Business Aviation

EHang has secured an RMB 1 billion ($149 million) credit facility from a Chinese bank to support its operations.

Europe’s aviation safety agency on June 30 issued a proposed regulatory framework for operations of new vertical takeoff and landing-capable aircraft over cities.

Aluminum suppliers complain they too often see valuable material being treated in a way that prevents it from being recycled.

Guardian Agriculture, a U.S. startup developing an autonomous crop protection aircraft, has secured a multimillion-dollar partnership with Wilbur-Ellis, a manufacturer of agriculture products and chemicals.

Australian regional airline Skytrans has partnered with local startup Stralis Aircraft to convert a 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop to hydrogen-electric propulsion for flight trials in 2025.

China’s Duofo Group has acquired Italian ultralight helicopter manufacturer Fama Helicopters with the goal of expanding into uncrewed aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.

Korea Aerospace Industries is to build a subscale model of a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi for flight testing by 2024 as a precursor of a full-size vehicle that would enable the company to participate in the Seoul government’s push to commercialize urban air mobility beginning in 2025.

TEXTRON AVIATION delivered special mission Cessna Citation Longitude to JAPAN CIVIL AVIATION BUREAU for flight validation and flight inspection

BOMBARDIER inaugurated expanded 290,000 sq ft Singapore Service Center to support >2,000 business jet visits annually; expansion includes full-service

Gregoire Poux-Guillaume to Chief Executive Officer of AkzoNobel, The Netherlands.

After disruptions and delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bye Aerospace and the FAA are finalizing certification plans for the eFlyer 2 electric trainer, keeping the company on course to have the first electric aircraft certified under Part 23 Amendment 64 airworthiness regulations.

Bombardier has quadrupled the footprints of its Singapore Service Center, making it the largest OEM business aviation maintenance facility in the Asia-Pacific region.

Fuel refiner Neste and Victor, an on-demand private-jet charter company, have partnered to make Neste MY sustainable aviation fuel available for all Fly Victor bookings.

Air Plains Services has designed an advanced instrument panel kit—the 172XPa—for Cessna 172 owners who either are planning to install or have completed installations of the company’s 180-hp engine upgrades.

Wichita-based Textron Aviation uses vertical assembly in the production of the Citation Latitude to aid in the assembly process.

Daher received FAA certification June 24 for the TBM 960 turboprop, unveiled in April at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida.

The Gulfstream G800 has successfully completed its first flight.

Complete Aircraft Group (CAG), an aviation services business, has finalized the acquisition of Aerocare Aviation Services (AAS), a Part 145 maintenance, repair and overhaul provider.

The U.S. system of flight separation involving ATC radar, transponders, ADS-B and collision avoidance devices is superb.

Gulfstream Aerospace has completed the first flight of its G800 ultralong-range business jet, in a move that officially launches the flight-test program.

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE completed first flight of Pearl 700-powered, 19-pax G800 with 8,000 nm at Mach 0.85.

The Canadair CL-600 Challenger began flight tests in November 1978. It has a wide-body fuselage and a supercritical wing planform. The image on the

HARTZELL has FAA STC to retrofit Diamond DA40 NG with 74"-diameter, 3-bladed lightweight Polaris composite props.

COMPLETE AIRCRAFT GROUP (CAG) completed acquisition of AEROCARE AVIATION SERVICES, UK (interiors/paint).

The business aviation sector faces many of the same challenges as its regional airline counterparts, particularly with the turnover of new pilots seeking to move on to a mainline carrier