Jet Linx, a private aviation company, has acquired Southern Jet, a charter and aircraft management company based at the Boca Raton Airport in Florida.

A breakdown of the Russian-operated business aircraft fleet.

U.S. startup CoFlow Jet has struck an agreement with NASA to commercialize deflected-slipstream technology that would enable an electric vertical/short takeoff and landing (eV/STOL) aircraft to transition to efficient cruise without requiring tilting mechanisms or separate lift rotors.

UK startup Stratospheric Platforms has demonstrated the ability to transmit 5G cell phone signals from a high altitude. 

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU and U.S. have issued bans on Russian-registered aircraft. 

Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft founding president and CEO, announced his retirement Feb. 18 in a memo to employees.

Aircraft Industries, the Czech manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop transport aircraft, says in an open letter that its ownership by Russian holding group Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UGMK) “is likely to change a lot for us as a company, but we ourselves do not know what the consequences will be.” 

Take a look at the stories that made the headlines this week in the business aviation sector, including a three-part series on upset prevention and…