Business & Commercial Aviation

NetJets’ repair station subsidiary was recognized for reaching Level III of FAA’s safety management system (SMS) program, becoming the first U.S

Your article on Avantair was nicely done. A possible Part 3 (or business school case) could focus on the role of the board of directors. Were they

Is Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) ready for a central role in heavy-duty air traffic management? According to a recent Wall Street

What with scheduling demands, balancing the budget, mechanical breakdowns, and staffing and training challenges, managing aircraft maintenance —

A pilot’s sense of situational awareness is never more challenged than when operating over — and within — hazardous terrain, especially at night. The

Troubles at Diamond Aircraft’s Canadian operations seem to be easing considerably. The manufacturing facility at London International Airport in

I read “Island Appeal” (May 2014) about offshore registrations with interest. As you point it, privacy is perhaps the biggest incentive to choose an

Is Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) ready for a central role in heavy-duty air traffic management?

Many of the ground support equipment manufacturers have websites that make shopping for gear easy and convenient. Since there are so many, choosing

We might not think about it until we have to land at one, but as business jet captain Katha House pointed out, there are a few airports around the globe that are situated below sea level. “Thermal Airport [KTRM] in the Mojave Desert is 115 ft. below sea level,” she said, “and your altimeter will read zero on the approach, and you’ll still be flying! There’s one in Egypt that’s 436 ft. below sea level, and Bar Yehuda Airport [LLMZ] at Masada in Israel is -1,240 ft., the lowest in the world.”

While Dassault has been making supersonic fighters for decades and has incorporated some of that technology — most notably, fly-by-wire control — into

With sadness, we in–form you that James F. “Skeets” Coleman passed away recently. Dick Aarons’ response:

StandardAero’s facility at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore was recognized as an authorized maintenance repair and overhaul center for Rolls-Royce RR300 helicopter engines. The authorization follows a similar agreement signed in December for StandardAero’s facility in Winnipeg, Canada. The Singapore agreement extends through 2021. StandardAero’s RR300 line will run parallel to the facility’s Rolls-Royce M250 line. The 32,000-sq.-ft. facility is equipped for full repair and overhaul, and test capabilities.

Last year, after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for charter brokers, I prophesized that “2014 might see the industry step in and create voluntary broker rules and a registry of those who meet these standards.”

“Capt. Eddie” flies paranoid. The alter ego of Gulfstream 450 pilot James Albright, webmaster of the “Code 7700” Internet site (“Fast Five,” March

In keeping with the tradition and agreement between its two shareholders, Airbus Group and Finmeccanica Group subsidiary Alenia Aermacchi, ATR has

GlobalParts Group, the Augusta, Kansas, manufacturer and distributor of business and general aviation parts, acquired the type certificate, tooling

At present, no recurrent training and proficiency flights are required by regulations, but the FAA says that “the complexity of modern turbojet

Risk management starts with standardization and discipline

Gulfstream has topped its top of the line, introducing an even longer-range version of the G650 at EBACE 2014. The G650ER is identical to the Savannah, Georgia., manufacturer’s top-of-the-line G650 save for a 4,000-lb. increase in fuel capacity, complemented by an inc rease in maximum ramp and takeoff weights. The additional fuel occupies what had been air space within the wing tanks. The modifi

Cessna has rolled the first production CJ3+ off the manufacturing line, a little more than two months after the company announced the upgraded model

C ruising at 325 kt. at FL 310 may seem leisurely by very-light-jet standards, but when that’s combined with a 20 min., 15 sec. climb to maximum cruise altitude, the TBM 900 can meet or beat the trip times of the Eclipse 550 and Cessna Citation Mustang on most missions.

For more than a decade, commercial airlines have been proactively using flight data recorders (FDRs) as key parts of their Flight Operational Quality

For Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., the recent European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) 2014 was one for the record — and order — book. The

Most major industry sectors flew fewer hours worldwide in the first quarter, a decline that Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) attributes to the harsh winter. JSSI, which has developed a Business Aviation Index to track global flight hours by industry, found that overall, business aircraft flew 2% fewer hours globally. The manufacturing segment marked the most significant drop, down 15%, followed by construction and health care, down 12% and 11%, respectively.