Business Aviation

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

The event has grown from a small fly-in for sport aviation enthusiasts in 1974 to Florida’s largest annual convention.

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) says the proposed rebranding will create confusion.

Gogo and Atlas Air Service of Germany have partnered to certify installations of Gogo’s HDX antenna on Cessna Citation and Embraer Phenom 300 light jets.

Certification now paves the way for deliveries to commence.

Steady growth in Embraer’s Services and Support business (ESS) is poised to accelerate as a new engine overhaul joint venture kicks off.

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero is preparing to test a more powerful piston engine from Kawasaki.

While French innovators are making gradual progress in electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion, they are looking for critical funding.

The FAA is awarding $27.2 million in a new round of grants to 11 U.S. universities for research to reduce emissions and noise.

The new executive director of EASA plans to focus on digitalization and modernization once he assumes his post on April 1.

U.S. business aviation faces a huge fuel tax increase, new audits and a longer aircraft depreciation schedule. NBAA's Ed Bolen joins to discuss industry's response.

Dassault's first business jet, the Falcon 20, helped launch the Pan Am executive jet division and Federal Express.

Honeywell is buying Italian supplier Civitanavi Systems in a bid to strengthen its foothold in autonomous aerospace operations and expand in Europe.

Wheels Up and FlyExclusive logged the same year-on-year period for the past three months, while having performed above the total from Dec. 2019 to Feb. 2020.

In the three years since Volato formed in early 2021, the company’s fleet has grown from three Honda Aircraft HondaJets to 24 at the end of 2023.

Bombardier said it is working with its supplier to resolve a shortage of replacement tail deicing boots affecting Learjets.

High interest rates and supply chain travails could eventually slow growth in business jet market, Bloomberg Intelligence said in a new report.

Bombardier flew out the last Global 7500 to be manufactured at its Toronto Downsview facility on March 23.

The location was chosen to provide the most convenient shipping hub to Europe and beyond.

Honeywell expects to more than double the fleet of HTF7000 engines over the next decade as it seeks to develop a next-generation successor for the 2030s.

Bombardier’s ultra-long range Global 7500 has now set more than 30 city-pair speed records with two new record flights on Feb. 28 and March 6.

Britten-Norman has secured new investment from a group of investors led by private equity firm 4D Capital Partners.

According to the White House, the funding is part of the administration’s larger effort to rebuild infrastructure across the U.S.

FAA revises type certification basis for eVTOLs, beginning with Joby

A Northern English airport has been saved from redevelopment after local councils signed a lease with the aim of reopening the facility.