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Six major aviation associations yesterday jointly published, “Know Before You Go,” a number of best communications and business practices designed to make FBO pricing more transparent to customers. The KBYG list includes potential prices, fees and charges pilots might face at an airport. The awareness campaign is designed to improve the overall customer experience. “While […]

Men still outnumber women in the aviation industry. They make up less than 10 percent of the pilot workforce for example. Hillary O’Connor Mueri chief legal officer for Intrepid Analytics led a session at last week’s NBAA Convention to examine the attitudes regarding women in the business, as well as a discussion of both why […]

Sandel Avionics is continuing testing of its Avilon integrated flight deck, created as a lower-priced alternative for the King Air retrofit market, as the company reports certification and initially deliveries are on pace for early next year. Flying had the chance to see the latest version of Avilon at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, […]

Bye Aerospace might just become the first U.S. company to certify an all-electric airplane in the normal category under Part 23 if the targeted mid- to late 2020 deadline holds to earn agency approval of the two-place Sun Flyer 2 and the four-place Sun Flyer 4. But Bye Aerospace’s reason to keep moving forward toward […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association and the National Business Aviation Association today released findings of a recent Harris Poll — The Real World of Business Aviation: 2018 Survey of Companies Using General Aviation Aircraft — demonstrating that business aviation provides safe, efficient transportation to companies of all sizes, particularly those located in smaller communities with […]

As part of our ongoing Jobs in Aviation video series, Rod McDermott, CEO of executive search firm McDermott & Bull, sat down with Dr. Barry Butler, the president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, to discuss ways in which a major aviation university can help solve the severe labor shortage that is impacting the entire aviation industry. […]

Flying senior editor Rob Mark is the recipient of the 2018 NBAA Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence, which the National Business Aviation Association presents annually for “excellent, accurate and insightful reporting on issues related to business aviation.” Mark won the prize for his August 2017 feature article, ATC Privatization: Inside the Fight for Air […]

Keeping an aircraft cabin cool on the ground is a never ending problem. Wichita-based Lee Aerospace believes its new CoolView replacement windows will become a big part of the answer for a variety of legacy airplanes and a few new ones too. Lee Aerospace CEO Jim Lee said Monday that Cirrus Aircraft liked CoolView windows […]

Aerion’s CEO Tom Vice announced at NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Expo that the conceptual design phase for the AS2 supersonic jet is complete. The company is now starting the preliminary design phase and expects to begin initial flight testing of the 12-passenger jet in 2023. The Reno, Nevada-based company hopes to achieve certification for […]

On the eve of the NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Expo in Orlando, Florida, this week, FlightSafety International announced a series of courses designed specifically for Gulfstream aircraft. The courses have been added to the extensive course offering at the company’s Savannah Learning Center, located adjacent to the Gulfstream headquarters at the Savannah/Hilton Head International […]