Aviation Week
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Aviation Week's BCA Podcast explores trends and key developments in business aviation that affect aircraft fleet owners, fractional operators, customers, FBOs and others.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It connects aircraft technology and industry announcements to the costs, regulations and infrastructure that determine what can actually reach the market.
Aviation Week's BCA Podcast treats aviation as an operating business shaped by engineering, regulation and capital. Its roundtables bring colleagues together at industry gatherings or around a defined question, moving from aircraft launches and certification plans to air traffic…
One squashed bug can disrupt a jet's airflow; your curiosity gets the engineering explanation.
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A sober check-in on advanced air mobility that keeps timeline pressure front and center.
Aviation Week's BCA Podcast treats advanced air mobility as a sector that has run headlong into the calendar. It lingers on 2025's failures and resets, from Lilium's collapse and Volocopter's sale to Diamond Wanfeng to the pauses at Textron, Airbus, and Supernal, and uses those…
Oshkosh's biggest news is policy, but the operational questions stay right in view.
The episode treats Oshkosh as a knot of policy, infrastructure, and market friction. Mosaic is presented as signed and settled, with the old weight limit gone and stall speed now doing the work, though a few rules still need to be sorted out.
Three jet launches, with a clear read on what matters beyond the announcement.
Three OEM jet launches come fast, and the discussion does the useful job of turning them into real questions. The G300 gets most of the attention, but the value here is in the details: cabin changes, a new flight deck, the same Honeywell engines, laminar flow, runway…
A trade-show dispatch that turns a Bombardier headline into a broader look at aviation strain.
It opens with the Bombardier order and keeps moving, widening from the mystery buyer to the strain now hanging over aviation. Bond, the new fractional operator tied to Bill Papariella, gives the story its cleanest business hook: a fleet of Globals and Challengers that could…
African aviation, explained from the inside.
Airline headlines, explained from the inside.
Three new jets arrive across two back-to-back days.
This segment introduces Bombardier's 2025 Safety Standdown event, focusing on flight safety with insights from Chris Milligan and Russ Bartlett, and discusses its history and mission.
Chris Reynolds discusses current trends in business aircraft valuations, noting little change in values as the fall edition of the Aircraft Blue Book approaches.
The podcast discusses the MOSAIC rule's impact on modernizing and expanding the light sport aircraft category, including increased seat capacity and new aircraft types like rotorcraft.
This episode of Aviation Week's BCA Podcast analyzes Q2 2025 business aviation data, featuring expert Brian Coe discussing deliveries, utilization, and market trends with host Molly McMillan.
Aviation Week's BCA Podcast examines how Part 135 charter has changed after COVID with Molly McMillan, Glenn Hogben of the Air Charter Association, and Viviana Kozin of George J.
Wind hit Henderson Field hard.
This episode discusses the impact of the Israel-Iran conflict on business aviation security in the Middle East, featuring insights from Marwan Awas of Medair Security on risk management and operational continuity.
The podcast covers highlights from the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, including the FAA's Mosaic rule change for light sport aircraft, challenges in transitioning to unleaded avgas, and unique exhibits like Goodyear airships and innovative drones.
Advanced air mobility had a messy 2025.
Bart Gray describes a Learjet 36A flight from Wichita through both polar regions, with an estimated 58–60 hours of flying and four pilots.