New data for the first quarter of 2025 three-month period from Aviation Week Network’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization.

Hourly flown figures for the leading business aviation carriers show that NetJets, Flexjet, Wheels Up and FlyExclusive all experienced a Q1 2025 utilization superior to the same period of 2024.

The FAA is urging pilots to practice extra vigilance during visual approaches and consider rejecting ATC requests if they might add too much workload.

Bombardier plans to open a service facility at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi.

The European Commission will determine a “sunset” date to phase out the lead component of 100 Low Lead avgas in the coming months.

Intelsat is collaborating with Embraer to have its current-generation inflight connectivity system installed on the production line for E-Jet E2 customers.

EASA Executive Director Florian Guillermet said SAF production must be substantially increased after 2030 to meet Europe’s ReFuelEU mandate.

The HondaJet is a twin-engine business jet produced by Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Co. An experimental HondaJet first flew on Dec. 3, 2003, with the HA-420 type receiving FAA approval on Dec. 8, 2015, and the first delivery taking place on Dec. 23, 2015. Improved versions of the HondaJet were introduced in 2018 (HondaJet Elite), 2021 (HondaJet Elite S) and 2022 (HondaJet Elite II), all of which are commercial designations for the HA-420 type. A larger HondaJet that is “capable of nonstop transcontinental flight across the United States” was announced on Oct. 12, 2021, an airframe that was designated at the time as the HondaJet 2600 Concept. Subsequently given the HondaJet Echelon name in October 2023, it is expected that this HondaJet—which the company has said will be “offered alongside the HondaJet Elite II”—will make its first flight in 2026.