The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Members of the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) closed 1,559 pre-owned business aircraft transactions during 2024, up 10% from a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation received its first international sale of seven Beechcraft King Air 260 military multi-engine training aircraft from SkyAlyne and KF Aerospace.
Maintenance & Training

By Tony Osborne
Even said a strategic review of the program concluded that battery technology had not yet evolved to meet the minimum level of performance.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The company is providing no time frame for this planned expansion of its reach.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
Four international bodies representing pilots and air traffic controllers have called for urgent action to address “ongoing” jamming and spoofing of GNSS.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Preliminary contracts have been signed for the transfer of assets of Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace to Turkey’s Baykar, ahead of the deal closing this spring.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As the Trump administration considers more economic sanctions against Russia, the aerospace industry is advised to brace for difficulties in titanium supply.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Angus Batey
Julie Black has been working in aviation for 30 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The flight of Ampaire’s “Hawaii Bird” testbed, one of its two modified Skymasters, into Long Beach Airport came after tough-won regulatory approvals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The deal will net the UK startup $84 million after deducting fees related to the transaction.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jeremy Kariuki
Marshall University is set to establish a new satellite flight school at Greenbrier Valley Airport (LWB) in West Virginia.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Premier Private Jets has acquired Aviation Sales, a fixed-base operation (FBO) at Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Used business jet inventory in January rose 7% compared to a year ago to 1,158 aircraft, according to research by Jefferies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Italian company revealed the discussions after Baykar announced it had hosted a delegation from Leonardo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
By the end of 2024, pre-owned Gulfstream aircraft sales performed “stronger than we anticipated,” according to Hagerty Jet Group.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Business jet flight volumes in Saudi Arabia rose 24% in 2024, Saudi’s General Authority of Civil Aviation announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
FTEJerez in Jerez, Spain, has signed a fleet agreement with Piper Aircraft Co. for 20 new Piper Archer DX aircraft to enhance its training fleet.
Maintenance & Training

By Michael Bruno
GE’s Flight Deck lean-out program remains the heart of the aerospace and defense engine giant’s improvement effort.
Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
As evidence-based training (EBT) is becoming the norm, pilot unions see major benefits in the new approach.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation deliveries and revenue in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024 were impacted by a month-long Machinists strike and related production disruptions.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Jeremy Kariuki
EASA published an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) for Pipistrel’s Virus SW 121 aircraft, superseding a previous AD made for the aircraft in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Data from payloads fitted to the aircraft, including electro-optical cameras and radar imagery, will be sent from the UAS to a Geo-Information Center.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Instances of jamming and spoofing of airliner navigation systems are becoming increasingly common in the Nordic and Baltic areas.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
A Swedish engineering specialist is in the final stages of achieving certification for a freighter version of the Saab 2000 regional turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
This is the final part of a four-part series in which aviation leaders from a variety of business aviation sectors share their predictions for the coming year.
Aircraft & Propulsion