The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
An FAA airworthiness directive issued May 24 immediately grounds all Cessna Citation business jets equipped with Tamarack active winglets until a modification can be incorporated.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Saab is preparing to deliver the first of three new GlobalEye airborne earning warning aircraft to the United Arab Emirates next April, company CEO Hakan Bushke has disclosed.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis will need places to operate from if urban air mobility (UAM) is to take off.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Nine teams have been selected to develop artificial intelligence for high-speed drones and compete in the first racing series for autonomous aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Paul Jackson
1.Buy the airplanes; 2. Order the flight planning aids; 3. Collect an AOC. That was the strategy for the visiting president of HK Bellawings Jet Ltd, Zhang Yijia, at EBACE.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Daher has introduced the latest version of its upgraded six-passenger TBM 940 single-engine turboprop, which succeeds the TBM 930.
Business Aviation

By Paul Jackson
Jet Aviation–a completions and maintenance concern employing more than 1,400 professionals–has news to report across many regions, including Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
Business Aviation

Textron Aviation is nearing completion of its Cessna Denali prototype along with two flight test and three ground test articles.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Leading small drone manufacturer DJI has committed to installing surveillance receivers on new models weighing more than 250 grams by 2020.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has signed a research agreement with Airbus to study hybrid and electric aircraft technology.
Business Aviation

The pre-owned business jet market will be worth $61 billion over the next five years, nearly two thirds the value of new aircraft delivered.
Business Aviation

GlobeAir, the only operator to have demonstrated that an air taxi service with a fleet of small jets can be a viable business in Europe, is now talking to major airlines to offer them a “last mile” service.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Marc Bailey, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association, says it is unlikely that business aviation will play a part in the long-term futures of Stansted and Luton.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois, Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft is preparing to ramp up production of HondaJet Elites by 25%, to five aircraft per month from the current four, by next year.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
British urban air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace has teamed up with engineering consultancy Atkins to develop infrastructure to support future UAM services.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
NASA and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems demonstrated drone flights in downtown Reno, Nevada, on May 21 as part of the final phase of development of an unmanned aircraft system traffic management capability.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a mechanism to collaborate with companies developing tech such as drone deliveries, airspace integration, urban air taxis and AI.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Chinese international express logistics company DHL-Sinotrans has launched a full automated drone delivery service under a strategic partnership with autonomous aircraft developer Ehang.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
BlackBird Partners, an Uber-like service providing flights in private aircraft via a smartphone app, has agreed to buy a fleet of electric-powered light aircraft now under development by Bye Aerospace.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
The idea that a jet's flight controls could be hijacked in flight by hackers continues to capture public imagination. Aircraft manufacturers insist it is impossible. But this does not mean that aircraft are immune from cyber attacks.
Business Aviation

Rumblings about the high cost of attending EBACE surfaced last year with a public letter from Patrick Hansen, CEO of Luxaviation Group, in which he explained why his company would no longer participate.
Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Bombardier’s Global 6000 is by no means an unfamiliar sight at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition. But there was something different about its arrival on May 18.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is expanding its platforms for special mission capabilities as it marks delivery of its first Citation Latitude configured for medevac applications.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has advised organizations of “inherent risks” associated with using unmanned aircraft systems manufactured in China.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation plans to double the size of its European Distribution Center in Dusseldorf, Germany, later this year.
Business Aviation