The Weekly of Business Aviation

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

November's Program Profile features Bombardier's Global 7500 and Global 8000, twin-engine business jets.

The company appointed Ryan Carrithers, whose career includes spaceflight company Astra, among others, as its new chief financial officer.

The Tokyo metropolitan government has laid out a plan to introduce commercial urban air taxi service by 2030, with Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation and SkyDrive participating in a pilot project.

Regent Craft said it will soon resume sea trials with its Viceroy electric seaglider following an accident in in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.

With a continued robust market, Bombardier may increase production as early as 2027, as long as its supply chain can keep up.

The FAA and U.S. DOT list of 40 airports to be affected as of Nov. 7 by schedule cuts include essentially all of America's largest and busiest airports.

Fetch Air, a new charter company based in Southern California, is on track to fly its first flight on Dec. 1.

Bombardier’s Global 8000 four-zone, ultra-long-range business jet received Transport Canada type certification on Nov. 5.

Embraer may launch a new, larger business jet to expand on the market segments it already competes in.

Wheels Up is streamlining sales and operations and achieving initial efficiencies from fleet simplification and better aligning its overhead cost structure.

The Cirrus Vision has emerged as the leading aircraft group by deliveries in the 2026 Aviation Week Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast that looks ahead over the next decade.

Safran Helicopter Engines expects to deliver more than 800 turboshaft engines in 2025, though this falls almost 200 short of the target it outlined last year.

Joby Aviation has powered on the first aircraft for use in its Type Inspection Authorization flight test campaign.

Eve Air Mobility, backed by Embraer, signed a framework agreement Nov. 3 with Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT).

Embraer’s executive aviation division set a new record for third-quarter revenue.

Closures of U.S. airspace could be ahead as the U.S. government shutdown drags on, warns U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

A better picture of how Western aerospace and defense manufacturers are adapting to the accelerating retrenchment in globalization is emerging.

Vertical Aerospace, a UK air taxi startup, is set to commence transition flight testing this week.

Bombardier announced that its Global 8000 four-zone business jet has exceeded original estimates for cabin altitude.

Signature Aviation has signed an agreement to acquire Fort Lauderdale Executive Jet Center.

OSM Aviation Academy has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Tecnam Aircraft to purchase 25 IFR-certified Tecnam P-Mentor aircraft.