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The British government is expected to reveal a long-awaited roadmap to a future combat aircraft on Monday.

Inmarsat is celebrating the 275th installation of its Jet ConneX business aviation inflight Wi-Fi service on a business jet at EBACE 2018.

EBACE 2018 convention opens in contemplative mood, but the defence of privileges is an ever-recurrent theme.

Charter operator Wijet is to replace its aging Cessna Citation Mustang light jets with slightly larger HondaJets, the first of which is to be delivered this summer.

GoDirect Cabin Connectivity suite of services will offer Viasat’s high-speed Ka-band inflight internet service to large- and midsize cabin business jet customers.

The contract will see ACJ carry out integration work and flight test, with the technology being ready to deploy early next year.

Newly taken under Elbit’s wing, Universal Avionics expands its product line.

Innovation in the business aviation sector takes many forms. Just ask Steve Varsano.

Honda Aircraft’s new upgraded HondaJet Elite business jet, after a transition period of a few months, will replace the current version of the light business jet, Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino said.

It isn’t just charter brokerages that are feeling the effects of app-based disruption. Hullo Aircrew deploys digital technology to assist self-employed pilots and cabin crew find work.

Airbus is replacing the traditional moving flight map with a holographic globe in the company’s new Harmony concept cabin.

Gama Aviation is the latest company to add its voice to the growing chorus of concern that the business-aviation community is flirting with disaster.

Rolls Royce unveiled the first of a family of Pearl engines at EBACE, but Gulfstream Aerospace doesn’t anticipate making an engine change on its G650.

Swiss maintenance and repair specialist RUAG Aviation is entering a new business thanks to its expertise for inspecting aircraft.

Joe Cohen may not have a background in aviation, but he has plenty of directly relevant experience to apply to the company, and the sector.

The marketplace for app-based private-jet charter is becoming increasingly crowded, yet Jonny Nicol, founder of Stratajet, feels he has found a way for his company to stand out. “There is a chasm of difference between us and anybody else,” he argues.

Textron Aviation is building the first flight test articles of its new Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop at its Wichita headquarters.

In the business aviation sector, some of the entities that have been pursuing fresh approaches to the market have been around long enough to feel properly established.

Rheinland Air Service is growing its business aircraft handling and FBO activities at Munich’s alternate executive airport in Oberpfaffenhofen. Now, with the airport under new owners, it plans a dramatic expansion.

Like a number of disruptive companies in the business aviation sector, VistaJet is enjoying fast rates of growth. In the 2017 financial year, the Malta-based global aviation outfit saw its flight revenues grow 22%, while flight hours in the U.S. increased by 39%.

Business aircraft broker Boutsen Aviation is showing an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet at this year’s EBACE, “the largest aircraft to be displayed by the company to date.”

Designing a US$72 million business jet that can fly 7,700 nm and includes a four-zone cabin layout requires special attention to every detail, Bombardier officials note.

Embraer is talking up a host of cabin and cockpit improvements to its Legacy 450 and 500 business jets, and is showing new seats for the aircraft for the first time on a Legacy 450.

Lufthansa Technik has launched a unique sportive variant of its Mercedes-Benz VIP aircraft cabin called ‘Inspired by AMG.’

German completions center Lufthansa Technik has become an approved outfitter for VVIP ACJ350 XWB aircraft following extensive evaluation by Airbus Corporate Jets.