Business Aviation

Tecnam’s P-Mentor two-seat single-engine training aircraft has earned FAA full-type certification under Part 23 regulations.

Embraer delivered 18 executive jets during the first quarter of 2024, including 11 light and seven medium jets, the company says.

Europe’s Luxaviation Group said May 7 that it has introduced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its Paris-Le Bourget Airport fixed-based operation.

U.S. startups Archer and Joby commit to beginning urban air mobility services as early as 2025.

Crossover jets fill the gap between regional and mainline aircraft and exceed the capacity of the largest business jets in the executive market.

TEXTRON AVIATION secured Australian type certification for Cessna SkyCourier, ordered by HINTERLAND AVIATION.

SANDHILLS GLOBAL says y-o-y global used business jet inventories were up 9.5% in April; asking values fell 9.25%.

Bell has unveiled a fly-by-wire control system-equipped 429 twin-engine light helicopter as the company’s new flying testbed.

Upper surface blowing configured Rockwell International Aero with United Aircraft of Canada JT15D is furnishing NASA Langley Research Center aerodynamic and noise data. Aircraft was modified to save cost of constructing a new tunnel aircraft.

A lack of negotiations with Airbus over repricing shipsets for the European OEM—if not also a sale of related business units—is proving more harmful.

Brent Monroe to Chief Growth Officer of Solarius Aviation, CA; Bob Marinace was promoted to Chief Experience Officer.

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE secured steep-approach certification for G600 from FAA.

ARGUS INTERNATIONAL reports y-o-y global business aviation flight activity was up 1.7% in April; Europe rose 3.9%.

Dick Rutan, 85, died Friday, May 3 at a hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

OXFORD–Saxon Air, the Norwich Airport-based helicopter and fixed-wing charter operator, has launched a low-emissions flight-training center.

A look at the rules, people and technology behind the scenes that enabled Taylor Swift’s safe air travel from Tokyo to the 2024 Super Bowl.

Gregg Brunson-Pitts, Advanced Aviation Team CEO, previously served in directorial positions with Air Charter Team and Air Partner.

Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft Denali single-engine turboprop is on track for FAA certification in 2025, the company said in an update on the program.

The first FAA-approved 100-octane unleaded aviation gasoline is unavailable at the pump.

Icon Aircraft has selected SG Investment America as its proposed “stalking horse bidder” for the company in connection with the bankruptcy process.

In many cases, business jets exhibit no natural stall warning or aerodynamic buffet prior to the stall.

The business jet cockpit avionics upgrade market is being driven by a combination of factors, including evolution of technology and the resale market.

The corporate hangar facility at Waterbury-Oxford Airport is just a 20-min. to 30-min. flight to New York metropolitan area airports.