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Business Aviation & Advanced Air Mobility Report, May 20, 2026

VOL. 111 NO. 21 May 20, 2026

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Sugar Land Regional Airport in Texas anticipates a spike in traffic during the seven FIFA World Cup matches that will be held in Houston.

Bizjets Brace For FIFA World Cup Surge Across 16 U.S. Host Cities

May 18, 2026

Business and general aviation airports, FBOs and charter and fractional aviation providers are preparing for a surge in demand from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Business jet flying above clouds in the sunset

Viewpoint: A Call to Action For SAF Users In Business Aviation

May 18, 2026

Comment by May 31 to provide feedback on how SAF is "counted."

Otto Advances Toward First Flight Of Fuel-Efficient Phantom 3500 Jet

May 14, 2026

Otto Aerospace has moved into detail design of the Phantom 3500 business aircraft, advancing its plans to exploit drag-reducing laminar flow technology.

: Beta is building conforming CX300 aircraft for company and FAA certification testing. Credit: Beta Technologies

Beta Advances Conforming Builds As Motor Certification Work Continues

May 13, 2026

Beta Technologies is advancing conforming aircraft and propulsion systems for certification testing.

Students and instructors participating in Bombardier’s FastTrack course pose at the manufacturer’s service center at Bradley International Airport.

Bombardier Debuts A&P Cert Training Pathway

May 13, 2026

Bombardier has launched an accelerated training program here designed to help aircraft maintenance technicians obtain FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification.

Newark Liberty Airport air traffic control tower

Daily Memo: New Tools, New Math Mean Fewer FAA Controllers

May 18, 2026

The FAA’s latest air traffic controller workforce plan says the agency needs fewer controllers than it thought.

Art credit: Joby Aviation Caption: Joby plans to return to New York for flights under the FAA's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program.

Joby Outlines Hopes For Commercial Air Taxi Progress Under FAA’s eIPP

May 14, 2026

Complex operations enabled by regulatory waivers and deviations under an FAA pilot program are expected to shorten the time from type certification to operational readiness for commercial electric taxi operations.

ENGRT project Caption: Low-speed wind tunnel testing of the ATA concept was conducted under a European Defense Fund project

Tests Confirm Performance Benefits Of Leonardo’s Advanced Tiltrotor

May 07, 2026

Wind tunnel tests of an advanced tiltrotor concept developed by Leonardo have confirmed double-digit gains in aerodynamic efficiency.

hangar space that Million Air, Freeman Holdings Group is expanding

Million Air To Expand Hangar Space In Three Locations

May 19, 2026

Fixed-base operator Million Air is expanding hangar space at three key locations, the company said.

Solar Impulse 2 Lost In Skydweller Heavy UAS Crash

May 08, 2026

Solar Impulse 2, the one-of-a-kind aircraft that flew around the world on solar power in 2015-16, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on May 4.

NASA picks up X-59 flight test tempo Guy Norris Colorado Springs. NASA is continuing to speed up the rate of X-59 flight tests as the Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator program builds up to its first Mach 1 faster-than-sound milestone flight. The needle nose Lockheed Martin Skunk Works-built aircraft has so far accumulated around 19.6 flight hours on 16 flights, eight of which were completed in April. Based out of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards AFB, California, the highest tempo wa

Joby Hopes N.Y. eVTOL Demos Will Help Smooth Air Taxi Regulations

May 14, 2026

After completing demonstration flights with its electric air taxi first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in New York, Joby Aviation is taking the lessons learned into its planning for operations set to begin this year under an FAA pilot program.