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While this year’s convention marks NBAA’s 60th anniversary, the organization has another reason to celebrate as membership approaches record levels thanks

Though business jet accidents in the first half of the year decreased 31 percent versus the same period last year, fatal accidents were up from two to five

“Ken Emerick, chairman of NBAA board of directors, caught me at the airport, on my way to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah, to tell me I had been se

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, CRS Jet Spares is giving 15 finalists a chance to win a 2007 Ford Mustang GT convertible.Each participant wi

Each year the National Business Aviation Association recognizes member companies with superb safety records.

About a mile from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, inside a nondescript building that looks just like any other in this part of town, a small group of worker

Honeywell will discuss the status of much of its product line, from engines and APUs to avionics, this afternoon and again tomorrow morning in a series of

The first Embraer Lineage 1000–the executive version of the Brazilian manufacturer’s E-190 regional airliner–has an appointment next month at a U.S.

Mid Continent Controls  (Booth No.

Human error is a contributing factor in 60 to 80 percent of all air incidents and accidents, according to FAA statistics.

Airbus remains tight-lipped on the subject of what it calls the A380 “Flying Palace,” but that hasn’t kept rumors from swirling or designers from developin

Seven years ago, at an aircraft factory in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, two engineers met and worked together on Fairchild Dornier’s ambitious 728 and 928 pr

Wichita-based Aeroflex, a provider of avionics test equipment, has partnered with Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corp.

Although business aircraft manufacturers talk at length about the effort they’ll make to satisfy a customer, ask a chief pilot or director of maintenance a

Of all the sub-segments of the general aviation market, the turboprop field is the only one not experiencing a marked increase of new development.

Having won the contract to supply new technology turbofan engines for the Dassault SMS, an emerging super-midsize business jet design from the French ma

Fractional-ownership management company OurPlane announced the launch of the first fractional Eclipse 500 VLJ program, based in Jacksonville, Fla.

Technology that can tell a farmer whether a cow has a fever is the basis for a new monitoring system for aircraft tires. Crane Aerospace & Electronics is

Sabreliner’s maintenance and operations (M&O) presentation this afternoon (from 4 to 7 p.m.) is a departure from the NBAA norm, as it’s being held not at t

When Airbus tentatively entered the corporate jet market a decade ago with the ACJ, its expectations for the airplane were modest.

When Kenny Dichter and a buddy from college first had the idea for Marquis Jet, the travel card program that sells time aboard NetJets business jets in 25-

The static display is one of the highlights of each year’s NBAA Convention, where manufacturers and operators show off their crown jewels before potential

It’s always big news when a new aircraft model is introduced at NBAA.

The BA609 tiltrotor that flew at the Paris Air Show put on an impressive display, but potential buyers said they  had misgivings about the hybrid desi

Arinc Direct yesterday announced that it now offers mobile flight-planning services that pilots can access on Blackberries or other personal wireless devic

Bell and Agusta continue their development of the BA609 civil tiltrotor, a joint effort that has been ongoing for more than a decade.

Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems (MABS) makes its official debut at the NBAA show this week as the new, expanded wheels-and-brakes division of the UK-based

By our count, there are more than a dozen aircraft ranging from single-engine personal jets to twin-engine very light jets either in the very early stages

Like most of the major manufacturers, Dassault reports stepped-up sales demand from markets outside the U.S., particularly those in Western Europe and Russ

While NBAA is drawing thousands of visitors to Atlanta, the city has a thriving culinary scene that befits its status as “the capitol of the south.” World-