The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has delivered the first CE-408 Cessna SkyCourier twin-engine utility turboprop with a Combi interior conversion option.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
Bombardier workers have ended an 18-day strike after ratifying a new three-year collective agreement.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
Pyka and Brazil’s SLC Agricola have signed a commercial agreement for the delivery of Pyka’s Pelican Spray autonomous aerial application aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The UK regulator also struck an agreement with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to closely cooperate on type certification.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Located on a barge in the River Seine near the Paris-Austerlitz train station, the floating platform is to be used for takeoffs and landings.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The company’s in-house-developed engine has still yet to be fired up and fully tested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Leonardo Helicopters has tested the performance of Daedalean’s visual awareness system in flights using two helicopters.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Japanese nonprofit MASC has launched a project to commercialize advanced air mobility (AAM) in Japan’s Setouchi region.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Developed by the Klimov division of UEC, the hybrid powerplant is based on the VK-650K.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
During the second quarter of 2024, Gulfstream Aerospace delivered 11 of its recently certified G700 ultra long-range business jet.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
The European Flight Academy, which trains future Lufthansa Group pilots, announced that it has expanded its fleet of Diamond DA42 twin piston training aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
China’s AVIC AG600 Kunlong seaplane has entered initial production, ahead of its type certification planned for the end of 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace has dropped plans to perform flight demonstrations at the Farnborough Airshow, citing a need to prioritize its flight test program.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
Deutsche Aircraft is delaying entry into service of its planned 40-seat turboprop D328eco by one year, to the fourth quarter of 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus' new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter has begun route-proving trials in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of its offshore energy transportation debut.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Spirit plans to divest of its Belfast operations as it works to carve up its worldwide operations amid a $8.3 billion transaction with Boeing and Airbus.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has opened a new logistics hub in Spain that will support rotorcraft production at its sites across Europe.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Angus Batey
A growing industry through the 2010s, China’s business aviation sector was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen has an unusual characteristic that could be a key to its cost-effective deployment as a zero-emission fuel for aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Heather Gordon moved to the Isle of Man in 2007 and in 2013 joined aircraft import, ownership and tax specialists Martyn Fiddler Aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Piasecki Aircraft has inducted the first four CH-46 helicopters to be upgraded under a joint program with commercial operator Columbia Helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
According to Fokker Services Group (FSG), the facility is used for component maintenance for major airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer spinoff Eve Air Mobility has secured a further $94 million in equity financing from multiple investors.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
British aviation engineering firm 2Excel Aviation has stood up an Irish business to support a new search-and-rescue contract.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Equinor’s investigation is independent of one currently underway by the state’s safety body, the Norwegian Safety Investigation Agency.
Budget, Policy & Operations