Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
French startup Ascendance Flight Technologies has closed a €10 million ($12 million) funding round.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Slovenian manufacturer Pipistrel announced an agreement with Genevation Aircraft of Hungary to assemble and market Pipistrel’s SW 121.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The time was right for Bombardier Aerospace to introduce its Challenger 3500 super-midsize business jet, a refreshed Challenger 350 planned to enter service in late 2022, the company and analysts say, as competition in the segment continues to stiffen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
A new app-based service has been launched in the UK in an attempt to tackle a long-standing problem in private air charter.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Angus Batey
After working as a chef in five-star restaurants and for clients in the yachting world, Daniel Hulme founded On Air Dining in 2010 with a mission to bring not just great-tasting food but exquisite presentation to passengers on private jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Garvey
It took more than a decade, but the General Aviation Modifications Inc. team found a solution.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

BCA Staff
Six areas of costs for turbine-powered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Investment firm KKR has agreed to invest another $40 million in business jet management company Jet Edge International.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Japanese startup has advanced its plans to operate an urban air taxi service during World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Terrafugia, owned by Chinese automaker Geely, has launched first product Commaris, and Seeker UAS for commercial inspection operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Rega–Swiss Air-Rescue is to cooperate with Dufour Aerospace on an air ambulance version of the startup’s planned Aero3 eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier unveils a new aircraft on Sept. 14.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Project participants have announced the start of pilot programs to deliver medical supplies by drone in India and Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The grant supports an A$8 million program that will run to December 2023 which involves development and optimization of a quiet, efficient and lightweight propulsion system that increases the range and reduces the noise and cost of the Vertiia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
High-profile electric air taxi startup Lilium will become a publicly traded company Sept. 15 when its Class A ordinary shares and redeemable warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbols “LILM” and “LILMW” respectively.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters says it has achieved much of what it wanted to get out of its flight test campaign of its CityAirbus advanced air mobility demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A series of large-scale urban air mobility demonstrations are beginning in Europe under projects funded by the EU’s SEAR air traffic management research program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
The FAA has issued research contracts worth more than $100 million to six aerospace partner companies and teams under the third phase of its long-running Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) Program.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
VoltAero plans a second crossing of the English Channel with an electric aircraft on Sept. 13, flying its Cassio 1 demonstrator from Calais in France to Cranfield in England for a presentation at Cranfield University.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility is to acquire organ transport company Trinity Air Medical.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Volato, a new entrant into the fractional ownership industry, is offering shares of HondaJet Elite S aircraft, with a focus on one-to-four-passenger regional flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has taken delivery of a Britten-Norman BN-2B Islander for conversion to zero-emission hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Enterprise data platform provider Palantir has invested in solar-powered aircraft developer Skydweller Aero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
European flight-training provider Bartolini Air has taken delivery of the first new CAP10C NG as launch customer of the re-introduced aerobatic airplane, which it uses for upset-recovery training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Beta’s Alia eVTOL hews as close to a conventional fixed-wing aircraft as possible.
Advanced Air Mobility