Business Aviation

Country music star and pilot Dierks Bentley will keynote the event for its opening day in Las Vegas on Oct. 14.

Honeywell announced it’s splitting its huge company into three separate entities including one that concentrates on aviation. The company, described as one of the U.S.’s last big conglomerates, will divide into aviation, automation and advanced materials businesses. The decision came after pressure from an activist investor, Elliot Management, bought $5 billion in stock late last […]

Aviation groups are breathing a collective sigh of relief as trade wars with Canada and Mexico were averted, at least for the next 30 days. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was postponing the imposition of 25% tariffs on goods imported from both countries in return for assurances both countries would improve border security […]

There are a couple of new wrinkles for the hundreds of private aircraft operators who use Palm Beach International Airport after Monday. When the presidential TFR is in effect (10-nm inner ring, 30-nm outer ring) for President Trump’s trips home, operators will have to register passenger and crew information through its eSecure Flight system before […]

Passengers on so-called hop-on charters will have to go through TSA-type security screening under new rules being proposed by the TSA. The carriers operate aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds under Part 380 allowing by-the-seat booking of charter aircraft. They will be able to continue flying from FBOs and private hangars but they will have […]

NBAA has hit back at a study on the environmental impact of business aviation it says relies “on a cherry-picked data set, flawed analysis and omission of key facts.” Last week the journal Communications Earth and Environment issued its report that concluded that “regulation is needed to address the sector’s growing climate impact.” The summary […]

On Oct. 28 Gulfstream announced it had received STCs for Starlink on its G650 and 650ER flagship bizjets and was pursuing them for future models and legacy products as well. Gulfstream will do the installations at its network of service centers. “Starlink is an offering that we know is important to operators,” said Derek Zimmerman, […]

Wheels Up has secured $332 million in financing to fund a three-year expansion and modernization plan that will buy it 100 new jets and give it financial stability. The company, which began with a handful of King Airs and Beechjets, grew to become one of the largest on-demand charters in the U.S. After going public […]

Nigeria’s government sent its wealthy elite scrambling for their checkbooks on Monday when it threatened to clip their mostly N-registered wings. The country imposed import duties in 2023 on the 60 or so mostly large-cabin foreign-registered bizjets favored by its oil and banking moguls. So far, most of them have ignored the law, but after […]

Textron Aviation has announced that the company, along with subsidiary TRU simulation, “will not participate as exhibitors at the 2024 [NBAA-BACE].” The sudden withdrawal, with less than a month to go before the annual show, this year being held in Las Vegas, comes after Gulfstream and Dassault also decided against participation. Gulfstream has said it […]