Business Aviation

The leaders in advanced air mobility are planning rapid ramp-ups in production, from tens to thousands of air taxis annually within only a few years, to both enable and dominate the projected trillion-dollar global market for electric air taxis.

Basic principles of autopilot engagement are misunderstood. On Oct. 9, 1999, a Falcon 900B was en route from Portland, Oregon, to Grand Rapids

Advanced Aviation Team is a charter broker that focuses on clients with complex requirements. Among the company’s highest-profile work has been

Bombardier Aviation and members of Unifor’s Local 112 and 673, on strike since July 27, have reached a tentative labor agreement with the company.

Icon Aircraft announced plans to certify its Icon A5 amphibious aircraft as a way to expand sales at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.

New guidance from the FAA and EASA targets any operator with aircraft that have lavatory fire extinguishing bottles.

At least 12 significant cyber security incidents affecting the aerospace industry have been made public since the start of the year.

Two accidents reveal vulnerabilities in the aviation industry’s understanding of negative habit transfer, a pervasive factor on pilot performance

Piper Aircraft has earned certification of the Garmin GWX 8000 weather radar in its M-Class aircraft, including the M600, M500 and M350, the company announced during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh here.

The strike affects about 1,500 Bombardier workers and 700 De Havilland workers at the facility where Bombardier Global series aircraft and De Havilland Dash 8 turboprops are built.

Honda Aircraft Co. debuted its latest edition of the HondaJet, the HondaJet Elite S, with a special camouflage and gray paint scheme at its hangar at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh here.

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) was running buses to evacuate EAA AirVenture Oshkosh campers to shelters the evening of July 28 as high winds, hail and tornadoes threatened the area and the thousands of aircraft on the field.

TEXTRON AVIATION earned $96m on $1.2b revenues in 2Q21 vs $66m loss on $747m in 2Q20; aftermarket revenues rose by $98m. It delivered 44 jets and 33

JETSUPPORT AMSTERDAM completed its first retrofit of the Garmin G600Txi and new GFC600 autopilot on a Citation 525.

Textron’s business aircraft and helicopter segments saw revenues grow in the second quarter of 2021 based on increased sales of Cessna Citation jets and Caravan turboprops, Beechcraft King Air turboprops and Bell helicopters.

Aviation Week editor Lindsay Bjerregaard rode along on a formation aerobatic flight with the Phillips 66 Aerostars team at EAA AirVenture 2021.

The Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture always draws more people than any other air show. This year the mood is optimistic as people see the economy rebounding.

The company, which is also currently pursuing Part 23 type certification of the S4 eVTOL aircraft as well as production certification of the assembly line which will manufacture it, is targeting air carrier approval in 2022.

The Weekly of Business Aviation got a behind-the-scenes look inside the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital at EAA AirVenture 2021. Watch to find out all the features that make this aircraft so unique.

Volocopter flew its 2X eVTOL testing model in front of the crowds at EAA AirVenture.

Red Tail Flight Academy officials called it a “big day for everyone in aviation” as they took delivery of the first of two Piper Aircraft Pilot 100i trainers for its Tuskegee Airmen-inspired scholarship program during a July 27 ceremony during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Regional air mobility startup Electra is teaming under a NASA contract with researchers at the University of Southern California to mature blown lift technologies for electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.