Business & Commercial Aviation

High-performance airfoils exhibit stall behaviors completely different from low-performance airfoils.

From luxury VIP transport to organ transplant flights, helicopter charter operators including the companies see growing opportunities.

If pilots focus on flight path management instead of on automation…

The Learjet sign at Bombardier's Wichita site was removed April 11. The building, 3A, was the site of Learjet 75 assembly.

Even if you are not a fan of golf, chances are that as a business jet owner, operator, or charter broker, you were probably familiar with the popularity to head to Augusta Regional Airport in Georgia recently for the Masters.

Vertiports designed for future electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft are beginning to pop up around the U.S.

Start-up Overwatch Imaging of Hood River, Oregon, has closed an $11 million Series A financing round to advance its precision imaging payloads designed for drones and general aviation aircraft.

Beware when someone tells you they have a good safety culture or that safety is their top priority. That can be a red flag.

The FBO division of Europe’s Luxaviation Group plans to develop ground infrastructure for future advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicles as it pursues a growth strategy based on building and acquiring new facilities.

The NTSB determines the probable cause of the excursion.

Even as biofuel suppliers and fixed-base operators (FBOs) ramp up the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), aircraft operators remain uncertain about the composition of SAF and complexity of using it to claim emissions reductions, business aviation leaders say.

An EA500 rolls through a fence and strikes a tree at KLXV.

Examples of substantial growth for business aviation continue to remain prominent—this time for Duncan Aviation, the largest privately owned business jet service provider in the world.

The market for in-flight connectivity, whether through air-to-ground or satellite communications, is active and evolving with new services and suppliers.

City-owned Santa Monica Airport (SMO) in southern California now offers Swift Fuels UL94 unleaded avgas as an alternative to 100LL low-lead fuel for piston-engine aircraft, the project manager announced.

Dubai-based Vista Global Holding has entered into an agreement to acquire fast-growing U.S. charter operator Jet Edge.

Learning to predict a snow surface and other practical instruction.

More human factors lessons learned on the Matterhorn.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released design guidance for vertiports serving future urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft.

Inmarsat has named a third equipment supplier for its Jet ConneX inflight broadband service for business aviation.

As he visits Wichita to see the final Learjet in production, the founder of Clay Lacy Aviation tells BCA about his own history with the aircraft and reflects on its legacy.

Slodowitz founded Craft Charter in 2020, after graduating from USC’s Marshall School of Business.

Can we create an effective, low-risk learning medium to enhance the training of important human factors?

When Gulfstream revealed its new G800 before the 2021 NBAA-BACE conference, the manufacturer acknowledged plans to eventually sunset production of the G650ER.

Gulfstream Aerospace President Mark Burns spoke with Business & Commercial Aviation during a visit to the Gulfstream facility in Farnborough, UK.