Business Aviation

European nations are making uneven progress toward meeting Single European Sky surveillance and communications technology requirements.

UK charter operator Thomas Cook Airlines is set to introduce a new system whereby economy-class passengers can opt to reserve a complete row of three seats and convert them into a bed.

The European Commission OK'd French airports operator and infrastructure specialist Vinci to acquire majority control of London Gatwick Airport.

The urban air mobility (UAM) market is forecast to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.33% through 2030, a new report said.

Australia is acquiring a second pair of Gulfstream G550s modified by L3 for vaguely described electronic warfare missions.

The financial pressures impacting helicopter operators supporting the oil and gas industry have claimed another victim.

Gulfstream Aerospace says it has completed its first sale of sustainable alternative jet fuel to a Gulfstream operator.

Airbus CEO Tom Enders acknowledged Boeing during remarks at Aviation Week Network’s 2019 Laureate Awards March 14.

Rolls-Royce has ground-tested a hybrid-electric propulsion system based on its widely-used Model 250 helicopter turboshaft, paving the way for experimental flights in 2021.

Bombardier said it has concluded the sale of its flight and technical activities to CAE in a deal valued at $645 million.

Air navigation service providers in the UK and Canada will soon start a joint trial of space-based surveillance of aircraft flying over the North Atlantic.

Embraer on March 14 confirmed it delivered 91 executive jets and 90 commercial jets last year, in line with what the Brazilian aircraft maker advised in January.

Flight activity in North America slowed in February, with declines in Part 91 and Part 135 activity compared to a year ago.

A series of bilateral aviation safety agreements reached by the governments of the U.S. and UK ensure that cooperation on air travel and aviation safety will remain mostly unchanged in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit.

A series of bilateral aviation safety agreements reached by the governments of the U.S. and UK ensure that cooperation on air travel and aviation safety will remain mostly unchanged in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) released its annual list of the most pressing issues facing business aviation operations.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) has introduced a Senate bill that would allow the FAA to continue to function normally in the event of a government shutdown.

The business jet market is oversupplied and weak pricing will pressure manufacturers’ margins in 2019, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts write in a March report.

NASA’s fiscal 2020 budget request supports the ongoing X-57 Maxwell electric-propulsion and X-59 QueSST low-boom supersonic flight demonstrators, but some within the agency are concerned about future X-planes.

AMAC Aerospace has been awarded with several new maintenance projects in Basel, Switzerland.

Hexcel is offering new technologies for composite material production and recycling, while developing thermoplastics for airframe applications.

Japanese operator Nakanihon Air Service is the latest operator to begin evaluating the potential of the commercial tiltrotor.

Another European helicopter manufacturer is planting its flag in the U.S. by taking over facilities vacated by one of its American competitors.

Airbus’ CityAirbus electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator has made its public debut in the German city of Ingolstadt.

VAs the deadline to equip nears, 68% of turbine business aircraft registered in the U.S. in February were compliant with the FAA’s 2020 mandate for ADS-B equipage.