Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus believes assembling its H125 single-engine light helicopter in India will open new commercial and parapublic markets for the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

SKYSERVICE and FONTAINEBLEAU AVIATION teamed to develop FBO at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, which will comprise 80,000 sq ft hangar, 25,000 sq ft opulent lobby and hangar offices, to open in early 2025.

Business Aviation

BANYAN AIR SERVICE completed installation of SMARTSKY LITE inflight connectivity system on a Volato HondaJet.

Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Using the e-fuel in a hybrid powertrain more than doubles the efficiency of SAF usage, the company says.
Emerging Technologies

As the Dassault Falcon 6X made its Asian debut at the Singapore Airshow 2024, we take a look in the archive at when Dassault took the wraps off its 5,500-nm-range Falcon 6X at a daylong technical briefing at Paris Le Bourget on Feb. 28.
Business Aviation

As the Gulfstream G700 makes it Singapore Air Show debut at the Changi Exhibition Center this year, we take a look back to 2019 when we reported that the firm planned to "retake the crown for the largest, longest-range business jet with the unveiling of its new flagship, the G700".
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Offshore helicopter industry leaders tell Aviation Week about the challenges they face as growth returns after a prolonged downturn.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Since the beginning of rotary-wing aviation there has been the overwhelming need for effective training in a low-risk medium. Virtual reality may be the answer.
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Dron
Airline pilots have been warned about conflicting ATC instructions from rival controllers when overflying parts of Somalia, in the Horn of Africa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Despite losing the energy market, Airbus has sold about 100 H225s in five years and aims to repeat that before the turn of the decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Dassault executives say final assembly of the first ultra-long-range Falcon 10x is expected to begin in the second half of 2024.
Singapore Airshow

By Christine Boynton
ExecuJet MRO Services, a subsidiary of Dassault, is preparing to open a new MRO facility in Malaysia by the end of March, a reflection of growth in the region.
Singapore Airshow

GAMA says manufacturers delivered 3,050 general aviation aircraft (730 business jets/638 turboprops/1,682 pistons) worth $23.4b in 2023 vs 2,799 (712 jets/582 props/1,505 pistons) worth $22.9b in 2022; helicopter shipments rose 9.8%.

Business Aviation

By Jens Flottau, Joe Anselmo
Embraer plans to make a decision “in a couple of years” about where to put its resources for a next aircraft development program, CEO Francisco Gomes Neto says.
Singapore Airshow

By Bill Carey
European policymakers are preventing business aviation from acquiring SAF credits through the “book-and-claim” accounting mechanism, industry leaders say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
The Los Angeles Police Department plans to acquire a new-technology virtual reality simulator for its air support division.
Maintenance & Training

By Bill Carey
Shipments of general aviation aircraft surpassed 4,000 annual deliveries, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) said Feb. 21.
Aircraft & Propulsion

GARMIN AVIATION earned $226.4m on $846.3m sales in 2023 vs $213.2m on $792.8m in 2022.

Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Merlin has received a Part 135 air operator’s certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
After speed, autonomy and intelligence, Sikorsky Innovations shifts its focus to new technology challenges.
Aircraft & Propulsion

THRIVE AVIATION, Las Vegas added a new Praetor 500 to its managed charter fleet; MUNDAY AVIATION owns aircraft.

Business Aviation

COMLUX delivered second completed ACJ TwoTwenty; it is completing the first 15 (fourth in work) with 4-6/year by '25.

Business Aviation

PILATUS earned CHF240m on CHF1.5b revenues in 2023 vs CHF226m on CHF1.3b in 2022; it delivered 148 aircraft (47 PC-24s; 101 PC-12s) vs 133. It booked CHF1.5b in new orders (vs CHF1.6b) and has CHF2.3b backlog (vs CHF2.4b).

Business Aviation

EXECUJET HAITE is opening a business jet line maintenance/AOG support station at Beijing Capital Intl. Airport.

Business Aviation

EXECUJET MRO SERVICES AUSTRALIA was named by Embraer as authorized executive jet service center at Perth.

Business Aviation