The Weekly of Business Aviation

On the verge of bankruptcy more than a year ago, Wheels Up, a provider of on-demand private flights, is now in a “very different place," CEO George Mattson tells the Aviation Week Network. “It was a whole team effort.”

Developed with communications specialist Outerlink Global Solutions, the sensor monitors the difference in real time between air temperature and dew point.

Inflight connectivity provider Gogo says it has received FAA authorization to begin manufacturing its Galileo HDX electronically steered antenna (ESA) for business aircraft.

Rotortrade, the helicopter distributor business owned by Saudi Arabia’s The Helicopter Company (THC) is entering the rotorcraft leasing business.

Enstrom has been unable to access its home market since the FAA in April 2020 mandated crash-resistant fuel systems for all aircraft built and sold in the U.S.

Even basic questions are not as clear-cut as they may at first appear—such as determining the aircraft's country of origin amid a naturally global supply chain.

Airbus has secured firm orders for 35 of its new H140 twin-engine light helicopter following the aircraft’s debut at the Verticon rotorcraft industry gathering.

Air-to-ground (A2G) in-flight connectivity specialist SkyFive is aiming to roll out a belt of interoperable A2G networks spanning from Europe to China.

Robinson Helicopter CEO and President David Smith says 295 rotorcraft were delivered last year.

The company is targeting a renewed annual output of up to 12 of the twin-engine heavy helicopters.

The board’s recommendations, made public March 11, call on the FAA to prohibit helicopter operations east of Reagan National (DCA) when Runway 15/33 is in use.

The first Z1 hybrid airship is to be delivered to Straightline in 2028 for initial cargo and humanitarian deployments to Brazil, Alaska and northern Canada.

The company says it has completed the thrust-borne portion of its flight test campaign.

West Star Aviation broke ground at its Grand Junction, Colo., MRO facility, where it will add 109,000 ft.² in space.

An additional limited production “R66 Riviera” will also be offered with advanced Garmin avionics and a three-axis autopilot.

The company saw an order intake of 26 Falcon aircraft in 2024 compared to 23 units in the prior year.

The cause of the January 2023 runway incursion between a United Airlines Boeing 777 and a Kamaka Air Cessna 208 at Honolulu's Daniel K Inouye International Airport (HNL) was not surprising.

Dubbed HeliStorm, the lightweight, high-speed electric engine family will cover the 6,000-7,000 rpm range.

London-based Macquarie Rotorcraft Ltd is to be taken over by the joint venture of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing (SMFL) and LCI Helicopters (LCI).

Japan has completed the construction of its first large-scale sustainable aviation fuel facility, which is set to produce 79 million gal. by 2030.

The upgraded Main Gearbox’s (MGB) major innovation is a new, redundant auxiliary lubrication system that serves as a backstop.

Weighing 115 lb. with a 10.3-ft. wingspan, the all-composite RBW is a flying wing aircraft in a tailsitter configuration that flies autonomously.

Robinson Helicopter Company has announced the launch of the R88, its much-anticipated new large rotorcraft and the company’s first major product-line refresh since the R66 turbine was revealed in 2007.

Austrian general aviation aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft is set to take over insolvent electric aircraft maker Volocopter, according to industry sources.

The cockpit voice recorder did not record the moments before a Learjet 55 medical jet crashed earlier this year in a Philadelphia neighborhood, the NTSB said.