Citing a need for greater transparency and discussion, the Los Angeles World Airports Board of Airport Commissioners announced at a June 5 meeting its decision to defer a vote on implementing landing fees at Van Nuys Airport in Southern California.
With the business aviation world gathered in Las Vegas, Textron Aviation announced a trio of new Cessna Citation jets will enter service starting in 2026.
Blackhawk Aerospace announced that it successfully completed baseline flight testing for its Daher TBM 700 Series supplemental type certificate program on September 20, “marking a major milestone with the first flight of a TBM 700 equipped with the higher-horsepower Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66D engine.”
Business jet makers are catching up with backlogs, and owners expect to fly more often in 2025. Honeywell’s new business aviation forecast calls for stable demand and long-term growth.
Incorporating advancements in cabin controls, seat design, sustainable materials, new pilot-centric avionics, and more manageable interior space, Embraer debuted its new Phenom 100EX aircraft on October 16 at the 2023 National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas.
Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 and Cessna Citation Ascend mock-ups enticed National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition attendees, offering flight deck enhancements and an upgraded cabin experience.
Leaders from general aviation associations and entities gathered at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas on October 17 to announce the “Climbing. Fast.” initiative, a new advocacy campaign designed to spotlight how GA is making progress on its goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions from flight.
Three years after its announcement, Airbus Corporate Jets debuted the ACJ TwoTwenty at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition on October 16. According to the company, the TwoTwenty is creating a new market segment, the “Xtra Large Bizjet,” which emphasizes cabin space, range, and technology at a similar price point to ultra-long-range jets.
National Business Aviation Association President and CEO Ed Bolen presented longtime AOPA media leader Tom Haines with the David W. Ewald Platinum Wing Award for his lifetime achievement in journalism.
ForeFlight subscribers will be able to get detailed engine-out instructions and view them on a 3D map as a result of an upgrade to the popular aviation app demonstrated at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas.
Bombardier revealed exclusive images of its next-generation EcoJet prototype during the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas.
After nearly four decades of ownership, the Brown family is selling historic Hartzell Propeller Inc. and its related companies to the private equity firm Arcline Investment Management. Industry sources say the deal is expected to close in the next 30 days.
Honda Aircraft Co. kicked off the media briefings at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas on October 15 with the announcement that its new transcontinental jet will be called the HondaJet Echelon.
Sustainable aviation fuel is a recurring theme at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Orlando, Florida, but the emphasis on sustainability goes beyond biofuels.
Textron Aviation celebrated three major milestones during the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida: 95 years of Cessna, 90 years of Beechcraft, and 75 years of the Bonanza.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.'s two G700 production test aircraft and the all-new G800 flight test aircraft are among the manufacturer's aircraft on display at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition before the long-range business jets depart for a world tour.
Bombardier will cover all its flight operations with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Signature Aviation starting in January, the company said October 17 during the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
The industry target consensus for reaching net-zero, carbon-free engine emissions may be 2050, but Embraer Executive Jets President and CEO Michael Amalfitano on October 17 announced that Embraer would be taking a more aggressive schedule on the way to that goal.
Waco, Texas-based Blackhawk Aerospace stated on October 18 that it expects to introduce a new, more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada turboprop engine for the legacy series of Pilatus PC–12 single-engine turboprops.
Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X widebody business jet is entering the final phases of certification flight testing, with entry into service expected in mid-2023, the company announced October 17 at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
Rob Scholl, president and CEO of Textron's eAviation division, reviewed the division's products and their status during the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
Bombardier President and CEO Éric Martel discussed an optional new seating configuration for the company's Global 7500 and Global 8000 long-range, large-cabin business jets during a press conference at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.
The private aviation sector will significantly increase its use of sustainable aviation fuel over the next five years, according to nearly 60 percent of U.S. senior business executives canvassed in a study commissioned by Airbus Corporate Jets.
Airbus Corporate Helicopters announced October 17 two more deliveries of a special edition of the ACH130 helicopter designed with Aston Martin. One of these was the first to a U.S. customer who, naturally, owns an Aston Martin sports car to go with the new Aston Martin Edition helicopter.
Honeywell’s thirty-first annual Global Business Aviation Outlook forecasts a rise in business jet usage, deliveries, and expenditures over the next decade, and shows more operators interested in reducing their carbon footprint.
Honda Aircraft Co.'s upgraded HondaJet Elite II is expected to achieve FAA certification in the coming weeks, the company announced at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Orlando, Florida.
Hybrid piston/electric production firm Ampaire and aftermarket winglet producer Tamarack Aerospace Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop aerodynamic upgrades for the Ampaire family of hybrid electric aircraft.
ForeFlight’s detailed Runway Analysis feature now covers more than 100 business aircraft types, the company announced at the 2022 National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.