Organizers of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, scheduled for May 18-20, have canceled the live event in Geneva and will host a virtual event, the associations announced Feb. 4.
London-based aircraft dealer Steve Varsano warns that the burgeoning urban air mobility industry may herald the end of the helicopter business, and, in the longer term, it could supplant the light jet segment too.
Steve Varsano, founder and owner of London-based aircraft dealership The Jet Business, found himself the victim of two police raids at his office after reports of a large party. But the attendees were cardboard cutouts.
Studies exploring how unmanned air systems could be used to help respond to oil spills at sea will be undertaken by a partnership of UK firms FlyLogix and Oil Spill Response Ltd.
GKN Aerospace is to lead the study of a “park-and-ride” concept for urban air transport under the UK’s Future Flight Challenge to develop a next-generation integrated aviation system.
Wheels Up has entered an agreement to become a publicly traded company through a merger with Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, Wheels Up announced Feb. 1.
In a bid to accelerate the commercial availability of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, the German government has commissioned aerospace research agency DLR to plan a pilot plant for the production of electricity-based fuels on an industrial scale.
As expected, Bombardier has announced the closure of the sale of its rail business to French-based Alstom, with net proceeds of about $3.6 billion, including $600 million in Alstom stock shares.
Avionics manufacturer uAvionix on Jan. 26 announced FAA technical standard order authorization of its tailBeaconX 1090 MHz automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast Out transponder, which replaces a rear navigation light on general aviation aircraft.
Skyservice Business Aviation announced on Jan. 26 that it has reached an agreement to be the exclusive distributor and reseller in Canada of the VisionSafe Emergency Vision Assurance System, designed to protect a pilot’s vision during a smoke emergency in the cockpit.
A South Korean team including an airport operator, air-taxi developer and communications provider has been formed to commercialize urban air mobility in the country beginning in 2025.
As it ramps up plans to launch its regional air mobility service, German startup Lilium has partnered with airport constructor and operator Ferrovial to develop and operate a network of at least 10 vertiports across Florida.
Autonomous cargo aircraft startup Elroy Air has joined NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign project and will exchange information leading up to flight tests in 2022.
If there is an upside for the aviation industry to the ongoing global travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be that the enforced breathing space has given insiders an opportunity to focus on sustainability.
Nearly a year’s worth of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic does not appear to have diminished interest in flying by business jet to the annual Super Bowl, which takes place Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Gulfstream Aerospace delivered 127 business jets in 2020, compared to expectations of 130 aircraft, and down from 147 deliveries in 2019, its parent company reported Jan. 27.
Textron Aviation turned in lower business jet and turboprop deliveries in 2020 along with lower revenue and profit, but had a “blowout” fourth quarter, with expectations of a 15% increase in sales in 2021 and a return to 2019 delivery levels in 2022.
Flying Ship is a U.S. startup that plans to modernize the Russian ekranoplan ground-effect vehicle concept and bring unmanned aircraft technology to maritime logistics while avoiding the onerous burden of aerospace regulation.
The burgeoning urban air mobility sector is poised to open up private air travel to unprecedented markets. But benefits will only be maximized if decisions are made now to ensure UAM systems are accessible to the disabled, experts say.
The FAA expects to certify the first of a new generation of advanced or urban air mobility (AAM/UAM) aircraft later in 2021 and says regulations will be in place in time for initial piloted electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) operations to begin as early as 2023.
