Business Aviation

Progress reported toward 2050 goals across business aviation, but challenges remain.

A “silver splash” this week in Wichita: Bombardier made the decision just 60 days ago to host its 25th Safety Standdown in person—but the mature event has once again drawn a significant cross-section of professional pilots and corporate flight departments attending. The two-day symposium runs Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, with a […]

Bombardier Inc., the Canadian-based aircraft manufacturer, reported a smaller-than-expected third-quarter loss Thursday, after demand for private aviation returned following the pandemic-fueled drop in sales last year. A swell in business aviation traffic has been due in part to eased travel restrictions, filling private operator seats and expanding order backlogs for OEMs such as Bombardier and […]

The International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) predicts that used turbine business aircraft prices and demand will continue to rise, solidifying the market position that has been building through 2021. The association’s [third quarter 2021 report|https://aircraftexchange.com/market-report] depicts a landscape where low used-aircraft inventories and a backlog in orders at OEMs combine to drive a 20 to […]

Embraer delivered 30 jets in its commercial and business aviation segments during the third quarter of 2021. This compares to 21 jets in the same period in 2020. The Brazilian manufacturer broke down the totals into the following executive models: 14 Phenom 300s 2 Praetor 500s 5 Praetor 600s And the OEM delivered nine jets […]

First—we can all be glad we’re headed back to Vegas. In 2019, when the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) last held its Business Aviation Convention and Expo (BACE), the optimistic mood and clear, warm weather belied the storms that lay ahead in 2020 for the aviation industry—and the world. Between keynotes, education sessions, owner-pilot forums, […]

Leaders from across the business aviation community came together this week at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada—and went away pledging to an industry-wide commitment to net-zero carbon by 2050. Ed Bolen, president and CEO of NBAA, Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation […]

ForeFlight has integrated several key features into a single flight planning and in-flight source for business aviation operators. The dispatch, runway analysis, and weight and balance functions—among other tools—can be shared across a flight department. ForeFlight’s executive vice president of sales and marketing Stephen Newman and marketing manager Sam Taylor gave FLYING a briefing on […]

Aircraft Performance Group (APG) revealed its latest aviation software product for business aviation—iPreFlight Genesis Pro—at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE). The product was developed through a collaborative effort between APG, Seattle Avionics, and RocketRoute. “APG’s runway performance system is the industry leader in business aviation. Now, with global route […]

Dassault Aviation marked the return to normalcy following the challenging 18 months that many companies have expressed at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE). The company gave program updates on its 6X and 10X and announced an expansion of its service organization. In May, Dassault announced the 10X—an ultralong-range jet […]