The Weekly of Business Aviation

Insurance is vital for any business to obtain, but convincing an insurer to take a risk on an unprecedented product may be trickier than inventing new tech.

Airshare, a Kansas-City area-based fractional and aircraft management provider, has closed on its purchase of Wheels Up’s aircraft management business.

A German startup is aiming to prove that low-cost regional airlines can be disruptors.

Charter operators have formed the US Private Aviation Association (USPAA), an organization devoted to the Part 135 private air charter industry.

Richard McSpadden was senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute.

Reports suggest recent occurrences are more significant than routine jamming; EASA and FAA have issued special alerts to operators and other authorities.

A startup based at London Oxford Airport is promising to create sustainable aviation fuel by combining carbon dioxide taken from the air with green hydrogen.

The rules, regulations and parameters within which vertiports will operate are all works in progress.

Canadian air taxi startup Horizon Air recently announced a design change from five to seven seats for its hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

German aerospace center DLR has taken delivery of a Dornier 328-100 modified by Deutsche Aircraft to be a flying testbed for sustainable aviation technologies.

An autonomous electric cargo transport ground vehicle is to be tested at the UK’s East Midlands Airport.

A Diamond DA42 training aircraft has flown for the first time on SAF at the European Flight Academy, part of Lufthansa Aviation Training.

JSX is adding direct flights from Dallas Love Field and Houston William P. Hobby Airport to Odessa Airport-Schlemeyer Field starting Jan. 15.

Flight tracking is a popular hobby among many aviation enthusiasts, but is a concern for pilots, owners, operators and passengers across the U.S.

Jaunt Air Mobility has confirmed plans to sell its quarter-scale air taxi technology demonstrator as a standalone product.

Fractional jet provider Flexjet has launched a 12-state, 15-stop tour of its Embraer Praetor 600 super midsize jet as it enters Flexjet’s North American fleet.

A consortium of companies led by Swedish drone and vertiport startup Kookiejar plans to demo drone delivery of goods from Monaco to a superyacht.

Senate Republicans are continuing to evaluate Michael Whitaker, President Biden’s nominee for administrator of the FAA.

Cirrus Aircraft has opened a new Innovation Center at its Duluth, Minnesota, headquarters, for the design, development and testing of new products.

An updated forecast from Oliver Wyman narrows its 10-year U.S. pilot shortage projections.

Deliveries are to begin in the first half of 2024.

The 17,000 ft.² warehouse, to be operational by January 2024, will bring Yingling’s total space to more than 320,000 ft.²

VoltAero's Cassio 330 features a 330 kW electric-parallel hybrid propulsion system built around a Kawasaki piston engine, with an electric motor from Safran.

Joby Aviation has signed a collaboration agreement with South Korea’s SK Telecom to provide an aircraft for in-country flight testing in 2024 under the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) Grand Challenge.

French startup VoltAero has flown its Cassio S hybrid-electric propulsion testbed on 100% sustainable fuel.