Business Aviation

The Prosperity air taxi will be used for urban air traffic demonstration flights conducted in preparation for the Osaka World Expo in 2025.

Alvin Brown and J. Todd Inman were sworn in as new members of the NTSB on April 8, bringing the safety board to its full complement of five members.

The latest news in brief from the business aviation industry.

Cessna's new lightweight Citation Excel business jet flies near Wichita, Kan.

Bombardier has added its Challenger 650 business jet to the publication of its Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), which can be publicly accessed.

Listen in as Aviation Week Network speaks with Gene Conrad, president and CEO of Sun ‘N Fun Aerospace Expo, as he provides a glimpse into the 2024 show.

Icon Aircraft, maker of the Icon A5 amphibious sport plane, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection April 4 and is pursuing a sale of the business.

Dassault Aviation's ultra-long-range business jet, the 7X, seen here on the cover of the issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, dated May 24, 2004, is one of a lineup of advanced aircraft models expected to help spur renewed demand in the currently soft business aviation industry.

According to the EBACE website, 182 exhibitors of all sizes are registered for the show.

The April 8 total solar eclipse will be the last visible from the contiguous U.S. until 2044.

Founder of air ambulance provider Global Jetcare, Bart Gray, plus three pilots and an observer, took to the skies in a Learjet 36A at 11:49 p.m. CDT on April 3.

SKYSHARE unveiled SFX+ fractional ownership program that uses day-based model that provides guaranteed access to G450s, Challenger 300s, G200s, Citation Excels, Citation CJ2s, and PC-12s; a 1/16th share provides 20 days per year.

STANDARDAERO was named by SpaceX as authorized dealer/installer of Starlink connectivity solution for business jets.

ROLLS-ROYCE completed first flight of Pearl 10X (selected for Falcon 10X) on its Tucson-based 747 flying testbed.

The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies

Thales has completed the acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, thus obtaining crucial technology in secure broadband data links.

Local certification of the new Russian-built Il-114-300 is now planned for the end of 2025, with first delivery scheduled for 2026.

The 149,500 ft.² facility includes workshops, storage space, offices, training rooms and rest areas.

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.

GARMIN delivered first shipset of standby flight instruments for the Lilium Jet, to make its first flight in late 2024.

SHELTAIR opened 52,000 sq ft large business jet hangar complex at Denver's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.

The event has grown from a small fly-in for sport aviation enthusiasts in 1974 to Florida’s largest annual convention.

GULFSTREAM received FAA type certification for G700, confirming two new performance improvements comprised of a (better) balanced field length takeoff distance of 5,995 ft/1,827 meters and a landing distance of 3,150 ft/960 meters.

GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION teamed with ATLAS AIR SERVICE to develop EASA STCs to install Galileo HDX broadband antenna on Cessna CitationJet series aircraft (>1,850 worldwide) and the Embraer Phenom 300 (750 aircraft worldwide).