Business Aviation

From new long‑haul milestones to reinforced global links, Rome Fiumicino heads into Summer 2026 building on a record year and with a strong focus on quality.

Vern Raburn’s attempt to mass-produce low-cost airplanes was a flop. Was Eclipse the forerunner to today’s air mobility ventures?

Next-generation proprotor blade and advanced tiltrotor concept show promise.

After completing demonstration flights with its electric air taxi first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in New York, Joby Aviation is taking the lessons learned into its planning for operations set to begin this year under an FAA pilot program.

NASA is continuing to speed up the rate of X-59 flight tests.

The business aviation industry has been through fuel price spikes before. We have not seen a supply picture quite like this one. The operators who plan for it now will have a much better summer than the ones who wait to see how it plays out.

Merlin is expanding its autonomous flight platform into the commercial cargo market with the launch of a new product line called Condor.

Iridium has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Aileron space-based air traffic surveillance system that it hosts on its satellite network.

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.