The U.S. Department of Transportation’s new air-charter broker regulations contain few surprises and largely integrates industry input from the 11-year rulemaking process, industry groups affected by the rule say.
The thundery weather conditions appeared nearly ideal for an evaluation of Dassault’s new FalconEye combined vision system at dusk on the day we flew Dassault’s Falcon 8X flight test aircraft.
A lot has changed at TAG Farnborough Airport – the business-focused airfield to the west of London – since its CEO, Brandon O'Reilly, first joined the team. Yet the biggest difference he has noticed has been in the business aviation industry's perception.
We had the opportunity to fly Rockwell Collins’ Challenger 601, fitted with the latest HGS-6605 head-up display that has the CVS upgrade. The flight also enabled us to compare it to Dassault’s FalconEye HUD/CVS gear that we evaluated earlier this year.
Bombardier Business Aircraft is giving away “Smoothie” cuddly toy dogs at its static display, because its Global family of business jets are the airplanes of choice for all creatures, great and small.
Safran's troubled Silvercrest program is progressing towards testing a new axial high-pressure compressor in June 2019 – hoping to help meet Cessna's performance requirements for the Hemisphere business jet.
The cockpit of the future is here today with augmented reality, a wearable head-up display and point-and-click access to flight information triggered by the pilot’s eye movements.
The FAA has granted Textron Aviation a temporary exemption to meeting fuel tank flammability requirements that would allow Citation Longitude deliveries to begin but require a retrofit of delivered aircraft by Jan. 31, 2020.
Plans for an improved version of the Eclipse very light jet may once again be possible after Chinese investors rescued its parent company from Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week.
Satcom Direct will cement the company’s position as a single end-to-end source for all business aviation connectivity needs, from infrastructure and hardware to cybersecurity.
On the day the companies had long expected to be their first day as one corporation, the U.S. Justice Department – in cooperation with European and Canadian competition authorities – instead filed a lawsuit and outlined spinoff demands before United Technologies would be allowed to acquire Rockwell Collins.
Private and business aviation customers are expected to make up one-quarter of all Airbus Helicopters’ bookings in North America over the next five years.
Gulfstream’s new G500 was designed by pilots for pilots, with an intuitive flight deck that includes active-control sidesticks, customizable touchscreens and a comfortable cockpit for long-range flights, noted a Gulfstream pilot following a media flight over Orlando, Florida.
With the FAA’s January 2020 mandate to equip for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) out position reporting coming closer into view, Rockwell Collins will announce business jet additions to its approved model list supplemental type certificate for complying avionics at this year’s NBAA conference.
As BACA, The Air Charter Association prepares to mark its 70th anniversary in 2019, the UK organization is flexing new muscles. Last year it became a company limited by guarantee, and appointed its first CEO, Dave Edwards.
Mark Johnstone became CEO of Signature Flight Support on April 1. Johnstone, who joined BBA Aviation in 2008, also serves as CEO there. BBA Aviation is Signature’s parent company.
Over the past 20 years, Duncan Aviation has directed nearly $280 million back into the company, reinvesting in new facilities, equipment and leadership development, and another $55 million in training. “That’s nearly one-third of a billion dollars,” says company chairman Todd Duncan.
Brian Proctor, Founder, President and CEO, Mente Group LLC, Addison, Texas, and president of the International Aircraft Dealers Association is interviewed by William Garvey.
