The in-service business aviation fleet in Asia is projected to grow from 1,600 aircraft in 2022 to more than 1,800 by the end of 2031, a 1.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to Aviation Week Network forecasts.
Mesa Airlines CEO Jonathan Ornstein urged U.S. lawmakers to modify the 1,500-hr. flight-time requirement for commercial pilots, warning that not doing so will lead to a loss of air service and “put the industry in jeopardy.”
Textron Aviation is bringing back the Cessna Turbo Skylane T182T four-seat single-engine piston aircraft with turbocharged engine and updated avionics and inter
Elbit Systems’ StarLiner medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system has received type certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel, approving the aircraft to fly in civil airspace.
Bombardier completed its best year for order intake in eight years and is preparing for production increases as soon as 2023 as a result, the company reported Feb. 10.
Volocopter has secured a commitment for up to $1 billion in financing to build its fleet of electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger and cargo vehicles.
In a move that will significantly expand the production of sustainable fuels in the U.S., LanzaJet has entered into an agreement to build a 120 million gal.-a-year facility southwest of Chicago.
Hydrogen supplier Air Liquide and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean Air and the operator of Incheon International Airport to study the development of infrastructure required to support the deployment of hydrogen-powered aircraft.
U.S. startup Odys Aerospace has secured $12.4 million in seed funding to build a subscale demonstrator of an unconventional hybrid-electric aircraft that combines vertical takeoff and landing capability with high cruise efficiency to provide regional range at low operating cost.
New York-based Modern Aviation has closed on the purchase of Sheltair Aviation’s fixed base operations at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and LaGuardia Airport.
Singapore-based private aviation charter company Yugo has partnered with U.S. startup Electra.aero to develop an air mobility network in the Asia-Pacific region.
Britain’s business-aviation sector is enjoying an unprecedented upswing as customers new and old continue to rely on point-to-point private flights as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic fade.
Californian startup Natilus has announced letters of intent for more than 440 large unmanned cargo aircraft from customers including a Canadian drone operator, an African cargo airline and a U.S. freight forwarder.
The FAA has formally designated several internal staff roles to support the agency’s effort to coordinate with other aviation stakeholders and telecommunications industry counterparts as part of work being done to minimize the safety risk of new 5G C-band service.
The air navigation service providers of the UK and Canada are to abolish the use of the North Atlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) for flights below FL330 (33,000 ft.) from March 1.
Vertical Aerospace has selected Leonardo’s aerostructures division to design, test and manufacture the carbon-composite fuselage for its planned VX4 air taxi.
