Bombardier plans to increase jet deliveries in 2023 and says it is equipped to take on any market volatility ahead with key watch items including world geopolitical conditions and supply chain challenges.
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring immediate visual inspections of Viking Air DHC-3 tail surfaces to ensure that an actuator used to control pitch is intact.
SmartSky Networks, base in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, has received approval to provide SmartSky’s air-to-ground connectivity on Textron Aviation’s Cessna Citation X series aircraft.
VoltAero has secured Italian aerospace components and structures producer TESI as a strategic investor and industrial partner as part of a €32 million ($31.6 million) Series B fundraising round.
A record number of aircraft transactions could occur this year, and given upcoming changes to U.S. depreciation accounting rules, will this put even more of a race to close deals by the year end?
Pete Bunce, General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and CEO, outlined the multiple challenges and threats that business aircraft manufacturers are facing at the Corporate Jet Investor conference.
UPS Flight Forward, the package carrier’s uncrewed aircraft division, is looking ahead to a vertical takeoff and landing demonstration flight direct to a UPS center using Beta Technologies’ Alia-250.
Brazil-based on-demand private-aviation provider and electric-aircraft proponent Flapper has raised an additional $6 million of Series A funding for investments in technology and flight operations.
German urban air mobility startup Volocopter has secured an additional $182 million in funding, with Saudi Arabian smart city Neom and Hong Kong-based GLy Capital Management as new investors.
Bombardier's new maintenance facility at Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport offers major inspections, upgrades, modifications and avionics installations, as well as interior refurbishments.
Slovenian manufacturer Pipistrel, now part of Textron Aviation, announced on Oct. 31 that it has delivered the first Velis Electro electric airplane in Canada.
Self-piloted recreational flights over the Hudson and East Rivers in New York could begin as early as 2023 using Lift Aircraft’s single-seat, semi-autonomous Hexa electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.
As it looks ahead to certification and operation of its urban air mobility vehicles, China’s EHang has formed a partnership with commercial aircraft maintenance provider HAECO Group to develop after-sales support for its autonomous air vehicles.
A Robinson R44 converted to electrified propulsion by Tier 1 Engineering has completed the first helicopter flight between airfields solely on electric power.
Slovenian manufacturer Pipistrel, now part of Textron Aviation, announced on Oct. 31 that it has delivered the first Velis Electro electric airplane to Canada.
On the heels of listing publicly, startup Amprius has signed a 3-year agreement to supply its high-energy-density batteries to BA Systems’ Air business for use in electrically powered flight applications.
American Airlines plans to begin working with Albuquerque Center for flights into and out of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) using automated interval management equipment.
Skyrocketing prices for gas and electric power in Europe are beginning to affect Safran’s supply chain, as well as the company’s strategic decisions, according to CEO Olivier Andries.
