The Weekly of Business Aviation

Duncan Aviation seeks a launch customer for an STC project to replace obsolescent flight data recorders on Hawker-series business jets.

Regional airlines are pledging to maintain scheduled service to rural communities even as the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) prepares to suspend payments.

Bombardier is expanding its U.S. service center network with a new 64,500 ft.2 facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

A new forecast from Aviation Week sees the global in-service business aviation fleet growing by more than 13% over the next decade.

The union representing U.S. air traffic controllers is pleading for an end to the government shutdown, as its members face the prospect of working without pay.

Sonaca's takeover of Aciturri has created a third large European aerostructures firm in an industry that has been blamed for contributing to delays in commercial aircraft production.

Geopolitical tensions are intensifying the frequency of the losses of reliable GPS signal.

FAA issued the first STC for installation of the Gogo Galileo FDX satellite communications terminal to Aloft AeroArchitects for Boeing 737-based business jets.

Daher has started a sales effort in Central and South America, especially Brazil, for its Kodiak utility turboprop single.

SyberJet CEO Trevor Milton is basing his just-announced $14 million SyberJet SJ36 nine-seat light jet on the former SJ30-2.

Embraer delivered a total of 62 aircraft during the third quarter of 2025.

MightyFly has signed a five-year, $50 million contract for same-day delivery of medical test kits using its hybrid eVTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft.

Cirrus has delivered four of seven SR20 G7+ airplanes with Garmin Autoland to Texas Southern University (TSU).

The U.S. government funding lapse has left the FAA operating with 75% of its staff, a U.S. Transportation Department summary of the agency’s plan shows.

Kennedy Ricci is president of 4Air, a provider of sustainability programs for business aviation operators, based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Oxford-based OXCCU has raised $28 million in Series B financing to scale up its one-step process to convert waste carbon into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The government of Peru has expanded its emergency response fleet with the addition of a second Beechcraft King Air 360C air ambulance.

Yingling Aviation has launched an airframe and powerplant (A&P) mechanic apprenticeship program to address a growing industry demand for skilled technicians.

Airbus Helicopters has named the town of Vemagal in India as the location for a new final assembly line for the H125 single-engine light helicopter.

SyberJet Aircraft, based in Phoenix, has unveiled a new SJ36 single-pilot, nine-set light jet with FAA certification and first deliveries expected in 2032.

Luminair, a German charter operator, accepted delivery of a new Dassault Falcon 900LX to its fleet.

MetroJet, a business aviation provider based in Hong Kong, received Air Operator Certificate approval by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands.

Fractional operator Flexjet has placed a firm order with start-up Otto Aerospace for 300 of the business jet developer’s Phantom 3500 super-midsize aircraft.

Airline bodies around the world have sounded an alarm about the extremely limited supply of CORSIA-eligible carbon credits.

Pilatus Aircraft marked the delivery of its first PC-12 Pro single-engine turboprop, with delivery to launch customer Dion Weisler.