The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Honda is researching the production of sustainable aviation fuel and its use in powerplants for its HondaJet light bizjet and planned eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
The converted aircraft lifted off at 8:41 a.m. Pacific time and landed back after a 15-min. flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Pilatus delivered 133 aircraft in 2022, according to the OEM’s annual report for 2022 published March 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
General Electric plans to invest $355 million in existing aerospace-related sites in 2023 after conducting so-called lean process improvement reviews.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
AutoFlight, a startup with operations in China and Europe, has completed the longest flight to date by an eVTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Limosa has signed an agreement with composites specialist Airborne of the Netherlands covering manufacture of a full-scale technology demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Korean electric air taxi startup Plana and Volatus Infrastructure have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on vertiport development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Regional mobility booking platform KinectAir has announced a partnership with Electra.aero that could see it deploy up to 31 hybrid eSTOL aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
A judge has denied Wisk Aero’s motion to sanction Archer Aviation for alleged intentional destruction of evidence related to a lawsuit.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Simon Geere spoke with the Weekly at Farnborough Airport in early February.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Matthew Orloff
The company is one of seven to submit an application for the FBO lease at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (ASE) in Aspen, Colorado.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Tony Osborne
Avincis was previously the name of a wider group of helicopter operating companies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
An historic “fly-in” hotel, air strip and acreage in the town of Beaumont, Kansas, located in the heart of the Flint Hills, is up for sale.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. researchers have developed a lithium-air battery that could increase energy density by as much as four times over conventional lithium-ion batteries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
The Tenth Circuit overturned a $45 million win by the former Spirit Aero CEO in an earlier federal district case, returning the dispute to the district level.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Bill Carey
Gulfstream commemorated the recent world tour of its sleek new G700 ultra-long-range business jet Feb. 27.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Dovetail Electric Aviation of Sydney has finished initial ground tests of its half-scale electric propulsion system powering a three-blade propeller.
Aircraft & Propulsion

U.S. startup Jetoptera has completed wind tunnel testing to validate the ability of its adaptive Fluidic Propulsion System.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Orloff
Bestfly has partnered with Krimson Aviation, a flight support, charter and aviation consultancy based in Ethiopia, to form BFK Aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Transport Canada has approved the Saab 2000 for passenger operations, nearly 30 years after the 50-seat twin turboprop completed its first flight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Nearly $1 billion in grants from the U.S. Transportation Department and FAA will go to 99 airports across the U.S. under the Airport Terminal Program.
Airports & Networks

By Guy Norris, Garrett Reim
Eviation is using masses of data from the first flight of its all-electric Alice commuter aircraft last year to inform the design of the production version.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
The worldwide in-service fleet of single- and twin-engine helicopters is projected to grow from 21,588 in 2023 to 24,293 by the end of 2032.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Archer Aviation says it will enter another round of mediation with rival Wisk Aero at the end of March.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
An oversupply of helicopters and what Safan Helicopter Engines chief Franck Saudo calls a “capacity overhang” has been largely eliminated, he says.
Aircraft & Propulsion