Jet Aviation, based in Basel, Switzerland, has received FAA Part 125 certification, authorizing it to operate aircraft that seat 20 passengers or more.

Dassault Aviation’s second Falcon 6X flight test aircraft has completed its first flight in the development of the widebody, large business jet.

Scottish fuel-cell specialist Hy-Hybrid Energy is working with an undisclosed partner on a hybrid-electric propulsion system for aircraft that combines a gas turbine with a battery and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that operates on jet fuel.

A broad coalition of manufacturers, trade groups and travel organizations are pushing U.S. and UK leaders to re-open travel links between the two countries, while moves by pharmaceutical manufacturers to boost vaccine distribution are being lauded as much-needed steps to jump-start global air travel demand. 

As aircraft and propulsion developers look to electrical systems operating at kilovolt levels, Safran has teamed with a pyrotechnics specialist to develop an ultrafast method of shutting down high-power networks before electric arcing can cause potentially catastrophic damage.

UAE aerostructures manufacturer Strata is to enter the business aviation sector thanks to an offset agreement between the Tawazun Economic Council and Swiss airframer Pilatus.

European Air Service Group CEO Laurent Gauthier speaks to BCA

The slow pace of Leonardo’s AW609 program has not benefited from the global pandemic.