Business Aviation

City-owned Santa Monica Airport (SMO) in southern California now offers Swift Fuels UL94 unleaded avgas as an alternative to 100LL low-lead fuel for piston-engine aircraft, the project manager announced.

Textron Aviation has delivered five new Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft to Kansas State University’s Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus as enrollment in the university’s pilot training programs expands.

Spirit AeroSystems (Europe), based in Prestwick, Scotland, has signed a term sheet in principle with UK startup Electric Aviation Group (EAG) to collaborate on the development of technologies to support zero-emission flight.

Critical Brooks Range terrain information is now available to pilots.

Dubai-based Vista Global Holding has entered into an agreement to acquire fast-growing U.S. charter operator Jet Edge.

De Havilland Canada has approved a three-year-old proposal to start building a new water bomber called the DHC-515 Firefighter, and forecasts making 23 deliveries by the end of the decade.

VISTA GLOBAL HOLDINGS agreed to acquire US-based JET EDGE with its access to about 100 super-midsize and large cabin aircraft; deal is expected to

Five bidders have been downselected as potential buyers for troubled Italian aerospace firm Piaggio Aerospace.

At the end of 2020, South Korean automaker Hyundai revealed that it planned to field a longer-range regional air mobility vehicle as a follow-on to the electric vertical takeoff and landing urban air taxi it is developing for market entry in 2028.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues and millions flee their homes, members of the business aviation industry around the world are privately and publicly lending support with their aircraft, services and funds.

Lilium's chief operating officer explained to Aviation Week why certification of its Lilium Jet had slipped.

UNIVERSAL AVIONICS and TRIMEC AVIATION teamed to develop avionics upgrades for Falcon 2000/2000EX.

SKANDIA, IL has FAA/EASA STC to install its acoustic soundproofing kit on Challenger 600s.

BOMBARDIER delivered its 100th Global 7500 business jet to VISTAJET, its 10th. VistaJet plans to take seven more in '22.

Citing the need for local policymakers to understand the emerging technologies, the World Economic Forum has launched the Advanced and Urban Aerial Mobility Cities and Regions Coalition.

Struggling helicopter original equipment manufacturer MD Helicopters is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to allow the company to be restructured under new ownership.

U.S. unmanned air logistics company Volansi has unveiled its largest and longest-flying aircraft to date.

Bombardier celebrated the delivery of its 100th Global 7500 ultra-long-range business jet, more than three years after deliveries began, to its customer, VistaJet.

VistaJet and Bombardier are celebrating the milestone delivery of Global 7500 aircraft.

With Swiss International Airlines as its first customer, solar kerosene startup Synhelion has selected Germany’s Ineratec to provide the Fischer-Tropsch technology required to produce carbon-neutral aviation fuel using concentrated sunlight.

EHang is targeting mid-2022 for Chinese certification of its EH216-S autonomous two-seat air vehicle and preparing to announce the first group of Chinese cities where it plans to launch commercial urban air mobility services in the second half of the year following airworthiness approval.

Learning to predict a snow surface and other practical instruction.

The UK aerospace industry has broadly welcomed a government decision to provide £685 million ($897.2 million) in funding for the Aerospace Technology Institute to accelerate the development of green aviation technologies.