Aircraft & Propulsion

Air taxi developer Archer Aviation announced it has won a competitive bid process to acquire the patents of insolvent electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium.

The engine family has now surpassed the 600,000 flight-hour milestone.

Magnifica Air plans to provide charter and scheduled service starting in 2027.

Startup fractional ownership company Bond has emerged as the mystery buyer of up to 120 Challenger and Global aircraft.

A project to restore the first customer-delivered Learjet, the Lear Jet 23-003 business jet, to flying condition is progressing.

Textron Aviation has been awarded FAA certification for two aircraft: its Citation CJ3 Gen 2 and Citation M2 Gen2 with Garmin autothrottle, the company announced during NBAA-BACE 2025.

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT6 E-Series has passed the 500,000 flight hr. milestone after only five years of service.

Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation Ascend midsize jet arrived in Las Vegas Oct. 13, making its global debut at NBAA-BACE 2025.

Bombardier announces new Global 8000 max operating speed and certification time frame.

Chadi Saade has more than 25 years of experience in the aviation industry, joining Airbus in 2003 as an account sales director.

Wheels Up and Marquis Jet founder Kenny Dichter is back in the aircraft business with the launch of Real Jet, a boutique private aviation brokerage firm.

Travel management firm MyFlight Advisor is launching a contract scheduling service for Part 91 flight departments.

Rolls-Royce is increasing production of the other Pearl family members for its growing Bombardier and Gulfstream large cabin fleets.

GE Aerospace says it has begun deliveries of the first higher thrust versions of the ultra-long-range Global 8000's Passport engine to airframer Bombardier.

This is providing fresh capital to help onboard new employees and advance flight testing of the Laila uncrewed hybrid eVTOL.

The French Navy has selected the Pilatus PC-24 light business jet as a replacement for its long-serving Dassault Falcon 10 business jet utility aircraft.

NBAA-BACE runs Oct. 14-16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center with a static display open Oct. 14-15 at Henderson Executive Airport.

NBAA-BACE 2025 returns to Las Vegas Oct. 14 with a reimagined static display called Aircraft Connection at the Henderson Executive Airport.

Aviation Week Network analysts project manufacturers will deliver more than 9,000 new business jets worldwide over the next 10 years.

Gulfstream Aerospace and Otto Aerospace have launched new midsize business jets within a day of each other, but the aircraft differences are many.

Duncan Aviation seeks a launch customer for an STC project to replace obsolescent flight data recorders on Hawker-series business jets.

Regional airlines are pledging to maintain scheduled service to rural communities even as the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) prepares to suspend payments.

Bombardier is expanding its U.S. service center network with a new 64,500 ft.2 facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

A new forecast from Aviation Week sees the global in-service business aviation fleet growing by more than 13% over the next decade.

Within two days, Gulfstream launches the G300, Otto Aerospace the Phantom 3500 and Syberjet the SJ36—should we expect more during NBAA-BACE?