With more than three months to go before opening day, the National Business Aviation Association plans to provide an update in early July on the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, the world’s largest business aviation show.
Electric flight startup ZeroAvia has completed its first electrically driven flight in the UK as it gears up its operations to demonstrate a 250-300-nm flight with its hydrogen fuel cell technology.
About 250 Textron Aviation employees received 60-day layoff notices June 23, including 70 in Wichita, as the company adjusts to the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company told employees.
Tupolev has released specifications and a seven-year schedule for completing design of a 30-seat, supersonic business jet, which includes flying a testbed aircraft possibly derived from the Tu-160 bomber.
Be The Match, a not-for-profit operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, has a particular shortage of volunteer pilots to fly donors or bone marrow and their couriers in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the U.S. and between Canada and the U.S.
As Textron Aviation plans to restructure and reduce its workforce, company officials have asked the Machinists union to open contract negotiations early.
Network-based identity and position reporting by drones will not be costly for their operators, says one of the companies assisting the FAA in developing “Remote ID” service requirements.
Flying privately eliminates as many as 680 “person-to-person touch points” rather than traveling by commercial airline—potentially reducing the chances of contracting the coronavirus leading to COVID-19, according to Colibri Aircraft, a London-based private jet broker.
Startup SkyDrive has confirmed plans for a public flight demonstration this summer of Japan’s first manned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
The Helicopter Association International (HAI) has launched HAI’s COVID-19 Clean Program, designed to help members protect customers and employees from infectious diseases.
Jetcraft has partnered with Jet Support Services (JSSI), a maintenance support program provider, to offer after-purchase unscheduled maintenance for business jets bought through Jetcraft.
Tamarack Aerospace Group has launched a temporary program to waive installation fees for Active Winglet installations on Cessna Citation business jets.
