The Weekly of Business Aviation

Barriers to opportunities within the sector are still too high, with significant negative consequences for aviation companies.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's new ATC infrastructure upgrade depends on immediate funding from Congress to complete within its three-year timeline.

In addition to provisions affecting aerospace, the deal also grants relief to UK sectors that had been facing steeper rates—aluminum, steel, and cars.

A series of aviation accidents have focused Washington policymakers and industry leaders on solutions to the challenges confronting the U.S. aviation system.

NASEM's report lays out a set of research priorities for NASA to help achieve its goal of reducing aviation-induced cloudiness and persistent contrails.

Starting with aircraft now being delivered, Cirrus is adding Garmin’s Safe Return Emergency Autoland to all new SR Series G7+ aircraft as standard equipment.

Leonardo has established a new aeronautics division, consolidating the company’s fixed-wing crewed aircraft, aerostructures and UAS work under one roof.

After five days, five continents, two weather delays, 13 stops and 57.6 hr. of flying time, the crew of The Polar Mission successfully circumnavigated the globe.

Embraer’s executive aviation division reached a record high backlog of $7.6 billion in Q1 of 2025, according to the company’s quarterly earnings report.

Russian aeronautical research institute TsAGI has flight tested a windowless cockpit demonstrator.

Stefan Murphy’s story came full circle when Unifi UK struck a deal with London Oxford to provide all its ramp handling, refueling and security services.

While the global business aviation fleet is steadily increasing, average utilization of individual aircraft is flatlining despite a rise in fractional operators.

Air traffic controllers responsible for Newark Airport did not walk off the job, their union has clarified.

The DOT is one of only four cabinet-level agencies that would see a top-line funding increase in the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget.

This month, Centennial Airport marks its second year as Colorado’s first and currently only public airport to supply unleaded avgas.

Bombardier officials say they will consider buying the work Spirit AeroSystems’ performs related to the production of Bombardier business jets.

Inflight connectivity provider Gogo and mission system integrator MAG Aerospace have confirmed the performance of an electronically steered antenna.

A rapidly changing U.S. policy environment has shaken confidence in an otherwise stable pre-owned business aircraft sales market.

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the finalization of its newly expanded aircraft completions operations at St. Louis Downtown Airport.

Bombardier officials say they have “greater and greater confidence about our ability to certify and deliver the Global 8000 this year,” its top official told analysts.

Gulfstream Aerospace has announced a new Field and Airport Support Teams (FAST) site at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y.

Although he is the son of a pilot, Kyle Patel, 33, says that aviation was the last industry he thought he’d work in.

For 2–3 weeks in March, Bombardier saw a pause in sales activity as potential customers “were paralyzed” with the uncertainty with tariffs and with the global economy,

Wheels Up recorded first quarter 2025 revenue of $177.5 million–down 10% compared to the year-ago period.

The Polar Mission, a mission to circumnavigate the globe from south to north over both poles, launched successfully April 30 from Wichita carrying four crewmembers in a Learjet 36A-022.