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By Molly McMillin
Daher, the French-based maker of TBM turboprops and the Kodiak 100 utility aircraft, has purchased Triumph Group’s metallic and composite aerostructures facility in Stuart, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The Biden Administration has picked Phillip Washington, head of Denver International Airport and an experienced transportation official, to lead the Federal Aviation Administration.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace has partnered with Taiwan’s E-One Moli Energy to supply lithium-ion battery cells for its VX4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Florida-based jet charter company Verijet announced an expansion of its service to destinations in New York and New England.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Aviation fuels supply chain management company Associated Energy Group (AEG) has launched an online ordering platform for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) serving airlines and business aviation operators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Midway through 2022, the priority for advanced air mobility companies is on certifying aircraft, but just as important is sizing the future market and where the vehicles will be located.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The partners in a project to convert the Cessna Caravan to electric propulsion have formed a new company to develop and offer battery-electric and hydrogen-electric powertrain retrofits for a range of turboprop commuter aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
UK electric propulsion startup Evolito has acquired battery developer Electroflight, expanding its business to encompass motors, controllers and energy storage systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Another startup has emerged onto China’s increasingly crowded electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has acquired a secondhand Gulfstream G650 business jet for VIP duties.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Following a trend of rising transportation costs, average jet card private charter prices rose 6% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter and were up 28% from the end of 2020, according to Private Jet Card Comparisons.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Daher has begun U.S. deliveries of its TBM 960 turboprop following FAA certification June 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Signature Aviation has finalized the deal to acquire TAC Air and its 14 private aviation facilities in the U.S.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Aaron Karp
London City Airport wants more flexible operating hours for flights, particularly on Saturdays, as a way to increase capacity at the airport.
Airports & Networks

By Angus Batey
Irakli Litanishvili discusses his latest enterprise, Mirai Flights—an app-based charter brokerage that claims to have cut the time between searching for business jet availability and confirming a paid booking to less than 10 min.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Garrett Reim
Electric short takeoff and landing aircraft developer Electra believes a 500-600 kW turbogenerator will allow its in-development nine-passenger aircraft to fly 30% more fuel efficiently that a similar-sized aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s Sesar 3 Joint Undertaking public-private partnership for air traffic management research has awarded grants for two projects for operational demonstrations that support the Digital European Sky vision to modernize the region’s aviation infrastructure.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A collaboration between startups Otto Aviation and ZeroAvia could lead to one of the first clean-sheet aircraft with hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Aluminum suppliers complain they too often see valuable material being treated in a way that prevents it from being recycled.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Guardian Agriculture, a U.S. startup developing an autonomous crop protection aircraft, has secured a multimillion-dollar partnership with Wilbur-Ellis, a manufacturer of agriculture products and chemicals.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Australian regional airline Skytrans has partnered with local startup Stralis Aircraft to convert a 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop to hydrogen-electric propulsion for flight trials in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s Duofo Group has acquired Italian ultralight helicopter manufacturer Fama Helicopters with the goal of expanding into uncrewed aircraft and electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Korea Aerospace Industries is to build a subscale model of a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi for flight testing by 2024 as a precursor of a full-size vehicle that would enable the company to participate in the Seoul government’s push to commercialize urban air mobility beginning in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Saab plans to deliver two of the Bombardier Global 6000-derived surveillance systems in 2027 to to the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, the company says.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
Bombardier has quadrupled the footprints of its Singapore Service Center, making it the largest OEM business aviation maintenance facility in the Asia-Pacific region.
Maintenance & Training