Business Aviation

Airbus says it has received a “surprisingly” large response to its contest challenging computing experts, academics and professionals to solve five key flight physics questions using quantum computing to improve aircraft design.

Textron Aviation’s new Cessna Sky Courier is advancing through development, with assembly underway for the prototype aircraft and five additional flight test and ground test articles.

Embraer is looking at September for FAA certification of its nine-seat Praetor 500.

The Falcon 6X program is on time for a first flight in 2021 and certification and entry into service in 2022, Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier said.

There is plenty of talk within business aviation circles about constraints on operations on the ground. A topic less often raised is what happens once the business jet is in the air.

The last three years have seen considerable change for many people involved in providing Cessna Citation Mustang services in the UK.

Booming airline traffic is squeezing business aviation at crowded airports throughout Europe, and there’s no solution in sight.

An FAA airworthiness directive issued May 24 immediately grounds all Cessna Citation business jets equipped with Tamarack active winglets until a modification can be incorporated.

Saab is preparing to deliver the first of three new GlobalEye airborne earning warning aircraft to the United Arab Emirates next April, company CEO Hakan Bushke has disclosed.

Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis will need places to operate from if urban air mobility (UAM) is to take off.

Nine teams have been selected to develop artificial intelligence for high-speed drones and compete in the first racing series for autonomous aircraft.

1.Buy the airplanes; 2. Order the flight planning aids; 3. Collect an AOC. That was the strategy for the visiting president of HK Bellawings Jet Ltd, Zhang Yijia, at EBACE.

Daher has introduced the latest version of its upgraded six-passenger TBM 940 single-engine turboprop, which succeeds the TBM 930.

Jet Aviation–a completions and maintenance concern employing more than 1,400 professionals–has news to report across many regions, including Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

Textron Aviation is nearing completion of its Cessna Denali prototype along with two flight test and three ground test articles.

Leading small drone manufacturer DJI has committed to installing surveillance receivers on new models weighing more than 250 grams by 2020.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has signed a research agreement with Airbus to study hybrid and electric aircraft technology.

Safety and security have always been a given in the business aviation industry. Now, attention has turned to adding sustainability to the mix, with alternative jet fuel leading the news at EBACE this year. Also, in the aftermath of the Boeing MAX crashes, are changes needed to the ODA process? Listen in as our editors discuss this and more from Geneva, Switzerland.

The pre-owned business jet market will be worth $61 billion over the next five years, nearly two thirds the value of new aircraft delivered.

GlobeAir, the only operator to have demonstrated that an air taxi service with a fleet of small jets can be a viable business in Europe, is now talking to major airlines to offer them a “last mile” service.

Marc Bailey, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association, says it is unlikely that business aviation will play a part in the long-term futures of Stansted and Luton.

Honda Aircraft is preparing to ramp up production of HondaJet Elites by 25%, to five aircraft per month from the current four, by next year.

British urban air mobility startup Vertical Aerospace has teamed up with engineering consultancy Atkins to develop infrastructure to support future UAM services.

Conquest II’s combination of cabin comfort, speed and fuel efficiency, along with 2,150-nm range, make it bargain in the used aircraft market.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.