The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
XTI Aerospace hopes its new life as a publicly traded company will unlock the resources required to develop the TriFan 600 VTOL business aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
Honeywell is buying Italian supplier Civitanavi Systems in a bid to strengthen its foothold in autonomous aerospace operations and expand in Europe.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris
Leading British aerospace research center Cranfield University is set to establish the UK’s first airport-based, large-scale hydrogen research hub.
Sustainability

By Molly McMillin
In the three years since Volato formed in early 2021, the company’s fleet has grown from three Honda Aircraft HondaJets to 24 at the end of 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Bombardier said it is working with its supplier to resolve a shortage of replacement tail deicing boots affecting Learjets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Industry has welcomed the FAA’s revisions to the airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s S4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco
High interest rates and supply chain travails could eventually slow growth in business jet market, Bloomberg Intelligence said in a new report.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Bombardier flew out the last Global 7500 to be manufactured at its Toronto Downsview facility on March 23.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The location was chosen to provide the most convenient shipping hub to Europe and beyond, the company says.
Maintenance & Training

By Guy Norris
Honeywell expects to more than double the fleet of HTF7000 engines over the next decade as it seeks to develop a next-generation successor for the 2030s.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Surf Air Mobility has signed am MOU with Tanzanian regional carrier Auric Air Services to upgrade 12 of its Cessna Caravans with its electric powertrains.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jeremy Kariuki
Bombardier’s ultra-long range Global 7500 has now set more than 30 city-pair speed records with two new record flights on Feb. 28 and March 6.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Croatia and Greece have signed contracts to purchase de Havilland Canada DHC-515 amphibious aircraft to modernize their aerial firefighting fleets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
AeroHT is developing the Land-based Aircraft Carrier, an all-electric, five-passenger off-road SUV that carries a two-passenger multirotor eVTOL in its trunk.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Hybrid Air Vehicles wants to build production, testing and certification facilities that would be able to produce up to 24 airships a year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Victoria Moores
Britten-Norman has secured new investment from a group of investors led by private equity firm 4D Capital Partners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The CarryAll is the first version of AutoFlight’s planned Prosperity family of 2,000-kg gross weight eVTOL uncrewed cargo and piloted passenger aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jeremy Kariuki
According to the White House, the funding is part of the administration’s larger effort to rebuild infrastructure across the U.S.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has released proposed special conditions for type certification of electric engines developed by Beta Technologies and Safran.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A Northern English airport has been saved from redevelopment after local councils signed a lease with the aim of reopening the facility.
Airports & Networks

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility has chosen the name Vector for its in-development urban air traffic management solution, with first deliveries now planned for 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Skyborne Airline Academy flight school has signed an $8 million contract for 20 additional Piper Pilot 100i aircraft, with deliveries to begin in 2024.
Maintenance & Training

By Molly McMillin
Embraer’s business jet division “continued its positive sales momentum” during 2023 with strong support in its retail and fleet markets, the company says.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
The Incheon metropolitan government has released an advanced air mobility concept of operations for the port city, South Korea’s third largest metropolis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Integrating the first UAM aircraft into today’s urban airspace environments is going to be a huge challenge, a UK panel says.
Advanced Air Mobility