Business Aviation

A breakdown of the Russian-operated business aircraft fleet.

U.S. startup CoFlow Jet has struck an agreement with NASA to commercialize deflected-slipstream technology that would enable an electric vertical/short takeoff and landing (eV/STOL) aircraft to transition to efficient cruise without requiring tilting mechanisms or separate lift rotors.

JET LINX opened new private terminal at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, its 20th location (first in South Florida).

Scott Lawson to General Manager of Henderson Jet Services, Las Vegas.

UK startup Stratospheric Platforms has demonstrated the ability to transmit 5G cell phone signals from a high altitude.

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU and U.S. have issued bans on Russian-registered aircraft.

Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft founding president and CEO, announced his retirement Feb. 18 in a memo to employees.

Aircraft Industries, the Czech manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop transport aircraft, says in an open letter that its ownership by Russian holding group Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UGMK) “is likely to change a lot for us as a company, but we ourselves do not know what the consequences will be.”

The designer of what is now Leonardo’s AW09 helicopter is planning to unveil a new concept for a single-engine rotorcraft.

In November 2018, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology flew an aircraft on a propulsion system with no moving parts.

Attempting to counter the roll will likely make it worse.

South Korean startup Plana has unveiled plans to develop a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi with the range to enable intercity flights and service entry planned for 2028.

Beyond removing passenger and routine air cargo links between Russia and the U.S., the ban will have aerospace supply-chain implications.

Australia’s Swoop Aero has delivered Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines by drone in Malawi for the first time.

The Workhorse Group may have sold off its SureFly electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi program to Moog, but the U.S. electric delivery truck maker is continuing to develop its Horsefly unmanned aircraft.

Electrifying short-range aviation in the Netherlands will be feasible by 2026, concludes a report by airport consultants NACO and national aerospace research agency Royal NLR.

Europe’s AiRMOUR research project to produce a tool kit for the introduction of urban air mobility has developed a geographical tool to help city planners “to think in three dimensions.”

THE STERLING GROUP acquired WEST STAR AVIATION from Norwest Equity Partners; West Star has four primary MRO locations in East Alton, IL; Grand

Sikorsky’s S-92 has found a new role—firefighting—with the development of a belly-tank-and-snorkel system.

Honeywell UOP is working with China’s Oriental Energy to build a large sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Maoming, Guangdong province.

The number of transactions for pre-owned single-engine helicopters in 2021 exceeded those in 2020 by 25% and those in 2019 by 30%, according to data from Amstat.

Lack of FAA approval has held back the H160’s entry into service.

STANDARDAERO signed volume purchase agreement with Gogo for delivery of AVANCE L3 and L5 systems for forward sale to US/Canada business jet operators

Pilot perceptions and reactions are making these incidents worse.

TRADEWIND AVIATION, CT ordered 20 PC-12 NGXs for delivery in 2022-2027, expanding its PC-12 fleet to 38 aircraft.