Gallery: The Week In Business Aviation 2021 Oct. 11-15

Airbus Corporate Helicopters has weathered the pandemic with stable sales, and expects to surpass its 2020 performance this year. Read the full story.

Textron Aviation introduced the Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 and Citation XLS Gen2, upgrades to the Citation M2 light jet and XLS+ midsize business jet, the day before the opening of NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas. Read the full story.

In a double move that Boeing Business Jets says underpins renewed product confidence and market growth, the company has announced the service debut of the first 737 MAX-based BBJ 737-8 as well as the first new order for the corporate variant since the return of the MAX to commercial service in 2020. Read the full story. 
 

The NBAA show went ahead this year amid new optimism about the industry’s future and there was a sense the pandemic is generating unprecedented interest. Read the full story. 

Volumes could be written about the ups and downs of Bombardier’s journey through the aviation business, but there is one straight line that runs through the story: the Challenger large-cabin business jet. Read the full story.

Textron Aviation and Xwing signed agreement to accelerate integration of autoflight technologies into existing/future aircraft. Read the full story.
 

A Boeing Business Jet parked on the ramp with a C47 and Beech G18s. Check out the gallery from day 1. 

Delegates attending this year's NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas got their fill of flight deck mockups and aircraft interiors with plush configurations and some were even treated to a helicopter taxi ride to Henderson Field where the show's static display featured. See more photos from the day focused on hardware and mockups in the exhibition hall. 

The long-range and large-cabins market is where the money has been for business aircraft OEMs, the most lucrative and resilient sector. But there are limits to how big an aircraft can be and how far it can fly. Read the full story.

Aviation Week editors gather in Las Vegas to talk about the buoyant mood at 2021 NBAA-BACE and COVID-19’s silver lining for the business aviation industry. Guy Norris talks about witnessing the unveiling of the, what he called "the stretched super version of the HondaJet Elite 2600". Listen to the podcast.

Pre-owned bizjets for sale are at record lows, yet prices soar. Read the full story.