Business Aviation

The National Business Aviation Association took this year’s Thanksgiving season as an opportunity to remind Americans of the value of not only business aviation, but all of general aviation (GA). The bizav advocacy group also pointed out to frustrated airline passengers that attempts to blame “fat cat” private aviation for delays are misplaced. NBAA wrote, […]

Textron Aviation reported revenue of $1.3 billion—a 14.7 percent increase from the same period last year, according to results released last week. The manufacturer says the increase is a combination of higher volume and higher pricing. In Q3, Textron delivered 39 jets, on par with deliveries last year, and 38 turboprops—up five from the same […]

Officials at Naples Municipal Airport in southwest Florida are determining whether a move would be feasible for the airport given community needs and current expansion constraints. Despite investing $10 million in noise mitigation programs since 2000, local residents have continued to file grievances. According to the Naples Daily News, the airport received 800 noise complaints […]

Textron Aviation announced today (Oct. 18) at the NBAA-BACE (National Business Aviation Association – Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition) in Las Vegas that FlyExclusive is the launch customer for the Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen 2 twinjet. Last year, charter operator FlyExclusive, which already operates a fleet of Citation X, Sovereign, Excel/XLS, CJ3/CJ3+ and Encore/Encore+ aircraft, […]

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based training specialist CAE and Sun Air Jets announced today at this year’s NBAA-BACE (National Business Aviation Association – Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition) in Las Vegas that they are collaborating on a pilot development program. Launched by CAE this spring at its Morristown, New Jersey, facility, the program started with courses targeting […]

In the lead-in to this year’s NBAA-BACE (National Business Aviation Association – Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition), the trade group hosted the 2023 Single-Pilot Safety Standdown. NBAA has long advocated for advancing professional pilot standards and best practices for single pilots of small corporate flight departments, and even more importantly, for aircraft-owner pilots flying on […]

At an NBAA-BACE shy on new business aircraft announcements, Airbus has introduced a new class of business aircraft. The company has dubbed the corporate version of its A220 airliner the ‘Xtra Large Bizjet and it’s displaying the aircraft at the event for the first time. Airbus says the plane, which is an adaptation of its […]

In the absence of new airframe announcements at NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, manufacturers are leaning into model upgrades and Textron has introduced a second generation of its CJ3. The Gen2 version was announced a day ahead of the show start on Tuesday, and Textron has a mockup of the plane on display. Service entry is […]

Honeywell’s annual business aviation forecast predicts 8,500 new business jets worth $278 billion will be delivered over the next 10 years, pretty much the same trend the company predicted last year. The Honeywell forecast is announced on the eve of NBAA-BACE every year, and the big show is being set up at the Las Vegas […]

Pilatus says it’s tweaked its innovative PC-24 business jet to give it longer legs and make it more comfortable. A week before unveiling the updated PC-24 at NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas next week, Pilatus lifted the curtain in a pre-show news release on Tuesday. The aircraft, which is known for its rugged ability to use […]