The Weekly of Business Aviation

The UK Royal Household has placed an order for two new helicopters from Italy’s Leonardo to replace the pair of Sikorsky S-76C++ it has in service.

French advanced air mobility startup Aura Aero plans to open its first U.S. facility at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and build a 500,000-ft.2 factory.

Transport Canada issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring detailed visual inspections of Airbus A220-100/300 main landing gear.

Signature Aviation has signed an agreement to purchase Dulles Jet Center, a corporate hangar facility at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

MD Helicopters (MDH) has made new appointments at the top of its management chain following the promotion of Ryan Weeks to president.

Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground runs of its Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator ahead of its first flight, planned before year-end,

The Latin American market is expected to see demand for more than 850 business jets and turboprops over the 10 years spanning 2024 to 2033.

The FAA has authorized startups Wing and Zipline to conduct beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone deliveries in shared airspace over Dallas-Fort Worth.

HondaJet operator Volato Group has launched a fractional ownership program with Gulfstream G280 twin-engine midsize jets.

Samaritan Aviation has tailored its Cessna U206G amphibian for the challenging environment of Papua New Guinea.

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 saw record attendance of about 686,000, organizers say.

Leonardo is cutting work at its site making 787 fuselages for Boeing to a single shift as a short-term measure to address the slow pace of aircraft deliveries.

Aircraft dealers closed 366 business aircraft deals in the second quarter of 2024, up 20% from the same period a year ago.

Bombardier’s CEO says it would be open to buying back the plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, it sold to Spirit AeroSystems in 2020.

The developers of UL100E, a leading high-octane unleaded avgas candidate, delivered an update on its status at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

CAeS says it is close to securing funding to support flight-testing of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.

VoltAero and Kawasaki Motors have revealed new details about plans to power later versions of the Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled version of its newly developed supercharged aero piston engine family.

Australian-Spanish startup Dovetail is to provide prototype modules for initial functional and integration testing.

Electric seaglider startup Regent Craft announced the opening of a new government affairs office in Washington, D.C.

The imminent departure of CAE CFO Sonya Branco follows other recent sub-CEO management changes at the Montreal company, including the appointment of a new COO.

Bombardier swung to a profit of $19 million in the second quarter (Q2) thanks to rising business jet deliveries and aftermarket revenue.

Brunswick, Maine-based amphibious aircraft manufacturer Mallard announced several sales of its seaplane to Indian customers at Farnborough Airshow.

Organizers expect crowds of more than 670,000 throughout the seven days of the show, which runs July 22-28, equivalent to the record numbers of 2023.

FAA and NATCA have agreed on new duty time provisions aimed at addressing air traffic controllers' fatigue-related concerns raised in an agency-sponsored report.

The General Dynamics company logged a strong quarter but G700 deliveries still working through kinks.