The Weekly of Business Aviation

JetHouse, a Malta-based charter company, announced the launch of its Falcon 7X charter operations.

Aero will continue its semi-private scheduled service to Coachella Valley’s Stagecoach country music festival.

Daher signed a repeat order for the TBM 960 aircraft with two German entrepreneurs during the AERO Friedrichshafen trade show in April.

Continental Aerospace Technologies introduced the CD-170R—its newest Jet-A piston engine variant.

Elliott Aviation, a provider of aviation services, has become an authorized dealer of Starlink’s satellite internet technology.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

The FAA, Lycoming, Swift Fuels and UND are collaborating to isolate the cause of the engine wear issue.

Archer had previously announced its plans to locate an international headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

Joby Aviation has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi to lay the groundwork for an air taxi ecosystem in the emirate.

In the first quarter, the Canadian aerospace company delivered 20 business jets, down from 22 a year ago, and posted $1.3 billion in revenue.

Airbus’ Rapid And Cost-Effective Rotorcraft (RACER) compound helicopter has made its first flight.

Textron Aviation delivered 36 Citation business jets and 20 commercial turboprops during the first quarter (Q1) 2024.

The rebranding includes a new logo, the Bombardier Mach, which artistically depicts the silhouette of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier.

An update of the status of unleaded aviation fuel candidates.

The demonstration was conducted over five weeks from March 11 to April 12 under the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) Grand Challenge.

Gulfstream Aerospace delivered 24 business jets during the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, including 21 large-cabin and three mid-size cabin aircraft.

ZeroAvia opened a manufacturing plant on April 24 in Everett, Washington, where it plans to produce fuel cells and electric aircraft components.

The delivery announcement by the company comes less than a month after the aircraft achieved FAA type certification.

“We may have to consider filing for insolvency in the foreseeable future,” Volocopter CEO Dirk Hoke told Aviation Week.

The pre-owned business aircraft market saw an increase in Q1 2024 sales with 253 resale transactions, up from 239 in the same period a year ago.

Merlin and MIT Lincoln Laboratory are integrating the next-generation collision-avoidance system for uncrewed aircraft into the Merlin Pilot flight system.

Robinson Helicopter has made the first corporate acquisition in its 50-year history by purchasing an uncrewed air system (UAS) developer.

Beta Technologies has conducted the first piloted full transition flight of its Alia 250 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype.

Embraer reported its highest backlog volume in seven years and a 67% increase in aircraft deliveries in the first quarter (Q1) 2024 year-over-year.

The RX series is being developed by the Liaoning General Aviation Academy (LGAA) based in Shenyang, China.