The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Matthew Fulco
HEICO Corporation had a strong fiscal third quarter as its revenue rose 27% to a record $722.9 million and operating income increased 16% to $149.4 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
With the root cause quickly identified, Vertical says its certification target of late 2026 remains unchanged.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Swiss Air Force is to acquire a Bombardier Global 7500 business jet for VIP missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
According to Bombardier, the Advanced Avionics Upgrade (AAU) includes features currently available on in-production Global 5500 and Global 6500 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
ExecuJet MRO Services, a division of Dassault Aviation, has been preparing for entry-into-service of Dassault’s new Falcon 6X long-range business jet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois, Sean Broderick
As EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky leaves Sept. 1, Luc Tytgat has been named acting executive director.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The additional aircraft would enable expansion of a planned Airlander network from Spain into the Mediterranean.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The grant has been provided by Enova SF, Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jeremy Kariuki
Tradewind Aviation, a U.S.-based charter company, announced its expansion into the Southeast with the opening of a new base near Palm Beach, Florida.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jeremy Kariuki
Avflight, a fixed-base operator, announced the acquisition of the Nomads Building at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) for airfield cargo operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
NASA says the problems were uncovered during system checkout tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
While the DA40 is a four-seater, the eDA40 is designed with two seats.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A new urban air mobility (UAM) service has been launched in traffic-clogged Sao Paulo.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
AeroHT has conducted the first cross-river flight in China by an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Billings, meanwhile, totaled $9.2 billion during the six-month period, up 1.4% from $9.1 billion in the same period a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
Although his early career was spent in the oil industry in his native Russia, Evgenii Chuprov grew up in an aviation household.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
“Regulatory revisions could have ripple effects throughout the entire Part 135 and general aviation ecosystem,” said Curt Castagna, president and CEO of NATA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised almost $14 million to fund development and flight testing of its ZG-T6 six-seat tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jeremy Kariuki
LifeStyle Aviation is conducting a seven-city tour of Diamond Aircraft’s single-engine DA50 RG starting Aug. 26, following the aircraft’s recent certification.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An initial U.S. military assessment has concluded Yevgeny Prigozhin likely died in an aircraft crash inside Russia on Aug. 23, but the aircraft was not shot down.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin, Lee Ann Shay
When NBAA-BACE 2023 opens in Las Vegas in October, it will be minus one major business jet manufacturer and long-term exhibitor—Gulfstream Aerospace.
NBAA

By Steve Trimble
Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly died in the crash of an Embraer business jet in Russia on Aug. 23.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The company employs about 60 in the U.S., including 40 at its headquarters in Vacaville, California, and about 200 at a facility in Tijuana, Mexico.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Flight operations fell 7.5% during the second quarter compared to a year ago but were 12.1% higher than the pre-pandemic levels during same period in 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion