Business Aviation

Private jet company VistaJet announced during the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) that it plans to be carbon neutral by 2050 and has pledged its commitment to cleaner aviation.

VistaJet, along with the entire industry, has changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic with a surge in demand, the company says.

ISLA GLOBAL AVIATION acquired ARLET AVIATION, PR, and renamed the new entity as PREMIER FLIGHT SUPPORT.

TRICOASTAL VENTURES has acquired CENTRAL FLYING SERVICE, AR (aircraft training/sales/heavy maintenance).

FAA forecasts US fixed-wing GA turbine fleet will grow from 25,450 aircraft (15,245 jets) in 2020 to 35,780 (24,395) in 2041.

BAE Systems has taken delivery of and is preparing flight tests for a Pipistrel Electro Velis electric-powered light aircraft as part of an arrangement with the Slovenian manufacturer. The UK defense company announced in March that it was working with Pipistrel to examine military training applications for electric aircraft. The work is continuing after Textron’s acquisition of the light aircraft manufacturer.

Volocopter has signed a memorandum of understanding with fixed-based operator Jetex to deploy and operate vertiport infrastructure and services for urban air mobility.

Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom have formed a partnership with offshore communications specialist Tampnet that will improve European Aviation Network (EAN) inflight connectivity on high-density Northern European routes.

The expanded network will have the potential to reach 4 million households and deliver more than 1 million packages a year.

A selection of news briefs on Day Three of EBACE 2022.

Paynode, the brand within the Avinode Group whose business model is dedicated to air charter payments, has announced they have passed the milestone of 150 weekly transactions for the first quarter of 2022.

Qatar Executive is exhibiting its ultra-modern Gulfstream G650ER aircraft.

Customers opting for the latest Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) the ACJ Two Twenty will ease jet lag concerns thanks to a new partnership agreement with Swedish company CTT.

A selection of news briefs on Day Three of EBACE 2022.

Upstart satellite operator OneWeb is making inroads in business aviation even as it continues building its constellation of 648 low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites.

AEA reports global business/general aviation avionics sales were $634.5m ($280m retrofits) in 1Q22 vs $568.8m in 1Q21.

STANDARDAERO completed first stage of building a new Mobile Service Team (MST) to support customers in UK and EMEAI regions; MST will deliver expanded

The used market is starting to look "frothy."

BOMBARDIER added 30,000 sq ft hangar to its line maintenance station at Le Bourget to handle three Global 7500s at one time or as many as six Learjets

As Lilium wraps up the preliminary design review for its Lilium Jet, the Germany startup has released a new concept image showing the latest configuration of its electric vertical takeoff and landing regional air taxi.

With the 2022 edition of EBACE in full swing, the onsite ShowNews editorial team gather to share their key takeaways from this year's event.

Ground infrastructure will have to evolve to accommodate eVTOLs.

The theory that bizav could lead SAF adoption is proving hard in practice.

President Mark Burns updates on the progress of the OEMs latest programs.

SEA Prime CEO Chiara Dorigotti says international bizjets are returning.