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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
Joby Aviation has laid out its road map to achieve type certification of its electric air taxi and obtain its air operator certificate in order to begin commercial aerial ridesharing services in U.S. cities in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

This month’s program profile highlights the Cirrus Vision Jet.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Molly McMillin
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes in customer behavior in the business aviation industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
A partnership between a disabled flying charity, the UK government and various aerospace companies will see the effective creation of a new aircraft type this summer when the first Grob G109 Able light aircraft arrive in the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Icon Aircraft, which produces the Icon A5 light sport amphibious aircraft, has introduced a new app called SMART—Survey for Managing and Assessing Risks to Safety.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Ali Bahrami spent most of his time as head of FAA’s safety and certification activities under intense scrutiny following fatal Boeing 737 MAX accidents in October 2018 and March 2019.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Barely a month after being acquired by private-aviation powerhouse Directional Aviation, helicopter operator Halo Aviation has announced a partnership with Embraer spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air-taxi operation in the UK and U.S.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
The 2.8-metric-ton-class aircraft would be a clean-sheet design aimed at meeting the UK Ministry of Defense’s rotary-wing unmanned air system (RWUAS) requirements.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
An electric-powered sailplane designed to ease challenges of training glider pilots has completed its experimental test phase and is being prepared for industrialization under a European-funded project.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
A four-seat hybrid-electric aircraft is being prepared for flight tests under a European research program.
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Constant Aviation, based in Cleveland, has completed its 33rd modernization of a Bombardier Challenger 604 flight deck, which represents about 80% of the total avionics modernizations on the aircraft model.
Flight Deck

By Bill Carey
The FAA plans to transition a new rocket tracking capability from test to operational status in June, providing a way to reduce flight disruptions as the pace of commercial space launches increases.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
UK vertiport developer Skyports has signed agreements to help develop infrastructure for advanced air mobility in Ireland and South Korea.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter and Near Earth Autonomy are to test autonomous flight technology on the VoloDrone unmanned cargo aircraft. The team plans a beyond-visual-line-of-sight capability demonstration in Munich in 2022.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX has partnered with Blade Urban Air Mobility to electrify a fleet of Cessna Caravan seaplanes operated for Blade by Lima, New York, starting in early 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, unveiled the latest upgrade to its Honda Jet Elite light business jet in a virtual ceremony May 26–the HondaJet Elite S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace said its eFlyer 800 electric aircraft program remains on track despite expected battery supplier Oxis Energy entering insolvency administration in the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Europe’s aviation regulator believes commercial use of electric air taxis could begin by 2024-25, but that it will take at least five more years to enable autonomous passenger transport, the holy grail for ubiquitous and affordable urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Merlin Labs has emerged from stealth mode with a contract from special mission operator Dynamic Aviation to modify 55 Beechcraft King Airs to autonomous operation.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has unveiled its longer-range electric air taxi, the autonomous two-seat VT-30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Skyborne Airline Academy, the new owners of FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida, has begun training its first 150 students there, officials say.
Maintenance & Training

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian Helicopters has secured its first domestic customer for its novel VRT500 coaxial single-engine helicopter. Russian Helicopters Systems (RHS), an operator based just outside Moscow, signed a contract for five of the rotorcraft during the HeliRussia 2021 exhibition in May 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Even though the outlook for business aviation orders and shipments is rosy, aircraft OEMs foresee potential challenges with the supply chain. Pilatus
Business Aviation

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s United Engine Corp. plans to complete a demonstrator of its first hybrid-electric powerplant by 2023, says Mikhail Shemet, deputy director of the PDV future helicopter engine program at Klimov.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airforms, an Alaska-based metal fabricator, has received FAA Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) to produce crew ladder assemblies for most Cessna
Business Aviation