The Weekly of Business Aviation

As 2026 dawns, business aviation leaders across a variety of segments within the industry give their predictions for what they think 2026 has in store.

Cutter Aviation is expanding its charter business from the U.S. southwest to the Rocky Mountains region.

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.

In Q4 2025, Wheels Up acquired or entered into agreements for Challenger and Phenom business jets, with plans to continue to expand those fleets.

FlyHouse has completed its acquisition of Sun Air Jets, bringing with it the aircraft manager and charter operator’s assets, operations and personnel.

The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.

A Super King Air 200 became the first aircraft to deploy the Garmin Autoland system in an emergency, which engaged and landed the aircraft on Dec. 20.

The market for crewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as for maritime patrol, will reach $23 billion through 2034.

Honeywell's aerospace segment will record a $470 million financial charge in Q4 2025 for Flexjet-related litigation payments.

Vertical Aerospace has rolled out the third and final VX4 full-scale engineering prototype for its planned Valo eVTOL air taxi.

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.