Business Aviation

In this second part of a four-part series, business aviation leaders in a variety of segments share their insights and predictions for the coming year.

The Dubai-based company, Aviation Services Management (ASM), is set to open a new office in Saudi Arabia, enabling it to expand its aviation services in the Middle East. The company is also spreading its wings to Africa.

Inflync launched a pre-Series A round to fund construction of a full-scale prototype of its planned L600 Pioneer ducted-fan tiltwing hybrid-electric air taxi.

The Liaoning General Aviation Academy's electric RX4E has received Chinese type certification to the equivalent of the FAA’s Part 23 airworthiness regulations.

The FAA has made a variety of revisions to its operations specification, management specification and Letter of Authorization A025 templates.

The latest news in brief from the business aviation industry.

WESTERN AIRCRAFT, ID surpassed $2b in total aircraft sales, underscoring its success since becoming a Pilatus dealer in 1996 (also Piper dealer).

FLIGHT DESIGN, Germany filed for insolvency, citing non-payment of substantial amount by an international customer for its light sport aircraft.

The group of investors seeking to take over electric aircraft manufacturer Lilium plans to invest more than €200 million into the insolvent company.

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Organizers of EBACE, now solely responsible for the Geneva-based show, are working to ensure its success and importance in the industry.

The partnerships aim to revolutionize air travel in India, introducing the air taxi as a faster, cleaner and more efficient mode of transport.

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Florida-based Silver Airways has filed for Chapter 11 protection, expecting to emerge from the process by the first quarter of 2025.

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CIRRUS delivered its 600th single-engine Vision Jet, introduced in 2016.

While Icon is an aircraft for adventure and weekend travel, its new investment group may be interested in aircraft that can carry more people at a longer range.

The new terminal will take advantage of IFC’s freshly-built 84,000-ft.2 hangar complex that can accommodate aircraft as large as a Bombardier Global 8000.

The company notes that it is the only single-engine jet to receive FAA certification.

The new ruling limits electronic access to Work-in-Progress aircraft documents, a change made as part of implementation of its Registry Modernization System.

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT CENTER plans in January to open new 10,500 sq ft FBO terminal at Miami Executive on top of 84,000 sq ft hangar complex (to house multiple aircraft up to a Global 8000 in size) that opened earlier this year.

Amid geopolitical, economic and climate-related uncertainty, business aviation has an opportunity in 2025 to rediscover its mojo, one aircraft dealer says.

Ed Bolen is president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, a role he has held since 2004.

Activist investor Browning West has taken a 4.3% stake in Canadian training and simulation leader CAE as the latter is searching for a new CEO in 2025.

Joby says it has completed initial testing under FAA Type Inspection Authorization (TIA), with agency personnel assessing human factors and flight safety in a type-conforming flight deck using a company simulator.