Business Aviation

Bombardier plans to deliver its first Global 7500 business ultra long-range jet during a special event Dec. 20 at its Laurent Beaudoin Completion Center attended by customers, suppliers and industry representatives.

The decision by Mexico’s newly-installed government led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to cancel further construction of its new international airport will cost over MXP100 billion ($5 billion), according to estimates IATA cited.

Israeli startup Eviation says it is making progress with plans to display the first prototype of its Alice all-electric regional aircraft at the Paris Air Show in June 2019.

New aviation rollup iAero Group said on Dec. 12 it signed a definitive agreement to purchase nearby Swift Air, an independent U.S. airline charter business.

Russia’s Superjet 100 is no longer part of the Sukhoi product line as parent company United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) re-arranges its structure to separate its commercial and military aircraft manufacturing assets.

Japanese startup Euglena has completed construction of the country’s first demonstration plant for producing renewable jet and diesel fuel.

As it enters the final stage of a five-year turnaround plan, Bombardier’s aerospace focus going forward will be on the high end of the business-jet market and building up its aerostructures division around contracts with Airbus, executives outlined to analysts Dec. 6.

Boeing’s business jet division has added a new business jet to its lineup, the BBJ 777X, based on the commercial Boeing 777 airliner.

A Brazilian appeals court has reversed a lower, provisional decision that would have prevented Embraer and Boeing from finalizing terms of their proposed joint venture (JV).

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a pilot cadet training program jointly developed by Airbus and Toulouse-based civil aviation university ENAC, Airbus said Dec. 6.

Bombardier’s aerospace focus going forward will be on the high end of the bizjet market and building up its aerostructures division around contracts with Airbus.

William Garvey interviews Robb Williams to discuss the mission of the Triple Tree Aerodrome to ignite and expand passion for aviation.

Embraer and the Brazilian federal government plan to challenge a Brazilian court order that stops Embraer and Boeing from finalizing their proposed commercial-aircraft joint venture (JV) before the country’s new administration is in power.

Honda Aircraft Co.’s HondaJet Elite has received type certification from Japanese authorities, the company announced.

Bombardier’s Business Aircraft division expects to deliver from 150 to 155 business jets in 2019 and post revenue of $6.25 billion, Bombardier said.

Former airline pilot and Boeing executive Terry McVenes joined standards organization RTCA as its new president and CEO Dec. 1.

Drone Delivery Canada is to transport mail, packages and medical supplies to isolated communities in northern Ontario under a commercial accord.

The British government is making £125 million ($159 million) in research and development funds available for future flight technologies.

The provider of the batteries for Airbus’ Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric UAV says it is working with eVTOL developers on applications for its high-energy-density lithium-ion cells.

PrivatAir SA in Switzerland and its subsidiary PrivatAir GmbH in Germany have filed for insolvency and ceased operations, the company announced Dec. 5.

Besieged inflight entertainment provider GoGo is still weighing a corporate sale and other strategic options but has repositioned debt and secured more of a financial lifeline in the meantime.

British investigators probing the fatal crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine helicopter have revealed that the tail rotor actuator had become disconnected from the pilot’s anti-torque pedals.

Bell has selected Moog to provide the flight control actuation system for its planned eVTOL and urban air mobility aircraft.

It seems we pilots never run out of ways to be stupid. I think the best way to avoid that is to examine the actions of others who clearly did not.

Once it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, One Aviation’s plans include buying existing Eclipse 500 and 550 very light jets, upgrading them and reselling them as the GSE, a remanufactured aircraft.