Business Aviation

Avfuel Corp. has formed a partnership with Neste to create a continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel in the U.S.

Italian aircraft manufacturer Tecnam is repurposing a P2012 utility twin-piston-engine aircraft for COVID-19 vaccine transportation to carry products to remote areas.

ELLIOTT AVIATION, IL acquired Atlanta-based THE MAINTENANCE GROUP (business aviation MRO at ADeKalb-Peachtree).

WALTZING MATILDA AVIATION, MA acquired majority stake in Helena, MT-based aircraft charter/management business (six aircraft) of EXEC AIR; deal

BUSINESS AVIATION GROUP broke ground of first 38,000 sq ft hangar facility at Northern Colorado Regional Airport to launch construction of 4-hangar

Retired Airbus CEO Thomas Enders has joined the board of Lilium, adding the weight of his reputation to the German startup’s ambitious plans to launch a regional air mobility service by 2025.

General Motors’ urban air mobility aspirations have been confirmed following CEO Mary Barra’s keynote on Jan. 12 at CES 2021.

Biotechnology company United Therapeutics is an unlikely driving force behind the development of eVTOL technology.

With the UK entering its third full national lockdown on Jan. 6 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, private charter flights have all but stopped.

Signature Aviation, which operates Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest FBO chain, has accepted a cash offer of $4.63 billion from Global Infrastructure Partners for the business, the company said Jan. 11.

After a hit in sales caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, member dealers of the International Aircraft Dealers Association experienced a trend of increasing transactions of pre-owned aircraft in 2020.

PREMIER AIR CHARTER acquired leases of four Citation Xs to bolster charter fleet; first arrived at its base in Carlsbad, CA.

LATITUDE 33 AVIATION, CA took delivery of new Challenger 350 for pax charters (3,200 nm range) out of San Diego.

CHINA FLYING DRAGON, Harbin was appointed by Pratt & Whitney as designated maintenance facility for PT6A-27/-135A.

MUNCIE AVIATION, IN acquired DES MOINES FLYING SERVICE, IA (business/general aviation sales and service center).

TAILWIND TECHNOLOGIES has acquired Wisconsin-based DAWLEY AVIATION (exhaust systems) and DAWLEY MANUFACTURING (metal fabrication, tube bending and

Operators value speed, performance.

Dave Calderwood takes a look at what will be focusing the attention of the business aviation community in 2021.

Trees in space; Head-worn enhanced vision; Jet fuel from CO2; South Korean UAM test site; and Cargo pod for eVTOL.

Several private flight providers launched new jet card programs in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a look at some of them. By The Hour

Five non-career FAA appointees resigned from their posts in protest after the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters Jan. 7, according to an internal email viewed by Aviation Daily.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled industry leaders on their predictions for the business aviation industry in 2021. Below is Part 2 of a two-part series. Please see the Jan. 4, 2021, edition for Part 1.

Matthew Mejía, Aerion chief financial officer and executive vice president strategy and investor relations, discusses the status of the AS2 supersonic business jet program with Bill Carey, Business and Commercial Aviation senior editor.

In this week’s podcast, we go behind the scenes for a glimpse into how the cover story of the Jan 11-24 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology took

Business jet traffic over the Christmas holiday period was down 11% compared to a year ago, peaking at 12,000 daily flights on Dec. 23, according to WingX Advance data.