Business & Commercial Aviation

Teterboro Airport was the most requested charter destination and origin for aircharterguide.com users in May 2016, according to an analysis of Worldwide Trip Builder data.

Drone Pilots? “Empty Cockpits” (Viewpoint, June 2016) was a good editorial. There’s no quick fix to this [pilot shortage] problem. Desire alone is not enough to incur the expense with so long a period before you get an adequate return. Maybe drone pilots? Dick Van Gemert Fairfield, Connecticut Looking Back Fondly

According to the FAA, inflight cabin safety means protecting against fire, turbulence, decompression and providing the means to address medical emergencies. Quite a catalogue of woes.

A flight attendant’s roles are many, but minimizing risk is foremost. In order to reduce risk to a level as low as reasonably practicable, potential hazards must be identified and then reported, discussed, analyzed and, ultimately, mitigated.

Hartzell Propeller, based in Piqua, Ohio, has earned an amended supplemental type certificate for installation of its five-blade composite swept tip propeller on Finnoff Aviation P&W PT6A-67P engine upgrades for Pre-NG Pilatus PC-12 aircraft.

Satcom Direct, a satellite communication business in Melbourne, Florida, is the first distribution partner to activate Inmarsat's Jet ConneX for business aviation customers, the company said.

Signature Flight Support has expanded its reach at London Biggin Hill Airport by incorporating the former Rizon Jet FBO into its global network.

The 17th annual Reading Air Show attracted 3,000 registrants, 1,500 aircraft and a total crowd of 65,000 over the three-day period. Total aircraft movements recorded by the tower were 6,227.

Five questions for Joe Moeggenberg, president, CEO and founder of Argus International

Embraer CEO Fred Curado recently said he planned to retire this month after nine years as head of the Brazilian manufacturer. Embraer announced that Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, president and CEO of Embraer's commercial aviation division, will succeed Curado.

Cessna's new super-midsize Citation Longitude moved closer to first flight this summer when in mid-June the electrical distribution system was powered three weeks after the first wing was mated to the fuselage.

With more than 120 combined aircraft transactions in the previous year, jetAVIVA, which bills itself as the world's leading seller of light jets, and Kansas Aircraft Corp., a Kansas City sales firm focused on piston and turboprop aircraft, have become one, with the former acquiring the latter.

The first run of GE Aviation's 2,000-hp-class advanced turboprop (ATP) series, internally known as GE93, is on track for certification this summer by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and delivery in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Five years after opening its Melbourne, Florida, aircraft production, assembly and delivery facility, Embraer Executive Jets opened an expanded facility in early June that more than doubled its size there.

Air BP has signed a 50/50 aviation fuel joint venture in Peru with PBF, an energy company there. The joint venture will operate as Air BP PBF and will initially supply aviation fuel at Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport.

Jet-A And Avgas Per Gallon Fuel Prices June 2016

The average age of a business jet in Europe is 26, according to research from Global Jet Capital, an aviation finance specialist. Sixteen percent of the mid-to-heavy private jets in Europe are age 20 years or older and 8% are at least 30 years old. Consequently, there is a significant market in Europe for private jet owners considering an upgrade of their aircraft, Global Jet Capital said.

Jet Aviation Basel, a completions and maintenance center, has signed a parts consignment agreement with Custom Control Concepts, based in Seattle.

Marshall Aviation Services has added the Bombardier Challenger 604 and 605 to the business aircraft types it supports as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO).

Jet Aviation has added eight aircraft to its global management fleet in the past two months, including two Gulfstream G650s and a G550, an Airbus to its managed fleet in EMEA and Asia, two Dassault Falcon 2000s, a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter and a Global Express in the U.S. Jet Aviation manages 300 aircraft worldwide. Jet Aviation Business Jets, an air carrier certificate holder, is based in Zurich. Jet Aviation Flight Services is based in Teterboro, New Jersey.

Lufthansa Technik and DC Aviation Group, a European operator of business jets, have signed a cooperation agreement.

ExecuJet has acquired its first fixed base operation in the Caribbean region. The FBO is located at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten. The FBO was acquired from TLC Aviation.

NetJets Europe has partnered with The London Heliport, the capital's only Civil Aviation Authority-certified heliport, and has rebranded it NetJets London Heliport with prominent signage touting the fractional operation, along with its sister company, Executive Jet Management, in the building and around the landing site. More than one-third of NetJets' European customers are based in London.

Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo has received FAA repair station approval following a recent audit of its maintenance, repair and overhaul facility. The approval authorizes it to support aircraft registered in the U.S., including Bombardier, Gulfstream, Embraer, Falcon and Hawker aircraft.

With a global shortage of airline pilots forecast, CAE is tackling the problem head-on, and in June announced new and extended cadet training agreements with India's IndiGo, CityJet of Ireland, China's Shenzhen Airlines and Norwegian Airlines.