Aircraft & Propulsion

The Aberdeen-based operator will undertake SAR missions for North Sea offshore platforms until 2032.

The FAA has certified a one-time life extension for main gearbox housings for the Sikorsky S-92 twin-engine heavy helicopter.

If aviation is a target, business aviation is a bullseye,” says Pedro Aguiar, a regional customer support manager for Embraer in the UK.

The public perception of business aviation in Europe is very different to how the sector is perceived in the U.S.

Among the many reasons high-net-worth individuals, public figures, business leaders and others choose to use business aviation, a key priority is privacy.

ATR has revealed new details of the preliminary hybrid power system architecture under study for the company’s advanced EVO family.

The final tranche of funding for hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia came from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

This chart showcases new business aircraft deliveries by manufacturers worldwide for August 2024.

Heart also plans to fly the X1 within the next six months from a yet-to-be-decided airport in the U.S., which would make it the first new-generation hybrid aircraft to reach that milestone.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the sale of the first G400 large cabin business jet dedicated for charter operations in Europe.

Charters professionals discuss present and future challenges at the Air Charter Association’s annual Air Charter Expo.

The advancement of hydrogen and electric propulsion research at Royal NLR comes as several Netherlands-based companies are designing new-generation aircraft.

Beyond Aero, a company designing a fuel cell-powered business jet, has revealed the outlines of larger aircraft that would use a similar propulsion system.

Aviation needs other transport sectors such as road transport to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and meet SAF targets, Boeing's Jim Hileman says.

Asset manager Brookfield plans to invest up to $1.1 billion in Infinium to boost the output of the company's power-to-liquid e-fuel production plant in Texas.

Airbus UAM CEO Balkiz Sarihan tells Aviation Week the CityAirbus NextGen full-scale eVTOL prototype is on track to make its first flight before year-end.

Business and general aviation manufacturers delivered 1,363 business jet, turboprop and piston-powered aircraft during the first six months of 2024, GAMA says.

Eve Air Mobility is now aiming to fly its full-scale engineering prototype “early next year,” CEO Johann Bordais says.

Aerobility has embarked on arguably its most ambitious challenge yet: to encourage aerospace companies to hire more disabled people.

Luiz Oliveira was appointed chief engineer at Toulouse-based Beyond Aero, a startup designing a hydrogen-electric business jet.

Under an agreement with Volato, FlyExclusive will provide aircraft management services for the company’s fleet with the option of assuming Volato in a merger.

As the number of in-service aircraft in the global regional aircraft fleet falls, one segment is set to overtake another.

French carrier Amelia has analyzed a dozen flight plans and modified some of them to prevent the formation of contrails as part of a broader Thales-led project.

Aviation Week's Jeremy Kariuki, Graham Warwick and Ben Goldstein discuss the potential effects advanced air mobility may have on the business aviation industry.

Brisbane's transport plan foresees UAM offering faster travel options to regional spots such as Gold Coast and direct access to the city center from major hubs.