The Weekly of Business Aviation

Archer’s Maker electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft made its first full transition to wing-borne flight on Nov. 29.

NTSB is urgently recommending U.S. and Canadian regulators require “ immediate and more frequent inspections” of certain Bell 407 helicopter components.

UK startup ARC Aerosystems has completed full transition flights of a full-scale prototype of its C150 VTOL uncrewed cargo aircraft.

Xwing has signed a contract with the FAA to research how to coordinate large commercial UAVs and general aviation aircraft in complex air traffic situations.

Canadian startup Jetlines is forecasting strong demand for its charter flights as it prepares to add a second Airbus A320.

Flight tests have been conducted to demonstrate how automated ATM could be used to avoid conflicts between autonomous air taxis and crewed aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney Canada has received FAA certification for its PW812D engine, which is expected to power the Dassault Falcon 6X business jet.

Bombardier formally opened a 22-bay MRO facility here Nov. 30 as the airframer ramps up worldwide support for its range of increasingly large aircraft.

Seven air tour crashes in and around Ketchikan, Alaska, highlight the need to address flight safety hazards, says the NTSB.

Volato, an Atlanta-based fractional-ownership provider, has placed an order for 25 HondaJet Elite II aircraft.

The partners will share best practices for design concepts and evaluate which of 53 Latin American airport sites may be most ripe for vertiport deployment.

Pascal Bachmann is senior vice president of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Jetcraft, a worldwide aircraft sales organization.

NetJets has become the fleet launch customer for Bombardier’s Global 8000 ultra-long-range business jet.

Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with car manufacturer Renault to improve the technology for batteries.

Airbus Helicopters hopes demonstrator can prove out technologies to reduce their carbon emissions by 50%.

Another foundation has been laid for advanced air mobility in the EU with the adoption of the European Drone Strategy 2.0.

The 2022 Middle Eastern Business Aviation (MEBAA) show returns Dec. 6-8 following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with plans to highlight the strong futu

Canadian vertiport startup VPorts and the U.S.-based Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance have announced an agreement to establish a corridor fo

Embraer spinoff Eve Holdings has added a potential customer for its urban air traffic management (UATM) solution—Vertiport developer Bluenest, which will use th

A changing fleet mix is expected for the in-service business jet and turboprop fleet in the combined Middle East and Africa regions.

Business aviation’s growing use of sustainable aviation fuel and its improving sustainability record will spur more purchases of business jets by large U.S. cor

A second phase of Israel’s National Drone Initiative is to include demonstrations that could pave the way for passenger-carrying electric vertical takeoff...

SkyDrive of Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding with investor Pacific Group for up to 100 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for potentia

Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics is flight testing its distributed hydrogen-electric propulsion nacelle technology on a small uncrewed aircraft in Bretigny,

The weight of lithium-ion batteries is increased, and their energy density degraded, by the need to build in protection to prevent the short-circuit of a cell damaged in a crash causing an uncontained fire.