The Weekly of Business Aviation

Castle Aviation is celebrating its 40th year in aviation services with the opening of its newly built public fixed-base operation at Akron Canton Airport.

NATA executives are awaiting justification from the FAA on its planned rulemaking to tighten requirements for Part 135 carriers flying public charter flights.

As Airshow China opens in Zhuhai, Aerofugia has unveiled the production configuration of its AE200 electric air taxi.

Under the Seoul Urban Air Mobility dFuture Vision, the city plans to begin by building vertiports at four locations by 2030.

Texas-based Lift will license its branded fixed-location recreational eVTOL facilities to Japanese trading giant Marubeni.

A California flight school has started fueling its Cessna 172 fleet with Swift Fuels’ 100R aviation gasoline.

The startup is developing a detect and avoid system that uses an air-to-air radar, among other tools, to avoid collisions with other aircraft.

The BlackBird demonstrator is planned to fly in early 2025.

Switzerland’s Smartflyer rolled out is SFX1 prototype electric aircraft at Grenchen Airport on Nov. 6.

Chinese electric air taxi startups Vertaxi and Volant Aerotech have announced a slew of preorders.

The aircraft will use a hybrid-electric range extender that XPeng has introduced for its electric vehicles.

Gulfstream Aerospace has completed ground emissions testing of 100% neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with zero sulfur on its new Gulfstream G700.

Menzies Aviation, through its partnership with Wipro, is planning to expand the Menzies Aviation Cargo Handling cargo management system to 28 locations in 2025.

The first conforming subassembly, an S4 tail, has been completed and is now undergoing conformity inspection by the FAA.

A prototype, registered D-HECA, flew for the first time on Nov. 6, Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even revealed on social media.

After seven quarters of revenue contraction, Wheels Up’s business has stabilized and is positioned for a profitable 2025, company officials said as they reported third-quarter (Q3) 2024 financials.

Bombardier’s strong third-quarter (Q3) results were boosted by services revenue, as well as sustained profitability and aircraft deliveries.

The orders were announced during the European Rotors helicopter exposition in Amsterdam Nov. 5.

Archer has agreed to a conditional, deposit-backed deal to sell up to 100 Midnight air taxis to Soracle.

Britten-Norman is now hoping to produce its first UK-manufactured Islander in November 2025, marking a slip from the original timeline of May 2024.

Total investment in the five projects amounts is C$101 million ($72.5 million).

Volocopter retained the top slot in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index.

The British Business and General Aviation Association is seeking a meeting with the UK aviation minister about a planned 50% hike in the air passenger duty.

Five people were killed and one person was injured seriously after a HondaJet HA-420 light business jet crashed during an aborted takeoff Nov. 5.

The fuselage work will be conducted in-house at a facility located at Beech Field on Textron Aviation’s East Campus.