The Month In Business Aviation: October 2020
Pilot Report: Bombardier Global 7500
Walk around the Global 7500 and each time the sheer size and girth of this capacious Canadian cruiser always impresses. This flying Feadship is all about air supremacy, being the largest, heaviest and roomiest purpose-built business jet yet to enter production.
The Most Popular COVID-Period Business Aircraft
Data from market intelligence specialist WingX breaks down 1.3 million bizav departures—type-by-type, region-by-region in the March-August period—to show which aircraft were working hardest during the pandemic. Business-jet traffic totals fell 36% in both the U.S. and Europe from the 2019 period, while turboprop activity was down 34% in the U.S. and 23% in Europe.
2020: An Electrifying Year
Projects to demonstrate the viability of electric propulsion have gathered momentum over the last several months.
Airbus Unveils ACJ TwoTwenty
Airbus on Oct. 6 unveiled the latest in its family of corporate business jets, the A220-based ACJ TwoTwenty, with orders for six aircraft.
Supersonic Trail Blazers: Trying To Break The Acceptance Barrier
They never happened or were only technology testers, but somebody has to lay the foundations and take the hard knocks that come before success.
Military Sales Bolster Bizjet Demand
Only two years have passed since the U.S. Air Force canceled the $3.2 billion Joint Stars recapitalization programs, under which 17 business jets would have been acquired with a new generation of synthetic aperture radars.
Private Flying Takes Lead In Business Aviation’s Recovery
COVID-19 has caused a divide in business aviation. This is not like the bifurcation of the market after the 2008 economic crisis, when wealth destruction and over-production caused light-jet demand to collapse while sales of large-cabin jets continued largely unscathed.
The Top 10 Highest Spending Celebrities, Leaders On Private Travel
Stratos Jets has compiled a list of celebrities and heads of state who spend the most on private jet travel per year, either on government-provided aircraft, their own jets or through private chartered flights.
Jet It Orders 10 HondaJet Elites As Business Grows
Jet It, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based fractional ownership company, has placed an order for 10 HondaJet Elite aircraft with delivery over the next year.
Adjusting Approach Speed: When Vref Isn’t Enough
In “Enterprise,” one of the most underrated of the "Star Trek" television spinoffs, future Capt. Jonathan Archer repeatedly crashes his model airplane because a turn of the winds found his craft without the necessary lift. His father reassures him, saying, “You can’t be afraid of the wind, learn to trust it.”
From Airbus unveiling the ACJ TwoTwenty and military sales bolstering bizjet demand to the most popular COVID-period business aircraft. Take a look at our roundup of the biggest stories in October.