Aircraft & Propulsion

Regent Craft said it will soon resume sea trials with its Viceroy electric seaglider following an accident in in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.

With a continued robust market, Bombardier may increase production as early as 2027, as long as its supply chain can keep up.

Fetch Air, a new charter company based in Southern California, is on track to fly its first flight on Dec. 1.

Bombardier’s Global 8000 four-zone, ultra-long-range business jet received Transport Canada type certification on Nov. 5.

Embraer may launch a new, larger business jet to expand on the market segments it already competes in.

The Cirrus Vision has emerged as the leading aircraft group by deliveries in the 2026 Aviation Week Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast that looks ahead over the next decade.

Safran Helicopter Engines expects to deliver more than 800 turboshaft engines in 2025, though this falls almost 200 short of the target it outlined last year.

Joby Aviation has powered on the first aircraft for use in its Type Inspection Authorization flight test campaign.

Eve Air Mobility, backed by Embraer, signed a framework agreement Nov. 3 with Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT).

Embraer’s executive aviation division set a new record for third-quarter revenue.

Bombardier announced that its Global 8000 four-zone business jet has exceeded original estimates for cabin altitude.

JetFuel Direct has launched a new digital platform aimed at connecting airlines, business jet and cargo operators directly with fuel suppliers.

Embraer reiterated its outlook for delivering between 77 and 85 commercial aircraft and between 145 and 155 executive aircraft in the full year.

Beta Technologies has raised more than $1 billion by listing in New York with proceeds set to support the electric aircraft startup's expansion.

Bye Aerospace shifted its production strategy while it works on its full-scale prototype two-seat electric trainer ahead of a planned first flight next year.

Chapman Freeborn completed the next step of its expansion in China with the opening of a new office in Zhengzhou.

One of Africa’s leading banks is setting up an aircraft leasing operation, to try to offset the reluctance of existing lessors to provide airliners to the continent’s carriers

China United Aircraft Group on Oct. 30 conducted the first flight of its new T1400 Boying large, uncrewed tandem-rotor helicopter.

Britten-Norman, a British aircraft manufacturer, is offering full lifecycle fleet support as part of its new aircraft brokerage and trade-in service.

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department is acquiring an additional two Sikorsky S-70 Firehawk helicopters to bolster its existing fleet of five aircraft.

Aura Aero has officially inaugurated a production site at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Research Park in Daytona Beach, Florida.

NetJets, Flexjet, VistaJet, Wheels Up and Fyexclusive all experienced a Q3 2025 utilization superior to the same period of 2024.

Hindustan Aeronautics plans to return to production of commercial aircraft for the first time since 1988, building the all-Russian SJ-100 for Indian customers.

Corporate, fractional, charter and private-class operators all surpassed their hourly utilization performance in the third quarter of 2025 against the same periods of 2024 and 2019.

IADA reported a “significant upswing” in market optimism for preowned business aircraft dealers in the third quarter of 2025.