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By Guy Norris
Vertical says it remains on track to start flight tests in early 2022 as it targets certification for the VA-X4 in 2024 and entry-into-service in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Private-aviation services companies Jet Access and Eagle Creek Aviation plan to merge, a combination they said on Nov. 23 will create the 12th largest Part 135 charter operator in the U.S.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
German engine manufacturer RED Aircraft GmbH announced the first flight of an Air Tractor 301 agricultural airplane retrofitted with its RED AO3 piston engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Otto Aviation has completed the first phase of testing of its unconventional Celera 500L and says flights of the full-scale aerodynamic prototype demonstrated the aircraft’s low fuel consumption.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In South Korea Volocopter and Kakao Mobility are to study the feasibility of operating UAM services, a technology that Seoul wants to see commercialized by 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Jefferies analysts see supply shrinking and prices rising in the used jet market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Flight services provider DroneUp and Walmart have agreed to launch on-demand package deliveries by drone at three Walmart stores in northwest Arkansas, the companies announced Nov. 22.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Dubai has launched a program to enable drone transportation by creating an infrastructure to test unmanned aircraft in designated areas and develop legislation to enable their implementation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The 10 years that separate the first hover flights of the Volocopter VC1 and eMagic Aircraft’s eMagic One illustrate the advances made in a decade by electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Chinese electric vertical takeoff and landing startup AutoFlight has identified European technology investor Lukasz Gadowski as the source of the $100 million Series A investment announced in September.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Air Partner has adopted a new sustainability strategy with initiatives that include staff development and a carbon-reduction program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Solar-powered aircraft developer Skydweller Aero has partnered with Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica to explore the use of its long-endurance unmanned aircraft to expand cellular coverage.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Flytrex’s delivery system uses a multicopter drone that flies autonomously beyond line of sight and hovers to safely lower the package by wire to the customer in the ground.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Business and general aviation deliveries rose in the third quarter of 2021 to 640, up from 634 a year ago and higher than 2019 third-quarter deliveries of 604 aircraft, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Collins Aerospace has completed its acquisition of FlightAware, a digital aviation company that provides flight tracking, predictive technology and analytics.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Leasing companies look set to play a leading role in bringing zero-emissions propulsion to aviation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
German startup Fraundorfer Aeronautics has begun production of its Tensor 600X two-seat autogyro.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
South African aerostructures manufacturer Aerosud aviation has signed a memorandum of understanding with UK startup Samad Aerospace for the development and manufacture of the Starling Cargo unmanned aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Swiss-based aircraft manufacturing supplier Montana Aerospace raised almost $164 million in a stock sale, the company announced Nov. 17, with proceeds going toward the acquisition of Belgium-based Asco Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Italian manufacturer Tecnam Aircraft has launched a transition program to enable buyers to transition via the P2012 Traveller nine-passenger regional aircraft to the P-Volt all-electric version.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
With the South Korean government making a proactive effort to commercialize urban air mobility by 2025, two consortiums have announced plans to develop and test the required ecosystem.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
NetJets is one of three new investors in Amber Aviation, based in Shenzhen, China, and plans to transfer up to 20 of its jets over the next two years to Amber for operation in mainland China and Southeast Asia.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Tony Osborne
Diehl Aerospace and Thales are to work with Airbus to develop the flight control system for Airbus’ electric vertical takeoff and landing advanced air mobility platform.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Swiss-based Comlux has sold two Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty ultra-large business jets, the first to Dubai-based Five Hotels & Resorts to fly clients around the world to its properties.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
As urban air mobility leaders target congested cities such as Los Angeles as launch markets for air taxi services, efforts to secure convenient vertiport locations are accelerating.
Advanced Air Mobility