Business Aviation

After a record 2019, VistaJet recorded a “strong start” to the first 10 weeks of 2020, despite the challenges posed by COVID-19.

A coalition of six general and business aviation trade groups are asking that government financial relief assistance sought by air carriers in response to the impact from COVID-19 include business aviation charter providers and fractional operators.

The European Commission (EC) has sent member states a draft of proposed changes to state aid rules give them more flexibility to support companies hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as airline and airport groups called for more support.

Military drone manufacturer AeroVironment has granted Canadian unmanned aircraft systems company Draganfly distribution responsibility for a commercial drone it unveiled in 2016.

Targeting the safety record of general aviation and helicopters, a U.S. startup is certifying a high-reliability fly-by-wire system that can be retrofitted across a wide range of aircraft to provide simplified flight control with full envelope protection.

Following the cancellation of EBACE 2020, the National Business Aviation Association has canceled all scheduled events through July 1 as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread.

The U.S. Air Force now owns four light attack aircraft after finalizing a $70.2 million deal on March 16 for two Beechcraft AT-6 Wolverines. Along

NBAA has cancelled all scheduled events/meetings that were scheduled through July 1 in conjunction with CDC guidance.

Chinese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing developer EHang has signed a cooperation agreement with the city government of Seville to launch its first urban air mobility pilot program in Spain.

NBAA and EBAA cancelled its European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE2020), scheduled for May 26-28.

Safran powers VoltAero; scaling quantum computers; automating dogfighting; eVTOL in Norway; safer batteries; drone delivery bases.

Organizers have canceled the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, Europe’s largest business aircraft show, citing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak.

Air Elite by World Fuel has added three new fixed base operators to its network. The additions include Bellingham Aviation Services in Washington

Stellar Labs has formed a partnership with FL3XX to give the more than 50 operators on the FL3XX platform the ability to offer, search, quote and book

ASTM International has canceled its April Standards meetings, to be held in Boston and Prague, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, it said. The Boston

Premier Private Jets has added two jets to its fleet, a Hawker 400XP and Hawker 800XP. The aircraft bring Premier Private Jets’ company-owned charter

Air Charter Service, a private aircraft charter provider, has opened a new office in Chicago, bringing the number of U.S. offices to 10. Adding a

Women in Aviation drew a record number of attendees and exhibitors to its three-day conference in Orlando Mar. 5-7. It attracted nearly 4,500

NASA is formulating a new, “multi-tech” strategy to pave the way towards a possible next-generation, subsonic, electrified X-plane

Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR positively contributed to Italian parent company Leonardo’s 2019 results in orders and deliveries, according to Leonardo CEO Alessandro Profumo.

Alongside sustainable fuels and electric propulsion, hydrogen has a role in helping aviation address emissions challenges and industry should allocate resources to exploring its potential, concludes a report by European consultants Roland Berger.

Embraer, Stanford University and the U.S. Energy Department are exploring multifunction structures that can store energy and carry loads.

Avfuel, a provider of aviation fuel and services, has launched a voluntary carbon offset program “committed to helping the industry reach its carbon neutrality goals.”

European aviation groups are focusing anew on illegal charter flights fueled by the release of a report of an accident involving a Piper Malibu in January 2019 that took the lives of Argentine football player Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson.

Vicki Nakata has been named CEO of Stellar Labs. She succeeds David Fox, who has been named chairman of the board. Nakata joined the company in 2018