG and DA43-VI training aircraft.

Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service has announced that Air BP has become its third national partner.

Pentastar Aviation has joined the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

An airplane’s thrust reverser system is designed to help the airplane decelerate after landing by diverting the direction of the engine exhaust gas stream.

Ross Aviation in Anchorage, Alaska, was recently named a gateway FBO through the DCA Access Standard Security Program, granting flights leaving the operation the ability to fly directly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington.

Harrods Aviation has a new automated check-in system for its VIP and group charter flights at its London Luton and London Stansted FBOs.