The Weekly of Business Aviation

JetFuel Direct has launched a new digital platform aimed at connecting airlines, business jet and cargo operators directly with fuel suppliers.

Beta Technologies has raised more than $1 billion by listing in New York with proceeds set to support the electric aircraft startup's expansion.

Bye Aerospace shifted its production strategy while it works on its full-scale prototype two-seat electric trainer ahead of a planned first flight next year.

Japan Airlines is leveraging a new collaboration with Maeve Aerospace to gain early insight into the design of a hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

Honeywell says Jim Currier, CEO of Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, will retain his role as head when Honeywell Aerospace is spun off in 2026.

In February 2026, the EU-backed Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking will seek industry views on the operational deployment of new aircraft technologies.

Gogo said Nov. 2 that it has started flight-testing its new 5G air-to-ground broadband network on a Pilatus PC-24 trials platform.

Chapman Freeborn completed the next step of its expansion in China with the opening of a new office in Zhengzhou.

Joby Aviation announced the start of manufacture of conforming propeller blades for its S4 eVTOL air taxi at its factory in Dayton, Ohio.

China United Aircraft Group on Oct. 30 conducted the first flight of its new T1400 Boying large, uncrewed tandem-rotor helicopter.

Britten-Norman, a British aircraft manufacturer, is offering full lifecycle fleet support as part of its new aircraft brokerage and trade-in service.

Business aviation organizations are assessing the needs of the island and sending supplies after Hurricane Melissa smacked Jamaica with a Category 5 storm.

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department is acquiring an additional two Sikorsky S-70 Firehawk helicopters to bolster its existing fleet of five aircraft.

Duncan Aviation’s new FAA testing center in Battle Creek, Michigan, is filling a regional gap and driving cost savings.

The NTSB issued an urgent safety recommendation Oct. 29.

Alliance Aviation has opened its new hangar and FBO facility at AlUla International Airport, Saudi Arabia’s first purpose-built general aviation hangar.

Aura Aero has officially inaugurated a production site at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Research Park in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Gama Aviation’s Sharjah FBO has confirmed “major” progress in the construction of its new Business Aviation Center at Sharjah International Airport.

Hindustan Aeronautics plans to return to production of commercial aircraft for the first time since 1988, building the all-Russian SJ-100 for Indian customers.

IADA reported a “significant upswing” in market optimism for preowned business aircraft dealers in the third quarter of 2025.

U.S. startup Merlin has reached a milestone in the development of its Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system.

South Korea has launched the second phase of its advanced air mobility demonstration project with urban demonstration flights in the city of Incheon, bordering the Korean capital Seoul.

Textron announced Oct. 28 that Danny Maldonado has been named president and CEO of its Bell business segment, effective Jan. 4, 2026.

Germany’s MD Aircraft has secured Piper Deutschland as a strategic partner and investor in the development and production of the MDA1 eViator.

Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior has become the first export operator of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion twin-engine medium helicopter.