Honeywell has established an Unmanned Aerial Systems business unit focused on growing its presence in the emerging markets for drones and urban air mobility vehicles.
Magellan Jets, based in Boston, is adding two new pay-as-you-go membership programs to serve a wave of newcomers turning to private aviation as they grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UK government’s imposition of a 14-day quarantine on passengers arriving in the country has nipped British business aviation’s nascent recovery in the bud.
Slovenia’s Pipistrel has received its first type certificate for an all-electric aircraft, with the Velis Electro two-seat trainer receiving CS-LSA certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Start-up company KinectAir has launched an on-demand regional flight network in the Pacific Northwest, allowing customers to use a smartphone app to order a flight from their nearest airfield to anywhere within a 1,000-mi. radius, the company said.
The U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has signed a purchase contract for 17 Cessna aircraft with Textron Aviation, including 11 Skyhawk 172S, five Skylane 182T and one Turbo Stationair HD T206HD aircraft.
Leaders of 16 agricultural, business, rural and public health organizations are asking Congress to extend the same temporary fuel tax relief given to commercial aviation operators to noncommercial general aviation operators as well.
Wisk, the urban air mobility joint venture between Kitty Hawk and Boeing, has resumed flight testing of its Cora all-electric autonomous air taxi in the U.S. and New Zealand.
