The Weekly of Business Aviation

Safety investigators have not determined who was piloting the Cessna 550 Citation II that crashed Dec. 18 while attempting to land at KSVH in North Carolina.

Eve Air Mobility conducted the long-awaited first flight of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing engineering prototype on Dec. 19.

Lufthansa plans to upgrade 134 Airbus A320 family aircraft with the FANS-C digital communications system to improve operations and lower CO2 emissions.

A Cessna Citation II carrying seven people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, 55, and his family, crashed and caught fire Dec. 18.

The business aviation industry delivered 90 aircraft in November 2025, including 64 business jets, 22 business turboprop and piston aircraft, one commercial airliner and one commercial turboprop, according to Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery Database. That compares to 102 in the same period a year ago.

London Biggin Hill Airport has completed work on what it calls a milestone runway resurfacing project.

Sentient Jet, a jet-card and private flight provider, is adding the ability for clients to pay for services with cryptocurrency through Bitpay, a blockchain payment processor.

The Irish Air Force has taken delivery of a Dassault Falcon 6X business jet where it will be put in service for a VIP role, according to Aviation Week Network data.

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has placed an order for 15 Cessna piston-powered aircraft from Textron Aviation, including seven Skyhawk 172 and eight Sklyane 182 models.

The global fleet of Diamond Aircraft powered by Austro Engine piston-powered engines has accumulated 5 million flight hr., Austro Engine announced.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

A new Honda Aircraft performance package upgrades earlier model HondaJets with technical innovations introduced on later iterations of the light twinjet.

Cirrus Aircraft delivered its 11,000th SR Series single-engine aircraft, the company announced.

The U.S. Senate passed the ROTOR Act that would mandate ADS-B In and require ADS-B Out usage for all but the most national security-critical flying in congested airspace.

The FAA expects to commit half of the $12.5 billion Congress gave it for air traffic control modernization by the end of the year, Bedford tells senators.

A service bulletin would update the Global 7500 to the 8000’s better performance.

As evidence-based training (EBT) gains ground in air transport, experts are beginning to measure its benefits in operations.

The private aviation operator started with its European fleet at the pace of one aircraft every nine days.

Italy’s Tecnam has launched the P2008JC NG single-engine flight training aircraft with a carbon fiber fuselage and metal wings.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on Dec. 16 defended the expedited selection of Peraton to lead an overhaul of the U.S. ATC system.

China issued draft guidance on type certification of powered-lift aircraft for public comment in a move intended to streamline airworthiness approval of eVTOLs.

Aviation Week projects the Williams FJ44, Honeywell HTF7000 and PW&C PT6 series will lead deliveries of new-build engines for business aviation over 2026-35.