Business Aviation

Summer ends with busiest August in six years.

The aircraft manufacturer celebrates its 2,000th delivery, citing the Praetor’s success in the business aviation sector.

First-ever fleet sale includes maintenance package.

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, […]