BAV

Subscription Required

 

BAV is published in The Weekly of Business Aviation, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to The Weekly of Business Aviation through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the business aviation community.

LoginLearn How

Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN)

Access The Weekly of Business Aviation

The Weekly of Business Aviation, included with your AWIN membership, delivers critical business intelligence to keep business aviation leaders, including decisions makers from airframe manufacturers, suppliers, corporate flight departments, charter operators, FBOs, informed of the latest industry development – and the impact on business. Delivered each week directly to your inbox, each edition includes expert insight, analysis and data intelligence covering the business of business aviation so you can easily monitor the market and find new opportunities to grow your business.

 

 

By Graham Warwick
On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility has agreed to acquire the commercial passenger transport activities of three European helicopter companies for a total of €48 million ($51 million) in cash.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft shipments in the first quarter (Q1) rose nearly 15% compared to a year ago, with deliveries up in every category, while billings declined 6%, according to General Aviation Manufacturers Association data released May 19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has made its third business acquisition as it works toward certification of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and launch of commercial air-taxi services in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has selected Swiss-based H55 to supply battery systems for the engine maker’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Recent changes by the FAA in a long-established software validation process explain Gulfstream’s disclosure that certification of its newest business jets may slip by as many as six months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Surf Air Mobility is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company that values the Los Angeles-based regional scheduled and on-demand charter carrier at $1.42 billion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s abridged plan to buy just six EC-37B Compass Call aircraft is not enough to meet the mission, and service officials say they are closely watching the availability of both Gulfstream G550s and their Rolls-Royce engines to see when more could be bought to fill the gap.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Orloff
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has announced the company will expand completions operations at its St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) facility in Cahokia, Illinois, located less than three miles from the Gateway Arch riverfront in St. Louis.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Chen Chuanren
China conducted the first test flights of the AVIC AC313A civil heavy-lift helicopter on May 17 and plans to certify the type within the country’s 14th five-year plan of 2021-25.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation have both played down the potential effect of the FAA’s change in direction on eVTOL certification as they reported their first-quarter 2022 financial results.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Light helicopter manufacturer Enstrom is back in business after securing a new owner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Turkish Aerospace Industries has placed an order for one special mission Cessna Citation Longitude and two special mission Cessna Citation Latitude business jets to be used for flight inspection missions, the company says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
“To learn to fly, you just need a bucket of motivation, money and time,” says Tom Saunders, owner and head of training at the Oxford Airport-based Livingstone Skies in the UK.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Jerry Meyer joined ICON Aircraft in 2016, serving as director of sales for the Western U.S. and head of marketing before being named CEO in January
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Wheels Up posted record revenue during the first quarter (Q1) of 2022 driven by strong demand and an $89 million net loss due to supply constraints, increased costs and other factors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup KinectAir has launched an on-demand regional air mobility service that uses a smartphone app enabling passengers to order a flight from a local airfield with lower cost and greater flexibility than a traditional private aviation charter.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Advanced air mobility aircraft manufacturers are calling for clearer guidance from the FAA over certification requirements after the regulator signaled a change in rules governing approval for winged electric vertical-take-off-and-landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
UK postal service Royal Mail is planning to purchase as many as 500 fixed-wing uncrewed air systems in the coming years to provide delivery services to remote areas of the country.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Orloff
365 Aviation, a British private jet charter company, has launched its new Jet Card program "365Bespoke."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Advanced battery developer Amprius Technologies is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company with the intent of using the funding raised to scale up production of high-energy-density silicon-anode lithium-ion batteries and aviation as an initial target market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Orloff
Aviation technology software companies Monarc Global, based in Australia, and Aviation Data Solutions (ADS) based in the UK, have announced a partnership predominantly grounded in each company’s pricing specialties.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Being selected for a new-generation flight management system (FMS) on the Airbus A320, A330 and A350 is consolidating Thales’ position in the avionics market versus Collins Aerospace, GE Aviation and Honeywell.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen is gaining momentum as the zero-emission fuel of the future for aviation but requires massive investment in new infrastructure as well as completely new propulsion systems or aircraft designs to be used to its full potential.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The FAA has approved airworthiness criteria for the Wingcopter 198 delivery drone, a key step toward certification of the aircraft, Germany’s Wingcopter said May 11.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Orloff
Flewber, a technology platform that allows users to book private air travel on demand, has released a new version of its app with two new ways to book flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion