Business Aviation

Backed by Chinese electric car maker XPeng, startup HT Aero has reached agreement to raise more than $500 million to develop an integrated flying and driving vehicle.

A central tenet of Uber’s Elevate vision for urban aerial ride sharing was that this is commercial air transport—aircraft owned by airlines and flown by professional pilots plying between vertiports.

GE Digital has signed a memo of understanding with Flapz to provide personalized data about each flight under a program called Safety Insight for Business Jets.

Used business aircraft prices have increased 20% to 30% due to historically low inventory and a backlog of new aircraft orders, an International Aircraft Dealers Association survey of its dealers shows.

With investors including Alaska Air Group, UP.Partners has closed a $230 million early stage venture capital fund dedicated to supporting companies enabling future mobility.

MILLBROOK AIR was rebranded as FOUR CORNERS AVIATION; assets include an aircraft management and charter company, headquartered at Stewart

The investigation of the Cessna 208 Caravan collision and ditching in Belize.

Cessna 208 Caravan collision and ditching in Belize.

SAFT, Paris was selected by Embraer to supply 443CH1 Ultra Low Maintenance (ULM) batteries for the Praetor 500 and 600.

Gulfstream Aerospace has added several new features and options to the popular super-midsize Gulfstream G280 as investment in the aircraft and interest in the segment continue.

Germany’s Volocopter has partnered with Austrian commercial vehicle manufacturer Schwarzmuller to develop a mobile takeoff and landing platform for the VoloDrone electric unmanned cargo aircraft.

A roundup of announcements at NBAA-BACE.

Viasat’s new service plan structure can be customized for where an aircraft typically operates and the amount of data it requires.

Enabled by cash from parent defense prime General Dynamics, the market leader is poised to maintain its dominance for many years to come.

A Flight Safety Foundation study says pilots execute go-arounds only 3% of the time when an approach exceeds stable approach criteria.

To understand the new streamlined Letters of Authorization, one needs to understand how bad the old monthslong process was.

Reliable Robotics has raised an additional $100 million in funding to continue development of its remotely operated aircraft system for cargo and passenger aircraft.

With low used aircraft inventory and rising flight hours in the business jet industry, it’s a good time to be in business.

PS ENGINEERING was selected by Chicago Jet Group to provide PAC45J audio control system for Falcon 900B upgrade.

Christophe Potocki to Vice President of Sales, based in Singapore, of Jetcraft Commercial.

The pre-owned business jet market is surging with inventories at record lows and prices rising.

The King Air installation adds an additional 6-8 ft. of wingspan.

Southeast Aerospace announced partnership with Garmin International to develop IVSI and ESI units in Part 25 aircraft.

Competition for cockpit-focused L-band satellite communications (satcom) has heated up with Inmarsat’s recent announcement of a major “Elera” network

European business aviation operators are hopeful that the planned opening of U.S. borders for European travelers in November will lead to an increase in activity.