Business Aviation & AAM Report

AAM must figure out how to safely integrate eVTOL traffic with an ATC system that is not designed for high-density, low-altitude operations.

The newest entrant to Norway’s offshore helicopter market is ramping up fleet expansion as it prepares for a full schedule of offshore flying from early 2027.

The French government has named Emmanuel Chiva chairman and CEO of aerospace research and technology center Onera.

UK regional airline Loganair has launched electric aircraft flight demonstrations with Beta Technologies and the UK’s Royal Mail.

The FAA has kicked off a rulemaking that will expand mutual recognition of non-U.S. maintenance organization certificates through bilateral agreements.

The intensive use of batteries in a hybrid-electric propulsion system may generate a replacement and obsolescence challenge, a Collins Aerospace official says.

Skyports Infrastructure is pressing ahead with vertiport development across multiple markets.

As a managing partner of aircraft brokerage and consulting firm Guardian Jet, Don Dwyer has long wanted to enter the charter business.

Air traffic controllers will apply radar to separate helicopters and fixed-wing traffic near busy airports, the FAA said on March 18.

Gama Aviation is acquiring Hunt & Palmer, expanding the scale and scope of its aircraft charter brokerage firm.

Even as the broader stock market has weakened since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran on Feb. 28, the eVTOL sector has badly underperformed.

Manufacturers delivered 40 new business jets worldwide during the month of February 2026. That is up from 36 for the same period a year ago. This report provides a detailed look by model and owner.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation and AAM professionals.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation and AAM industry.

Alt Air has partnered with eVTOL manufacturer Eve Air Mobility and vertiports developer Skyports Infrastructure.

EBACE26, the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition, has announced a new conference agenda.

Beyond Aero has completed the preliminary design review for its hydrogen-electric business aircraft.

A period of accelerated growth has conferred bragging rights on Norwich, England-based Saxon Air.

Business aviation has a proud record of innovation. And, as far as sector insiders are concerned, that is going to include eVTOL aircraft, too.

AeroVironment said March 16 that it had acquired Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. in a $200 million cash and stock transaction.

The prospects of building a “Brand New Air Traffic Control System” during the Trump administration appear to have cooled.

Parallel Flight Technologies has received a key regulatory OK that allows it to begin commercial deployment of its heavy-lift, hybrid-electric UAS in the U.S.

Joby began flight testing its first conforming aircraft intended for FAA Type Inspection Authorization, a major step toward certification of its S4 eVTOL.

Safran Helicopter Engines has begun assembly of the first 600-kW TG600 turbogenerator for U.S. startup Electra.aero’s prototype EL-9 hybrid eSTOL aircraft.

Airbus, Bell and Leonardo have recorded orders for 26 helicopters during this year’s Verticon rotorcraft exhibition in Atlanta.