The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
With analysts projecting that express logistics will be an early and potential large market for electric aircraft, U.S. autonomous cargo aircraft developer Elroy Air has completed a $40 million Series A funding round.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier is raising its forecast for business jet deliveries, revenue and profits in 2021, following a strong first half of the year and positive momentum.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
As work continues to develop viable electric or hydrogen power plants for passenger aircraft, the industry’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions remain focused on sustainable aviation fuels.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Angus Batey
The first fruits of Project Able–British charity Aerobility’s program to refurbish former Royal Air Force Grob Vigilant motor gliders to sell and use in the charity’s own fleet–was on public display for the first time on Aug. 6.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Japanese startup that won the Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award at the 2020 GoFly Prize event has unveiled its first product, a single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle it plans to offer as a kit-built experimental aircraft beginning in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Pat Gallagher joined NetJets in 2010 after serving as executive vice president and head of sales at Marquis Jet Partners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The partnership will support the government-led initiative to commercialize UAM in South Korea by 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Air medical helicopter operator Air Methods has announced a collaboration with German drone manufacturer Wingcopter to develop a drone delivery network for medical supplies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has begun a search for new VIP aircraft to replace its BAe 146s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
High-altitude unmanned aircraft and satellites are an integral part of SoftBank’s vision for future 6G mobile networks that expand beyond wireless communications to underpin the digitalization of all industries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Denmark is to permanently station a patrol aircraft in Greenland in a move that reflects the growing military importance of the Arctic region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Aircraft modification specialist AeroTEC is to lead conversion, flight test and certification of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion under a joint effort with Universal Hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Startup Regent plans to have a piloted 12-passenger seaglider on the market by 2025 as a replacement for seaplanes and water taxis, followed by a 50-passenger vehicle that the company sees replacing not only ferries, but regional turboprops and jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Principals of agricultural aviation in the U.S., family members and others gathered Aug. 3 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the industry during an event at Leesburg Executive Airport outside of Washington, D.C.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland is to double the size of its national flight route network for helicopters, increasing the number of regions in the Alpine which can be reached by rescue helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
EHang has completed a high-rise fire rescue drill in China involving its unmanned firefighting EH216F and passenger-carry EH216 air vehicles as well as its Falcon B drone.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The agricultural aviation industry is celebrating 100 years since the first recorded aerial application flight in the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Yellowstone Acquisition Co., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, has signed an agreement to acquire Sky Harbour Group, developer and lessor of private aviation hangars.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
A technology being developed to rapidly join thermoplastic and thermoset composites to create optimized lightweight structures for cars and motorcycles is being adapted to aerospace with an eye to enabling high-rate, high-quality production of urban air mobility vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
With electric aircraft developers continuously seeking better batteries, the assets of a UK developer of high energy-density lithium-sulfur cells have been acquired by Johnson Matthey, a British multinational focused on sustainable technologies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The leaders in advanced air mobility are planning rapid ramp-ups in production, from tens to thousands of air taxis annually within only a few years, to both enable and dominate the projected trillion-dollar global market for electric air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aviation and members of Unifor’s Local 112 and 673, on strike since July 27, have reached a tentative labor agreement with the company.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Icon Aircraft announced plans to certify its Icon A5 amphibious aircraft as a way to expand sales at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
At least 12 significant cyber security incidents affecting the aerospace industry have been made public since the start of the year.
Connected Aerospace

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft has earned certification of the Garmin GWX 8000 weather radar in its M-Class aircraft, including the M600, M500 and M350, the company announced during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh here.
Aircraft & Propulsion