News & Publications

In 2008, when U.S. automakers were criticized for traveling to Washington, DC on company airplanes looking for a government bailout, the late golf legend Arnold Palmer stepped forward to defend business aviation. Using business aircraft, he said, "is the single most productive thing I have done. It's given me the opportunity to compete more effectively in golf and in business." NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen had a chance to sit down with Palmer shortly before his passing on Sept. 25. Read what Palmer had to say in the November/December 2016 edition of Business Aviation Insider.

NBAA recently joined with other aviation stakeholders to participate in the first meeting of the Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team, a group of industry volunteers invited by the FAA to help enhance the safety of unmanned aircraft systems operations.

In this edition of the NBAA-BACE Report, learn about the exciting speakers, education sessions and networking opportunities that will be available at NBAA-BACE 2016.

Read NBAA's special report on business aircraft utilization challenges and solutions in the September/October 2016 issue of NBAA's Business Aviation Insider magazine.

As NBAA and other stakeholders continue their efforts to defend Santa Monica Municipal Airport from threats of closure, two airport restaurants are feeling the pressure of the city's actions to stifle operations.

NBAA, the Florida Aviation Business Association and other stakeholders continue to advocate for legislation that would exempt aircraft sales and leases from the state’s 6 percent sales tax.

New FAA takeoff and landing performance assessment standards for reporting runway conditions went into effect Oct. 1,2016, bringing consistent procedures to a safety challenge for all types of operators and aircraft.

To address evolving ATC procedural control outside of the continental United States, the FAA on Oct. 4, 2016, issued the revised Advisory Circular 91-70B: Oceanic and Remote Continental Airspace Operations.

Several new STARs, SIDs and airport approaches will be implemented in and out of the Southern California-area airports beginning Nov. 10, 2016.

New Jersey's Teterboro Airport is hosting a Chief Pilot Webinar on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016.

Read about what state tax planning is needed after a business aircraft acquisition, as well as how NBAA can help aircraft buyers, in the September/October 2016 issue of NBAA's Business Aviation Insider magazine.

News of recent measures taken by some airlines and the FAA to mitigate the risks caused by overheating lithium-ion batteries in smart phones and other devices serves as a reminder that the issue is a concern for all aircraft operations, including business aviation.