Business Aviation

Following a trend of rising transportation costs, average jet card private charter prices rose 6% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter and were up 28% from the end of 2020, according to Private Jet Card Comparisons.

Daher has begun U.S. deliveries of its TBM 960 turboprop following FAA certification June 24.

Signature Aviation has finalized the deal to acquire TAC Air and its 14 private aviation facilities in the U.S.

London City Airport wants more flexible operating hours for flights, particularly on Saturdays, as a way to increase capacity at the airport.

As the person in charge, you need to have a plan to get the new hire up to speed.

Irakli Litanishvili discusses his latest enterprise, Mirai Flights—an app-based charter brokerage that claims to have cut the time between searching for business jet availability and confirming a paid booking to less than 10 min.

Electric short takeoff and landing aircraft developer Electra believes a 500-600 kW turbogenerator will allow its in-development nine-passenger aircraft to fly 30% more fuel efficiently that a similar-sized aircraft.

More details of the architecture of the Lilium Jet electric regional air taxi have emerged as the German startup has named Astronics to develop the power distribution system.

Europe’s Sesar 3 Joint Undertaking public-private partnership for air traffic management research has awarded grants for two projects for operational demonstrations that support the Digital European Sky vision to modernize the region’s aviation infrastructure.

A collaboration between startups Otto Aviation and ZeroAvia could lead to one of the first clean-sheet aircraft with hydrogen-electric propulsion.

Assessing whether you are ready for a flight both physically and mentally is something not to be overlooked.

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.