Cape Air, a commuter airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, has placed a firm order for 10 new 11-seat Tecnam P2012 Traveller aircraft, with delivery scheduled in 2021.
Nearly 70% of fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada experienced a decline in fuel sales in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to an annual FBO fuel sales survey by the Aviation Business Strategies Group.
Boeing-backed Wisk has added the aerospace giant’s Insitu Pacific unmanned aircraft division to the team working to demonstrate autonomous passenger transport in New Zealand.
Sikorsky has demonstrated the supervised autonomy capability of its modified S-70A Black Hawk optionally piloted vehicle, with the test pilot using a tablet to command the helicopter through a complete mission.
Europe plans a large-scale demonstration of urban air mobility in 2022 focused on the deconfliction of multiple different types of users of low-altitude airspace.
Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has released the first image of a planned follow-on airliner concept designed for entry-into-service around the end of the decade which will cruise at higher Mach cruise numbers closer to the hypersonic region.
Japan’s Toshiba has invested $15 million in U.S. counter-drone defense startup Fortem Technologies, the companies forming a strategic business alliance to combine and market their systems globally.
Leonardo has confirmed it will offer its AW149 twin-engine multirole helicopter platform as a potential replacement for the UK’s Airbus Puma helicopters, after the government’s Integrated Review confirmed the type would be replaced with a new medium rotorcraft.
Holders of Italian and French Air Operator Certificates may find themselves with a competitive edge over operators based in other EU nations beginning April 1, as the European business aviation market reaches its first significant regulatory deadline of the post-Brexit era.
Textron Aviation has begun the certification flight test phase of its Cessna Model 408 SkyCourier program as it moves toward first deliveries later this year.
January pre-owned business jet transactions in 2021 were essentially unchanged from January 2020 at 155 retail sales and leases of whole aircraft, according to preliminary data from JetNet.
Gulf Avionics, an avionics maintenance, repair and overhaul operation, has moved its headquarters and operations to the Kerrville/Kerr County Airport in the Texas Hill Country, from its previous location in Harlingen, Texas.
Airbus is increasing the maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of the A220-300 by around one additional ton and is now offering the aircraft with a 70.9-ton option.
A campaign to highlight enforcement of the UK’s laws on flights by small unmanned aircraft—and to emphasize the penalties that will be imposed when they are broken—has been launched this week by the nation’s airspace regulator, police force and government.
