Business Aviation

Lessor LCI Helicopters’ parent has bought out minority stakeholder KKR, returning ownership to the founding Libra Group after seven years, the companies announced Oct. 11.

Textron Aviation is launching its eighth Special Olympics Airlift, and is calling on owners and operators of Citation, King Air, Beechjet, Hawker and Premier aircraft to help transport athletes to the 2022 Special Olympics Games in Orlando.

Dassault will complete detailed design of Falcon 10X by year-end and begin parts production 2022; it will enter service in 2025.

Nicolas Chabbert’s tenure as GAMA chairman was not easy, with a pandemic forcing the trade group to do much of its work remotely.

As Rolls-Royce continues its push into electrified propulsion, the engine maker has signed an agreement to establish facilities in Germany for developing, testing and producing hybrid-electric power trains.

NetJets placed an order worth more than $1.2 billion for 100 Embraer Phenom 300Es, which will about double its fleet of the Phenom 300 series.

In a double move that Boeing Business Jets says underpins renewed product confidence and market growth, the company has announced the service debut of the first 737 MAX-based BBJ 737-8 as well as the first new order for the corporate variant since the return of the MAX to commercial service in 2020.

Recent engine selections for Gulfstream’s ultra-long range G800 and Dassault’s Falcon 10X with the Pearl have solidified Rolls-Royce’s lead in the long-range business jet market.

Pratt & Whitney Canada is entering the final stages of certifying the PW812D for Dassault’s fast-paced Falcon 6X program and has begun tests of the newest family member.

U.S. battery startup Lyten is looking to electric aircraft as a potential early market for its energy-dense lithium-sulfur batteries as it scales up to meet expected demand from the automotive industry by 2025-26.

A shift from electric and hybrid-electric propulsion toward hydrogen is evident among sustainable aircraft projects announced so far this year, according to European consultancy Roland Berger.

U.S. startup Prometheus Fuels expects to begin delivering commercial quantities of its carbon-neutral sustainable aviation fuel toward the end of 2022.

A day after announcing a vaccinated travel lane (VTL) with South Korea, the Singapore government revealed eight more partner countries in Europe and North America.

RoyalJet, the Abu Dhabi owned private aviation company, has received the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Stage 2 certification for its Fixed Base Operations (FBO) located at the Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Dassault Aviation has unveiled a new, enhanced interior design intended to provide added comfort and ergonomics on its flagship aircraft, the ultra-long-range Falcon 8X.

I’ve always looked forward to the Static Display at each NBAA-BACE as a way of not only seeing what aircraft manufacturers have to offer, but also

Most of the skills and techniques needed in a multi-pilot cockpit have their place when flying single pilot, but the requirements for proper planning and organization are even higher.

The G700 will be the largest of Gulfstream’s large-cabin jets, and is set for first customer deliveries late next year.

LAS VEGAS - Honeywell’s just-released forecast predicts deliveries of up to 7,400 new business jets valued at $238 billion over the coming decade

California-based Redding Aero Enterprises has become the launch customer for a Cessna Caravan 208B drag reduction package developed by Raisbeck

CitationPartners plans to make its Citation Excel Eagle airframe and flight deck upgrade program available to all owners of the popular Citation Excel family, including the Excel, XLS, and XLS+.

Startup VerdeGo Aero has validated the efficiency of its VH-3 hybrid-electric powerplant in more than 500 full-scale ground tests of prototype systems since mid-2020.

Oxford University spinout Brill Power has launched a new type of battery management system that can increase storage capacity and lifetime.

EC Power has received a U.S. Air Force contract to develop a lithium-ion battery cell capable of extreme fast charging of electrified aircraft and ground vehicles.

NetJets has paused sales of its jet cards, fractional shares and leases of its Embraer Phenom jets, Textron Aviation Citation XLS and Citation Latitude aircraft, an expansion of an earlier temporary halt of sales because of unprecedented demand for the products.