Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Over the next 10 years, Europe’s business aviation fleet is expected to grow from 3,725 aircraft today to nearly 5,020, a compound annual growth rate of 3.4%.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Ron Draper was appointed president and CEO of Textron Aviation in October.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Inventories of used business aircraft for sale declined across the board, except for piston aircraft, during the first quarter of 2019, while sales were down 25%, JetNet says.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The number of April business aviation departures in Europe declined 3.1% compared to a year ago to 66,165 flights, but is similar to March activity, according to WingX Advance data.
Business Aviation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
TAP Air Portugal’s Airbus A321LR took its first commercial flight May 11, operating from Lisbon to Prague.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Mitsubishi Aircraft said a stretched redesign of what was formerly dubbed the MRJ70, a regional jet follow-on to the company’s in-development MRJ90, is a “realistic possibility” and expects to release new configuration details over coming weeks.
Business Aviation

By Thierry Dubois
EBACE 2019 will open May 21-23 in Geneva as European business aircraft manufacturers are experiencing varying levels of success.
Business Aviation

Bradley Perrett; Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is close to the assessment phase of a study for a new commercial aircraft.
Business Aviation

The FAA has yet to develop a plan for modernizing its Civil Aviation Registry—despite being required to complete upgrades by October 2021—according to a new audit report from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Bristow Group has joined a growing list of offshore helicopters operators to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bid to restructure its operation.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier has sold five Learjet 75 light jets, valued at $69 million at 2019 list prices, to an undisclosed customer, the company says.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
CityAirbus makes first hops; Vahana fully transitions; Mobi-One seeks funding; artificial intelligence for fighters.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
Collins Aerospace has announced that Steve Timm has taken over as president of its avionics business unit, five months after the company merged with UTAS.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Startup Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX) has launched a crowdfunding campaign toward building a full-scale demo for its Mobi-One tiltwing eVTOL air taxi.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Boston-based Magellan Jets has launched Elevate, a new private jet membership program, calling it “risk-free membership” with a 30-day satisfaction guarantee.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
NBAA has launched a “retargeting” program that allows participants to target those visiting the NBAA website with banner ads as visitors search other internet sites.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Business and general aviation worldwide avionics sales rose 13% in the first quarter of 2019 to $724 million, up from $640 million a year ago.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft Co., owned by the government of Brunei, has become entangled in controversy amid a global outcry related to Islamic Brunei’s brutal sex laws.
Business Aviation

The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will consider Stephen Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator May 15, paving the way for the agency to receive its first confirmed leader since January 2018.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Airbus’s Vahana eVTOL demo has completed its first full transitions between vertical and forward flight, tilting its tandem wings fully down and cruising at 90 kt.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Startup XTI Aircraft has completed the first series of test flights of a 65% scale proof-of-concept prototype of its TriFan 600 ducted-fan VTOL business aircraft.
Business Aviation

As its faces its own financial challenges, electric truckmaker Workhorse tries to find a buyer for its hybrid-electric helicopter.
Air Transport

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors.
Business Aviation

By Michael Bruno
With two major aerostructures businesses—Triumph Group’s and Bombardier’s—being shopped out for new owners, is there suddenly too much of the same “product” in the marketplace?
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The FAA “cannot confirm the legality” of using tech designed to detect small UAS, the agency says in updated guidance sent to U.S. airports.
Business Aviation