Business Aviation

FLYEXCLUSIVE, NC completed previously announced business combination with EG ACQUISITION (EnTrust Global and GMF Capital) and began trading on NYSE. It currently owns a floating fleet of 100 light-to-heavy business jets.

FAI AVIATION GROUP, Germany extended its executive avaition services partnership with the UK-based McLaren Formula 1 team; it currently operates five Bombardier Global Express and six Challenger 604 jets and five Learjet 60s.

VOLATO, Atlanta says it has increased its HondaJet fleet from 16 to 24 aircraft in 2023, including three new aircraft delivered in December: two directly from Honda and one managed plane.

SPEEDBIRD (subsidiary of Northern Jet), Orlando was certified by FAA to operate Part 135 charters with 10 or more pax using Challenger 605s.

SIGNATURE AVIATION acquired MERIDIAN (FBOs at Teterboro, NJ/Hayward, CA) to add to its network of >200 FBOs.

As 2024 begins, a cross-section of leaders from a variety of segments within the business aviation industry give their predictions for 2024.

Bombardier has received a firm order for 12 Challenger 3500 super midsized business jets valued at $326.4 million at list prices, from an unnamed customer.

The configuration has a regional aircraft using full electric power for short-haul and a range extender for longer missions.

Volato, an Atlanta-based private flight provider and the largest HondaJet operator in the U.S., added eight aircraft to its fleet during 2023.

Announced on Jan. 2, the transaction closed on New Year’s Day and builds on Signature’s network of more than 200 locations in 27 countries.

Aircraft sales firm Moon Jet Group, established in the northeast of England in 2015, has broken its own records for sales in a calendar year in 2023.

Airport operator Royal Schiphol Group said it plans to provide capacity for 293,000 flights in the summer season from March 31 to Oct. 26.

An Airbus AS-350B3 helicopter falls down a mountainside after an attempted white-out landing.

Among the avionics equipment involved were a Honeywell BendixKing KI-203 installation kit, KT-74 transponder, and KA-61 L-band antenna.

Rob Balzano, a retired Air Force Colonel and former F-16 pilot, has been named CEO of the Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association (CJP).

Pilatus has entered an agreement with Aero Centers Epps to acquire the authorized Pilatus sales and service center at Atlanta’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK).

OEMs in business aviation have strong backlogs but supply chain pain challenges production.

An International conference agreement aims to drive global development of sustainable aviation fuel.

From bookings to the cockpit, aviation companies are exploring the realm of artificial intelligence.

Major events in aerospace and defense during 2023.

Fleets are set to grow in all sectors except military and year-over-year growth is projected to be highest for the commercial and business aviation aftermarket.

ARKASAIR took delivery of new Challenger 3500 (first in Turkey) for charter operations, replacing its Challenger 300.

PILATUS agreed to acquire Pilatus aircraft maintenance/repair business from Atlanta-based AERO CENTERS EPPS.

SKYSERVICE BUSINESS AVIATION completed its investment in Fontainebleau Aviation's FBO at Miami Opa-Locka Executive Airport; approvals for an investment in Fontainebleau's new FBO at Fort Lauderdale are still underway.

The U.S. air traffic control system’s recent shortcomings underscore that a true modernization is well past due.