Business aircraft shipments in the first quarter (Q1) rose nearly 15% compared to a year ago, with deliveries up in every category, while billings declined 6%, according to General Aviation Manufacturers Association data released May 19.
London-based Flexjet plans to nearly double its European fleet by the end of 2022 to a total of 12, spurred by a 180% jump in fight activity in the first four months of 2022.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has selected Swiss-based H55 to supply battery systems for the engine maker’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program.
Recent changes by the FAA in a long-established software validation process explain Gulfstream’s disclosure that certification of its newest business jets may slip by as many as six months.
Surf Air Mobility is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company that values the Los Angeles-based regional scheduled and on-demand charter carrier at $1.42 billion.
As an upbeat business aviation industry is about to gather in Geneva for the first time since 2019, the European Business Aviation Association is striving to help its members cope with a myriad issues, from the tail end of the COVID-19 crisis to the Russia-Ukraine war, upcoming regulation and the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs).
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has announced the company will expand completions operations at its St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) facility in Cahokia, Illinois, located less than three miles from the Gateway Arch riverfront in St. Louis.
China conducted the first test flights of the AVIC AC313A civil heavy-lift helicopter on May 17 and plans to certify the type within the country’s 14th five-year plan of 2021-25.
Stakeholders, including the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), have filed a pair of motions in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York requesting to pause the planned closure of East Hampton Airport.
Growing FBO network operator Modern Aviation has agreed to acquire three FBO locations in the Sacramento, California, area operated by Superior Aviation Company (SACjet).
Since joining the family business in the 2000s after a spell working in insurance, Robert Walters has had an unbetterable view as Biggin Hill has undergone a radical transformation.
Spirit AeroSystems' executive vice president Sam Marnick sits down with Aviation Week's Molly McMillin to discuss the company's diverse and growing business.
New business jet and turboprop deliveries in Europe are expected to reach just under 1,900 units over the next 10 years, with large and ultra-long-range jets accounting for about a third of all deliveries into the region, according to Aviation Week Network’s 2022 Business Fleet & MRO Forecast.
