Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
In Q4 2025, Wheels Up acquired or entered into agreements for Challenger and Phenom business jets, with plans to continue to expand those fleets.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
FlyHouse has completed its acquisition of Sun Air Jets, bringing with it the aircraft manager and charter operator’s assets, operations and personnel.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Stephen Costley

QATAR AMIRI FLIGHT took delivery of its first LEAP-powered ACJ320neo (12893); two more (12608/13063) are expected soon.

Business Aviation

By Stephen Costley

THE BLACKHAWK GROUP confirmed first autonomous landing of King Air 200 with Autoland feature on Garmin G1000 panel, installed in Colombia, MO.

Business Aviation

By Steve Trimble
The delivery of the first MC-55 Peregrine multi-intelligence platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is imminent.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
A Super King Air 200 became the first aircraft to deploy the Garmin Autoland system in an emergency, which engaged and landed the aircraft on Dec. 20.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The market for crewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, as well as for maritime patrol, will reach $23 billion through 2034.
BCA

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell's aerospace segment will record a $470 million financial charge in Q4 2025 for Flexjet-related litigation payments.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
Expirations of temporary mitigation measures and lack of improved radio altimeters have commercial air transport markets facing new threats from 5G interference
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
As 2026 beckons, engine-makers position themselves for the industry’s most valuable prize: a place on the next-gen Airbus and Boeing single-aisle aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace has rolled out the third and final VX4 full-scale engineering prototype for its planned Valo eVTOL air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Safety investigators have not determined who was piloting the Cessna 550 Citation II that crashed Dec. 18 while attempting to land at KSVH in North Carolina.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As Europe’s aviation industry studies changes in climate policy, experts hope analysis of contrail effects will guide lawmakers to produce effective legislation
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
An Evergreen AW139 flies over appropriately picturesque piney woods on an evaluation flight, is featured on the front cover of the issue dated May 15, 2006.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Eve Air Mobility conducted the long-awaited first flight of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing engineering prototype on Dec. 19.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa plans to upgrade 134 Airbus A320 family aircraft with the FANS-C digital communications system to improve operations and lower CO2 emissions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo
Listen in to the annual Flubs & Forecasts edition of Check 6, where editors reflect on what they got right and wrong in 2025 and make their predictions for 2026.
Check 6

By Molly McMillin
A Cessna Citation II carrying seven people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, 55, and his family, crashed and caught fire Dec. 18.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
The latest news in brief from the business aviation industry.
Business Aviation

Aviation Week Staff
The business aviation industry delivered 90 aircraft in November 2025, including 64 business jets, 22 business turboprop and piston aircraft, one commercial airliner and one commercial turboprop, according to Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery Database. That compares to 102 in the same period a year ago.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Bill Carey
A new Honda Aircraft performance package upgrades earlier model HondaJets with technical innovations introduced on later iterations of the light twinjet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus Aircraft delivered its 11,000th SR Series single-engine aircraft, the company announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. Senate passed the ROTOR Act that would mandate ADS-B In and require ADS-B Out usage for all but the most national security-critical flying in congested airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation