The Weekly of Business Aviation

China’s eVTOL developers have moved rapidly up the ranking of the emerging global advanced air mobility industry, displaying a pace of advance unmatched by even the West’s most aggressive startups.

Icon Aircraft Co-Founder and former U.S. Air Force Pilot Kirk Hawkins, 58, died following a wingsuit accident in Switzerland.

DAT plans to launch services from a northwest German city left without scheduled services after Lufthansa pulled out in 2024.

According to the latest Jefferies report, The Jet Set, inventories for preowned business jets in August have risen 6% year-over-year.

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.

Aerobility, a UK-based aviation charity, and Flynqy Pilot Training have partnered to provide accessible flight training at Cornwall Airport Newquay.

Plane Place Aviation, a certified repair station based in Texas, is now a Mexico AFAC (Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil) certified repair station.

Electra, Surf Air Mobility and Virginia Tech announced the completion of its first series of public demonstrations for its hybrid-electric Ultra Short aircraft.

The FAA has awarded Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval to Gogo for the installation of its Galileo HDX antenna on Gulfstream G200 aircraft.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Abu Dhabi-based VVIP business jet operator RoyalJet is undergoing a significant leadership shake-up following the sudden departure of CEO Shafiul Syed.

Bombardier has relocated a component manufacturing site from the Los Angeles area to a larger 46,000 ft.2 manufacturing facility in Moorpark, California.

Wheels Up has sold three of its “non-core” companies—Kenyon Emergency Services, Baines Simmons and Redline Assured Security—to TrustFlight.

The charter industry is a vibrant industry but faces a number of challenges.

Gama Aviation’s Sharjah FBO has become the first facility in the Middle East to achieve Stage 3 accreditation under the IS-BAH.

AXIS Aviation is seeing a strong demand for aircraft charter and is not seeing a drop due to the uncertain political climate in various parts of the world.

KAI has revealed a standoff jammer aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6500 business jet, developed in partnership with Hanwha Systems.

Austrian aerospace supplier FACC is reporting strong results for the first half year of 2025 and targets for the first time in its history €1 billion in revenue

This year, The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) will honor six inductees during its 61st annual enshrinement ceremony in September in Wichita.

The General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia has granted business jet operator VistaJet the approval to conduct domestic flights within the Kingdom.

FlightSafety International is set to break ground on a new 100,000 ft.² learning center in Mesa, Arizona.

The state of Oregon has signed an agreement with Yamaha Motor Co. USA to study the use of Yamaha’s Fazer SAR uncrewed helicopter to fight wildfires.

Vertical Aviation International has named 35-year aviation veteran Francois Lassale, a VAI board member, as president and CEO of the organization.