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In the past, turboprop singles used for business flying typically did not offer the speed, load capability or systems redundancy of turboprop twins, though

Judging by the mood at last month’s NBAA Convention in Las Vegas, the good old days are most assuredly back for the business aviation industry.

A new business aviation airport has opened, albeit modestly, in western France.

Serge Dassault, 79-year-old patriarch of leading business and military aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, at last has realized his dream of becoming

The National Air Transportation Association provides an annual salary survey for business aviation professionals including pilots, line-service personnel,

During the heyday of small-airplane manufacturing in the mid- to late 1970s, factories in Wichita, Lock Haven and Vero Beach built tens of thousands of air

The Airbus A380 powered by Engine Alliance GP7200 engines received joint European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and FAA type certification last Friday.

In a recent speech on global harmonization, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey summed up the universal reaction to China’s booming aviation industry: “The wor

For the first time in its history, Japan early next year will dedicate an airport to business and commuter aircraft.

The FAA has postponed until November 29 the compliance deadline for a controversial flight standards handbook bulletin that addresses aircraft configuratio

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has ruled out introducing taxes on jet fuel for commercial operators for at least three years.

Safe Flight Instrument last month announced it has gained approval for a low-airspeed awareness (LAA) display as part of the angle-of-attack (AOA) computer

The Garmin GNS 480 all-in-one GPS/navcom is now approved for primary-means WAAS navigation and localizer precision with vertical guidance (LPV) approaches.

SheltAir Aviation Services last month announced it will acquire the former Jet Executive Center FBO at Florida’s St.

Stage III Technologies, which is still working to obtain certification of its thrust reverser for the Gulfstream II and III, claims that its Stage 3 hush k

James Gormley, a retired U.S.

The “egregious behavior” of the city of Danbury, Conn., in failing to cut trees on the approach for Runway 26 at Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR) is a “blat

Russ Meyer, chairman of Cessna, and two other top aviation executives were named members of the FAA’s Management Advisory Council, created in 1996 to assis

The forecasts released last month at the NBAA Convention from turbine-engine manufacturers Honeywell and Rolls-Royce and market research firm Inflight Mana

Cabin systems supplier Intheairnet is out to prove that it can be both naughty and nice with the introduction last month of the Network and Wireless Techno

L-3 Communications Avionics Systems last month announced TSO approval for the Model 8100 terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS), clearing the way for

Prices of another 2,700 Gulfstream spare parts have been cut as of late last month.

After more than 1,850 hours of flight testing, Gulfstream said it has determined that the new G450 will fly 3,500 nm at Mach 0.85, 500 nm farther than its

Raytheon Aircraft appointed Glenn Oka v-p of customer quality and product reliability, a new position.

Encore FBO and private-equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner announced late yesterday that they entered a joint definitive agreement to acquire Landmark Aviation’

“Can you hear me now?” might soon become as familiar a refrain to airborne satcom users as it is to those earthbound customers who use Verizon.

The “Acquisition Guide” is a free publication designed to arm the airplane buyer with enough knowledge to ask informed questions.

Jet Fleet International (JFI), a Los Angeles-based company that arranges discounts for products and services for members, last month introduced a fuel disc

Pilatus Aircraft in Broomfield, Colo., reports that the FAA has certified an avionics package that enables the PC-12 turboprop single to meet the RVSM requ

Business aviation pays 102 percent of its share of the costs it imposes on the ATC system, according to a new study by Washington consulting firm HLB Decis