Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Family-owned fixed-base operator (FBO) network Sheltair Aviation has completed the sale of its operation at Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) in Ronkonkoma, New York, to Modern Aviation, Sheltair announced March 4.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

JET AVIATION has EASA approval to provide G650 line maintenance at Vienna.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter has received a first tranche of $170 million in Series E financing, with additional investment in the pipeline as the German electric vertical takeoff and landing startup works toward launching urban air taxi service in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey, Molly McMillin
As western sanctions begin to take hold and Russian aircraft owners find themselves with assets they cannot use or even maintain, it is possible some will seek
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Dassault engineers, who have put a special focus on meeting the Falcon 6X development program schedule, are facing new challenges to have the aircraft enter into service on time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), a federal interagency panel under the Treasury Department, has cleared Icon Aircraft’s investment by it
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Sanctions being imposed on Russia will cripple the country’s business-aviation sector, according to a panel of aerospace lawyers convened by Corporate Jet Investor for a Town Hall webinar on March 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
As the long-running certification of the 525 enters a new phase, steady sales sustain a bridge to a busier year ahead for Bell.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Jet Linx, a private aviation company, has acquired Southern Jet, a charter and aircraft management company based at the Boca Raton Airport in Florida.
Business Aviation

By Lee Ann Shay
A breakdown of the Russian-operated business aircraft fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup CoFlow Jet has struck an agreement with NASA to commercialize deflected-slipstream technology that would enable an electric vertical/short takeoff and landing (eV/STOL) aircraft to transition to efficient cruise without requiring tilting mechanisms or separate lift rotors.
Advanced Air Mobility

JET LINX opened new private terminal at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, its 20th location (first in South Florida).
Business Aviation

Scott Lawson to General Manager of Henderson Jet Services, Las Vegas.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
UK startup Stratospheric Platforms has demonstrated the ability to transmit 5G cell phone signals from a high altitude.
Connected Aerospace

By Molly McMillin
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU and U.S. have issued bans on Russian-registered aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft founding president and CEO, announced his retirement Feb. 18 in a memo to employees.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Aircraft Industries, the Czech manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop transport aircraft, says in an open letter that its ownership by Russian holding group Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UGMK) “is likely to change a lot for us as a company, but we ourselves do not know what the consequences will be.”
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The designer of what is now Leonardo’s AW09 helicopter is planning to unveil a new concept for a single-engine rotorcraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In November 2018, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology flew an aircraft on a propulsion system with no moving parts.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Attempting to counter the roll will likely make it worse.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
South Korean startup Plana has unveiled plans to develop a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi with the range to enable intercity flights and service entry planned for 2028.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Beyond removing passenger and routine air cargo links between Russia and the U.S., the ban will have aerospace supply-chain implications.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Australia’s Swoop Aero has delivered Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines by drone in Malawi for the first time.
Advanced Air Mobility