The Weekly of Business Aviation

Virgin Australia has selected Embraer’s E190-E2 for fleet replacement and growth in its regional and charter subsidiary Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

The upcoming Boeing acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems is highly important, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) says.

The startup also announced a new $175 million equity raise.

SG Investment America has completed the asset purchase of Icon Aircraft, following Icon’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early April 2024.

Joby’s first production prototype was rolled out in late June from its low-rate manufacturing facility in Marina, California.

Archer Aviation has released new details about its planned air taxi network in Los Angeles, one of the startup’s key launch cities, which it says can become operational as soon as 2026.

A Kansas-based aerial application fleet operator is the U.S. launch customer of the Pelican Spray agricultural drone, manufacturer Pyka announced on Aug. 8.

Embraer released its earnings report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, citing the continued strength of its executive jet segment.

Charter business increases as it continues restructuring.

The flight was planned to coincide with Paris' hosting of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The EL-2 Goldfinch is a two-seat technology demonstrator that combines hybrid-electric propulsion with a blown-lift architecture.

UK advertising watchdog ASA has upheld complaints that a radio ad relating to Virgin Atlantic’s much-publicized 100% SAF flight in November 2023 was misleading.

FlyJets CEO Jessica Fisher says the increased volume and aggregation of empty-leg flights can be beneficial to both customers and aircraft operators.

Aevex manufactures loitering munitions and uncrewed surface vessels in Tampa, Florida.

Archer says it is on track to complete construction of its high rate manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia, by year’s end.

Facilitating the Hajj falls to a small number of flight-support companies.

The design builds on experience from the Air One vertiport operational demonstration in Coventry, England, in April 2022.

Ampaire is preparing to conduct flight tests of its Eco Caravan, a modified Cessna Grand Caravan retrofitted with a hybrid-electric powertrain, on 100% SAF.

MagniX is preparing to begin modifying a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 into a hybrid-electric propulsion testbed.

It may prove difficult to square commercial expectations with safety requirements.

The latest Jetson One V2 Mk5 frame features design tweaks to accommodate the final battery design.

A subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, AeroHT raised more than $500 million in Series A funding in October 2021.

Elixir Aircraft signed 80 Letters of Intent for 110 aircraft at EAA AirVenture 2024, the company says.

Tailwind Air has ceased operating its seaplane service connecting Boston and New York, saying it wasn’t profitable.

It's the job of “Top Gun: Maverick” aerial coordinator and lead pilot Kevin LaRosa II to position the Phenom to capture the best possible air-to-air footage.