Business Aviation

NASA’s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions has launched a crowdsourcing competition to solicit assessments from experts on the factors most likely to shape the future of air travel and how to best arrive at a favorable outcome.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Former RAF and NetJets pilot Adam Twidell established PrivateFly as a digital charter broker in St Albans, on the northern outskirts of London, in

For operators looking for a used, medium-sized helicopter, the Bell 212 is still popular. Tracing its ancestry to the single-engine UH-1 “Huey”

The ground-based air navigation infrastructure is aging and in need of repair, industry and FAA speakers warned March 31 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Aviation Summit.

NetJets has launched a new 25-hr. Corporate Angel Network jet card, which comes with one flight hour donated by NetJets to cancer patients needing to travel to treatment centers.

The Island Express S-76 accident and spacial disorientation.

DASSAULT AVIATION had €396m adjusted net income on €3.5b sales in 2020 vs €814m on €5.7b in 2019, and ended year with €15.9b backlog (34 Falcons); it

TEXTRON AVIATION delivered the 1,000th Citation 560XL series jet (a Citation XLS+); aircraft is managed by CUSTOM JET CHARTERS.

SPAC merger will take Lilium public and fund certification and commercial launch of its regional air mobility eVTOL air taxi.

Avoiding hail requires proper usage of the weather radar system

South Korea’s Hanwha Systems plans to invest 450 billion won ($400 million) in urban air mobility over the next three years.

Dutch investment company Panta Holdings has acquired Fokker Services and Fokker Techniek, aviation aftermarket businesses, from Fokker Technologies/GKN Aerospace.

Textron Aviation is celebrating the 1,000th delivery of its Cessna Citation 560XL series midsize business jet with the delivery of a Citation XLS+ to a customer in the Northeastern U.S.

Business and general aviation is playing a vital role in the global effort to vaccinate people against the COVID-19 virus.

Despite rumors to the contrary, Gulfstream Aerospace has stressed its commitment to its G280 super midsize jet and is investing in enhancements to the aircraft, company executives told reporters on March 30.

Navigation system suppliers have aligned to lobby the U.S. government for increased investment in legacy ground-based navigational aids.

How hail forms and how to forecast it.

Cape Air, a commuter airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, has placed a firm order for 10 new 11-seat Tecnam P2012 Traveller aircraft, with delivery scheduled in 2021.

Nearly 70% of fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada experienced a decline in fuel sales in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to an annual FBO fuel sales survey by the Aviation Business Strategies Group.

Textron Aviation’s parent company, Textron, is formally standing up an eAviation division to develop opportunities in emerging electric technologies.

We must get autonomy and data management right, despite security, validation and verification, trust and legacy transition challenges.

Hail encounters can cause substantial damage to your aircraft and make flying difficult

Daher has launched the Kodiak 100 Series III turboprop sport and utility aircraft and has begun customer deliveries.

Boeing-backed Wisk has added the aerospace giant’s Insitu Pacific unmanned aircraft division to the team working to demonstrate autonomous passenger transport in New Zealand.