Business Aviation

Complex operations enabled by regulatory waivers and deviations under an FAA pilot program are expected to shorten the time from type certification to operational readiness for commercial electric taxi operations.

Hal Shevers, founder and chair of Sporty’s, died May 12, the company announced. He was 90.

Otto Aerospace has moved into detail design of the Phantom 3500 business aircraft, advancing its plans to exploit drag-reducing laminar flow technology.

Aviation services company Metrea is gearing up to demonstrate its Fireswift aerial firefighting aircraft to European governments in the coming weeks.

Bombardier has launched an accelerated training program here designed to help aircraft maintenance technicians obtain FAA Airframe and Powerplant certification.

Beta Technologies is advancing conforming aircraft and propulsion systems for certification testing.

Corporate, Fractional, Charter and Private individual operators all surpassed their hourly utilization performance during February to April 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 and 2019, according to data from Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization.

Battery exhaustion after encountering poor weather was the reason the Skydweller large solar-powered UAS was lost in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4.

The number of aggregated hourly flown figures for the world’s leading business aviation carriers show that NetJets and Flexjet each experienced higher flight hours from February to April 2026 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization.

Rheinmetall and Deutsche Telekom have teamed on an initiative to improve drone defense of urban areas and critical infrastructure.

The UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) has been granted funding to buy additional helicopters, in addition to aircraft already on order from Airbus.

Archer says it is pursuing a restricted type certificate for its Midnight eVTOL in the UAE that could enable operations in Abu Dhabi ahead of full FAA certification.

AIRO unveils Jaunt UAS with five-fold range increase, adds ISR variant for military and civil uses and targets delivery by 2027.

Egypt’s first SAF plant secures $142.9m financing, aiming to produce 200,000 metric tons of biofuels annually with Shell as a key partner.

Wheels Up’s first quarter financial performance is not surprising.

Michael Skov Christensen, CCO at GOGO, reflects on the company's recent recognition for advancing innovation and excellence in the private aviation sector.

The latest flights advance United Therapeutics’ hydrogen-electric helicopter program beyond hover testing into more complex flight operations.

The largest monthly price increase for a gallon of Jet-A fuel was in the Western Pacific region, with prices up 39 cents per gallon compared to April figures, while the largest decrease was in the Great Lakes region, with costs down 47 cents per gallon from a month ago.

Embraer has selected India’s Bharat Forge as a new supplier of forged raw materials for its aircraft.

Boeing plans to invest $1 billion over the next three years in its recently reacquired Wichita site, its top executive announced May 11.

LanzaTech has selected North Sea Port in Ghent, Belgium, as the site for the EU’s first commercial-scale, alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant.

RTX’s Collins Aerospace is expanding a facility in Largo, Florida, to accelerate production of radars for the FAA’s air traffic control modernization push.

The preowned business aircraft market showed both resilience and discipline during the first three months of 2026 despite geopolitical and economic uncertainty.

During the first quarter of 2026, Embraer’s executive jet division recorded higher shipments and revenue.

Solar Impulse 2, the one-of-a-kind aircraft that flew around the world on solar power in 2015-16, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on May 4.