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Operators using the VFR transition route through the Los Angeles Class B airspace can expect a Christmas gift from the FAA in the form of AOPA-backed impro

Nearly three years after publication of an interim rule, the NTSB has published the final rules of the so-called “Hoover Law.” Although there are a couple

The recent validation by Europe’s Joint Aviation Authorities of the Gulfstream 300 and 400 enables these business jets to receive JAA-approved certificatio

Jeppesen’s BBJ VIP Plus Program is a new bundled pricing package intended solely for operators of Boeing Business Jets.

The public comment period on a proposed rewrite of FAR Parts 125 and 135 has been reopened until November 13, at the request of the aviation rulemaking com

A 4,300-ft VFR parallel runway–built with local funds–opened last month at Salina Airport in Kansas.

The New Jersey State Assembly deferred action on proposed legislation that would require security background checks of flight students.

Consolidation of five terminal radar approach control facilities into the new Potomac Tracon, located in Vint Hill, Va., is now complete.

Failure of the FAA to publish an advisory circular may prompt the National Air Transportation Association to request an extension of the October 6 implemen

If you’re the kind of pilot who relishes the moment when you flee the FBO in the crew car for a round of golf or a night on the town, there is a phalanx of

UK charter operator London Executive Aviation (LEA) has opened a new base at Farnborough Airport, locating one of its two Cessna Citation Bravos there.

According to Aviation Research Group/US (ARG/US) of Cincinnati, the great majority of fractional aircraft share owners are satisfied with their program and

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale and National Aeronautic Association have certified five speed records set by a Piaggio Avanti.

The number-two SJ30-2 flight-test aircraft (S/N 003) took off on July 21 from Sino Swearingen’s headquarters at San Antonio Airport.

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The Republican-led House appropriations subcommittee on transportation, treasury and independent agencies last month approved a new transportation spending

Dassault is working quietly on the design for what could become a supersonic business jet (SSBJ).

The number of people killed in turbine business airplane accidents across all segments increased in the first half of this year compared with the first six

Gulfstream, which has been engaged in a dispute with the FAA over whether its new Gulfstream 550 could be certified with the traditional four elliptical wi

Executive Jet Aviation owner and CEO Richard Santulli brought the fractional-ownership concept to the business aviation community in the mid-1980s.

The concept of fractional ownership in the transportation industry is nearly half a millennium old.

At first glance, the fractional industry, like the alien menace in a sci-fi thriller, appears to be morphing into a menagerie of hybrids.

As fractional ownership programs grew in size, complexity and number, considerable controversy within the aviation community arose as to their appropriate

“What’s the difference between fractional helicopter operations and fractional business jet operations?” asked one fractional sales professional rhetorical

Increasing size provides economies of scale for any business, but for fractional operators attaining “critical mass” in terms of fleet size and flight crew

The only really successful helicopter fractional operator is not in the U.S.

What is fractional ownership in Europe? Judging by the way the concept has morphed since it started to appear in the continent during the second half of th

Embraer’s Legacy is an impressive corporate version of the company’s venerable ERJ-135/145

In aviation’s early days, long-distance HF communications used wire antennas trailing behind the aircraft.

The UK’s Oxford Airport has been approved to increase its licensed runway length by 10 percent to 4,327 feet.