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Textron Aviation is continuing to work on raising production rates as demand remains robust, despite war in Ukraine, a volatile stock market and inflation, its top executive says.

After increasing 26% in 2021, pre-owned business jet transactions are projected to decline in 2022 due to inventory shortages before growing again the following year, according to a just-released five-year forecast by Global Jet Capital.

The head of the Textron eAviation division focused on sustainable flying through aircraft electrification and new technologies talks Pipistrel, Panthera and more.

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French startup VoltAero plans to offer fractional ownership of its planned Cassio family of hybrid-electric aircraft in Europe, beginning with its five-seat Cassio 330.

London-based Flexjet plans to nearly double its European fleet by the end of 2022 to a total of 12, spurred by a 180% jump in fight activity in the first four months of 2022.

Sustainability is not only an established item on the corporate-aviation agenda, it is a key preoccupation across the sector.

Embraer Executive Jets has received a boost in orders from first-time buyers, which make up 38% of Embraer’s order backlog for business jets.

As an upbeat business aviation industry is about to gather in Geneva for the first time since 2019, the European Business Aviation Association is striving to help its members cope with a myriad issues, from the tail end of the COVID-19 crisis to the Russia-Ukraine war, upcoming regulation and the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs).

Since joining the family business in the 2000s after a spell working in insurance, Robert Walters has had an unbetterable view as Biggin Hill has undergone a radical transformation.

New business jet and turboprop deliveries in Europe are expected to reach just under 1,900 units over the next 10 years, with large and ultra-long-range jets accounting for about a third of all deliveries into the region, according to Aviation Week Network’s 2022 Business Fleet & MRO Forecast.

SAF uptake rising, but still not a selling-point for FBOs.

People are key to business growth.

Aviation Week Network evaluation pilot James Albright puts Dassault’s flagship business jet through its paces.

Frederic Lemos joined what was then Eurocopter in 2003 as a sales manager, rising through the ranks to become head of business aviation and marketing when the company was rebranded as Airbus Helicopters in 2014.

Business aviation is forecast to lead the air transport industry in the post-COVID-19 environment. How will it recover fast enough to do this? What

Jet Aviation – a completions and maintenance concern employing more than 1,400 professionals – has news to report across many regions, including Europe, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

Bell Helicopter is a long-term supporter of EBACE, this year bringing to the static display two of its latest helicopters.

Skylegs has signed on with Web Manuals as a launch member of their online shop, bringing Web Manuals’ documentation services to Skylegs customers, saving them having to log in to multiple websites.

Airbus made the right call when it reconfigured its private rotorcraft business under the Airbus Corporate Helicopters brand.

Collins Aerospace is offering new capabilities to Citation CJ3 owners in Europe with EASA approval of Pro Line Fusion avionics as a retrofit.

Bombardier first production Global 6500 business jet has moved into the company’s completion center in Montreal, as the aircraft comes closer to entry-into-service later this year.

Battery-powered drones are making lots of news these days but their larger VTOL siblings, capable of carrying passengers, are fast emerging as candidate vehicles for future urban mobility needs.

EHang, one of the earliest and most successful developers of such aerial craft, signed a joint agreement in Guangzhou last November with FACC of Austria, designer, developer and manufacturer of aerospace components and systems.

1.Buy the airplanes; 2. Order the flight planning aids; 3. Collect an AOC. That was the strategy for the visiting president of HK Bellawings Jet Ltd, Zhang Yijia at EBACE this year.