The Weekly of Business Aviation

Wisk Aero has partnered with the city of Sugar Land, Texas, to explore building out an autonomous urban air mobility ecosystem in the Greater Houston region.

Shipments of general aviation aircraft surpassed 4,000 annual deliveries, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) said Feb. 21.

U.S. startup Skyryse has begun taking reservations for the first production helicopter equipped with its automated flight control system.

U.S. startup Merlin has received a Part 135 air operator’s certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.

Dovetail Electric Aviation has begun tests of an integrated hydrogen fuel-cell powerplant targeted at flight tests on a modified Beechcraft King Air.

The aircraft will be operated by Cat Aviation, a Zurich-based charter and aircraft management company and long-time Falcon operator.

The aircraft’s interior took 10 months to complete.

Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus says it is expecting numerous contracts for military training aircraft in 2024.

The first flight of the ERA is scheduled for 2026 and entry into service for 2028.

Transport Canada and the FAA have issued the emergency airworthiness directives.

Startup Vertical Aerospace has won an £8 million ($10 million) grant from the UK government to develop next-generation propellers for its VX4 eVTOL air taxi .

Less than a year after the launch of its Certified Pre-Owned program, Honda Aircraft Co. has expanded the offering to the Asian market.

Private Chinese aviation company United Aircraft has unveiled an autonomous tiltrotor concept designed to one day fly passengers.

PhilJets, a regional operator in the Philippines, has signed a deal with Lilium to set up a high-speed regional air mobility service in Southeast Asia.

Japanese researchers are studying the design for a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

French startup Aura Aero has rolled out the first prototype of the Integral E two-seat electric training aircraft.

Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX expects to name a new CEO in the coming weeks.

Speaking ahead of Singapore Airshow, a Bell executive says India is the most promising market for the company's helicopters in the Asia-Pacific region.

With a vast population, fast-growing middle class and stifling urban congestion, India looks ripe to be a major early launch market for UAM services.

Duncan Aviation has received the first business jets at each of its newest maintenance hangars at its MRO locations.

Dubai has emerged as one of the early major markets for urban air mobility, including plans to serve as a key international launch market for Joby Aviation.

Alaka’i Technologies is flight testing two hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vertical-take-off-and-landing vehicles on a near-daily basis.

The FAA’s draft rule on equipping new aircraft with cockpit voice recorders that capture at least 25 hr. of data has stakeholders sharply divided.

Russia’s Siberian Research Institute for Aviation has performed the first test flight of Partizan, its ultra STOL transport aircraft demonstrator.

U.S. startup Surf Air Mobility has committed to take up to 90 hybrid electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft from Electra.