Business Aviation

An Elektro Tour marked the first-ever crossing of the English Channel by a certified all-electric aircraft, the Pipistrel Electro.

The 2025 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast reveals that engine MRO demand will grow much faster than the size of the in-service aircraft fleet.

Air taxi developer SkyDrive has raised ¥8.3 billion ($56.8 million) including investments from two prominent Japanese rail operators.

Bombardier announced the opening of a Montreal-based Bombardier Innovation and Design Center to enable its teams to “secretly and rapidly” test new products.

Aerospace trade associations need to speak with a single, unified voice if their work is to succeed, the Isle of Man Aviation Conference was told.

Following the purchase of Italian-based Piaggio Aerospace by Baykar, the new company—now called Baykar Piaggio Aerospace—has appointed a CEO.

NETJETS took delivery of its first Praetor 500 midsize jet as part of order for up to 250 (SPNWS; May 19, 2023).

EMBRAER delivered 38 executive jets (21 Phenoms/17 Praetors) in 2Q25 vs 27 (20 Phenoms/seven Praetors) in 2Q24; and 61 (35 Phenoms/26 Praetors) in 1H25 vs 45 (31 Phenoms/14 Praetors) in 2H24. It plans 145-155 deliveries in CY25.

ALTALINE has acquired BRAZOS SAFETY SYSTEMS, TX (FDM/FOQA analytics) in deal arranged by AvStrategies (BRiFO).

This month’s program profile highlights the Dassault Falcon 6X.

A new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility has begun operations at Malta International Airport through a partnership between Diamond Aircraft and Falcon Aviation Engineering (FAE).

Bombardier has not named the customer for a large fleet order of 50 Challenger and Global business jets with options for 70 more–plus a service agreement.

The FAA is adopting new airworthiness directives (AD).

American Honda's HondaJet flies over the countryside near Greensboro, North Carolina.

With ATC modernization in sharp focus, listen in as editors and former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt dig back through our archives to discuss a midair collision in 1956.

Both the House and Senate propose a $12.5 billion down payment on DOT Secretary Sean Duffy’s plan to modernize U.S. ATC infrastructure by the end of the decade.

In the post-pandemic era, public perception is important, especially in the UK and Europe, where “private jets” have become political footballs.

Eight countries have formed a coalition to advocate for expanded flight taxation globally.

Piaggio Aerospace completed the sale of its Villanova d’Albenga and Genoa, Italy sites to Baykar, a Turkish aerospace firm.

Bombardier has signed a $1.7 billion order with an unnamed new customer for 50 Challenger and Global business jets.

The latest news in brief from the business aviation industry.

The FAA intends to launch a service-based aeronautical notification test system in July.

Cirrus Aircraft is expanding its manufacturing facility in Grand Forks, North Dakota in a $13 million project.

An expected EBAA announcement on the location and dates of the 2026 EBACE has been postponed until late July 2025.

Five supply chain themes emerged at the airshow.