Business Aviation

The June 2026 Program Profile features Textron Aviation's Model 560XL, which includes the Citation Excel, XLS, XLS+, XLS Gen2 and Ascend.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation and AAM industry.

SOFWerx plans to assess the capabilities of uncrewed aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion and channel wings for vertical takeoff and landing.

The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.

Bombardier CRJ program owner MHIRJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) has opened an advanced design office in Munich headed by the former CTO of Maeve Aerospace.

GE Aerospace is moving toward flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine system on a modified Saab 340B testbed.

The latest news in brief from the business aviation industry.

Electra.aero completed the first urban demo of its EL2 Ultra Short demonstrator on May 28.

For any company, standing up on its own is daunting; for Honeywell Aerospace, the bar will be even higher.

Indian startup BluJ Aerospace is developing a family of electric and hydrogen-electric VTOL aircraft aimed first at cargo and logistics missions, with passenger service planned as a longer-term goal.

Dutch electric aircraft developer Maeve Aerospace has been declared bankrupt after failing to raise additional funding.

Draco Aircraft is looking to secure a third investor that should give it sufficient capital to launch a development and certification program of its Wilga PZL-104-based platform.

AeroDelft, a student-run foundation at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has begun taxi tests of a gaseous hydrogen-fueled light aircraft.

Fractional ownership and jet card provider Airshare will equip its Embraer Phenom 300s with the Gogo Galileo HDX satellite communications terminal, Gogo says.

Vista is deepening its reliance on Bombardier aircraft as the company expands a global private aviation network.

Daher is conducting standardization work with Airbus and ATR, aiming at common definitions for hardware in future high-voltage electric systems.

ZeroAvia founder steps down as CEO as hydrogen propulsion startup shifts focus to fuel-cell system development.

Five years after delivery of the final Bombardier CRJ, the in-service fleet has remained remarkably steady.

The latest news in brief from the business aviation industry.

Demand for Europe-Singapore traffic has increased following disruptions affecting Middle Eastern air hubs.

Leonardo Helicopters has opened a maintenance, repair facility in London that will serve the company’s growing number of UK rotorcraft customers.

Pre-owned business jet sales plummet 27% in early 2026 as post-tariff demand stabilizes.

Honda says its full-scale uncrewed electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator competed it first hover flight in early April in the U.S.

JSX continues to evaluate the nine-passenger hybrid-electric EL9, which the public charter operator believes has potential to open up many underserved markets.