Weeks after reported UAV sightings disrupted operations at Gatwick Airport, London Heathrow Airport briefly suspended departures Jan. 8 to probe a UAV sighting.
Dassault Aviation delivered 41 new Falcon jets in 2018, down from 49 in 2017, the company reports. Deliveries were consistent with its delivery forecast.
Brazil’s new administration supports the proposed Boeing-Embraer tie-up, but is signaling that the terms may have to change before it gives its required OK.
Insurance company State Farm said it has received a long-term FAA waiver to fly drones beyond the operator’s visual line of sight (BVLOS) and over people.
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is hoping to make its mark on the electric aircraft speed record with a vision of breaking the 300 mph barrier in 2020.
A year after teasing the fledgling eVTOL industry with a mockup of a futuristic air taxi cabin, rotary-wing giant Bell has unveiled the first major configuration details of its Nexus on-demand urban air mobility concept.
With more than five decades of ducted fan and tiltrotor experience, Bell is combining new technology with old concepts to take on emerging air taxi revolution.
Brazil’s new administration said it supports the proposed Boeing-Embraer tie-up, but is signaling that the tentative terms may have to change before the government gives its required blessing.
Collins Aerospace, under a new agreement with Inmarsat, will work directly with Inmarsat to offer JetConneX high-speed internet service to business jet operators.
PrimeFlight Aviation Services, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has acquired ReadyJet, a Johnstown, New York-based aircraft appearance and leather care company.
Nearly 150 BBJ, BBJ2 and BBJ3 aircraft have entered service since 1999, triple the number forecast by Borge Boeskov, first president of Boeing Business Jets.
Electric aircraft could contribute significantly to reducing aviation carbon emissions by the 2050s, according to a technology road map developed by Japan’s Eclair aircraft electrification consortium.
London’s two largest airports say they have acquired, or plan to acquire, anti-drone technology after the pre-Christmas disruption at London Gatwick left flights suspended for varying periods between Dec. 19-21 after drones were spotted over the runway.
Startup Boom Supersonic has closed a $100 million Series B investment round to finance continued work on its Mach 2.2 commercial airliner - now called the Overture. The 55-seat aircraft is planned to enter service in the mid-2020s.
Garmin International, based in Olathe, Kansas, has earned certification of its G500H TXi touchscreen flight display for normal category VFR helicopters.
Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) president Joe DePete called on U.S. congressional leaders and president Donald Trump to end the partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government, saying the ongoing standoff, now in its 13th day, “is adversely affecting the safety, security and efficiency of our national airspace system.”
The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about what they think lies ahead for the industry in 2019. Here are their answers.
Business aviation and civic leaders will gather in Los Angeles Jan. 17 to mark a milestone in the development and adoption of Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuels (SAJF).
Anti-drone equipment deployed by the British Army at London Gatwick in response to the illegal UAV activity which closed down the airport last month has now been removed.
