The Weekly of Business Aviation

Organizers of EBACE, now solely responsible for the Geneva-based show, are working to ensure its success and importance in the industry.

The partnerships aim to revolutionize air travel in India, introducing the air taxi as a faster, cleaner and more efficient mode of transport.

Florida-based Silver Airways has filed for Chapter 11 protection, expecting to emerge from the process by the first quarter of 2025.

EHang, meanwhile, continues to expand on its leading position on China’s emerging low-altitude economy.

Volocopter aims to uphold normal business operations after filing for bankruptcy as it failed to secure additional capital from its existing shareholders.

Turkish drone-maker Baykar has acquired Italy’s beleaguered Piaggio Aerospace, just over six years after the latter entered extraordinary administration.

Mobile Uplift Corp., a consortium of European and North American investors, has agreed to acquire assets of bankrupt electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium.

While Icon is an aircraft for adventure and weekend travel, its new investment group may be interested in aircraft that can carry more people at a longer range.

The new terminal will take advantage of IFC’s freshly-built 84,000-ft.2 hangar complex that can accommodate aircraft as large as a Bombardier Global 8000.

The company notes that it is the only single-engine jet to receive FAA certification.

The new ruling limits electronic access to Work-in-Progress aircraft documents, a change made as part of implementation of its Registry Modernization System.

NZAAS operates from six bases providing service across the North and South Island and in the South Pacific.

Amid geopolitical, economic and climate-related uncertainty, business aviation has an opportunity in 2025 to rediscover its mojo, one aircraft dealer says.

Ed Bolen is president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, a role he has held since 2004.

Activist investor Browning West has taken a 4.3% stake in Canadian training and simulation leader CAE as the latter is searching for a new CEO in 2025.

The investment comes as part of a transaction that will raise up to $180 million for Vertical.

Joby says it has completed initial testing under FAA Type Inspection Authorization (TIA), with agency personnel assessing human factors and flight safety in a type-conforming flight deck using a company simulator.

Safran has sold its North American electromechanical actuation businesses to Woodward as it seeks to address antitrust concerns related to a deal with RTX.

Archer has announced that construction of its high-rate manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia, has been completed.

Manufacturers delivered 67 business jets and 32 business turboprops and piston aircraft in November 2024, according to the Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery Database.

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Piper Aircraft has earned type certification from the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority for its M700 Fury single-engine turboprop, including approval for Flight Into Known Icing.

Textron Aviation’s Cessna SkyCourier turboprop has earned type certification from Transport Canada Civil Aviation, allowing the aircraft to support operations in some of the most remote areas of North America, the company says.

Skyservice Business Aviation has become an authorized Starlink dealer, which extends the availability of Starlink’s in-flight connectivity services to additional aircraft owners and operators, it says.

Eve Air Mobility, an eVTOL manufacturer and FBO provider Signature Aviation have signed a memorandum of understanding to research the ecosystem requirements and ground services that will be needed to support and scale advanced air mobility ground operations in a safe and efficient way, they say.