The Weekly of Business Aviation

The expanded network will have the potential to reach 4 million households and deliver more than 1 million packages a year.

Paynode, the brand within the Avinode Group whose business model is dedicated to air charter payments, has announced they have passed the milestone of 150 weekly transactions for the first quarter of 2022.

Joint research by the FAA and Swiss AI startup Daedalean is expected to help shape certification requirements for the use of machine-learning in safety-critical avionics.

Upstart satellite operator OneWeb is making inroads in business aviation even as it continues building its constellation of 648 low Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellites.

The used market is starting to look "frothy."

As Lilium wraps up the preliminary design review for its Lilium Jet, the Germany startup has released a new concept image showing the latest configuration of its electric vertical takeoff and landing regional air taxi.

Ground infrastructure will have to evolve to accommodate eVTOLs.

The theory that bizav could lead SAF adoption is proving hard in practice.

President Mark Burns updates on the progress of the OEMs latest programs.

SEA Prime CEO Chiara Dorigotti says international bizjets are returning.

Garmin International has celebrated the delivery of its 750th G1000/G1000 NXi integrated flight deck upgrade for King Air aircraft.

As it took over FlightAware, Collins stood up its Connected Aviation Solutions division.

Despite extensive promotion of sustainable aviation fuels, FBOs and airports report that, often, captains remain reluctant to put SAF into their aircraft.

Kaman is to acquire the aircraft wheel and brake business of Parker Hannifin, enabling Parker to proceed with its acquisition of UK-based Meggitt.

Honeywell is developing a suite of alternative navigation technologies to combat increasing disruption of GPS signals, intentional and unintentional, with the first products planned to be on the market in 2023.

It is to everyone's advantage that there are a multiplicity of methods of getting to a sustainable aviation ecosystem, the panelists agreed, and "we have to stay motivated and we have to stay determined" to get there.

New aircraft buyers accounted for 36% of bizjet sales, Embraer says.

Slovenian aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, now under Textron ownership, plans to grow its workforce and accelerate development of new products, including the Nuuva hybrid-electric uncrewed cargo aircraft.

GE Aviation has ground-tested its Passport long-range business-jet engine, the powerplant for the Bombardier Global 7500 and new 8000, on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time.

An upgrade on the Global 7500, the $78 million Global 8000 will be the fastest in its class, officials said at EBACE, with entry-into-service in 2025.

German eVTOL manufacturer Lilium has signed a formal partnership with its avionics provider Honeywell and Japanese automotive specialist DENSO to co-develop and manufacture electric motors for the Lilium Jet.

Satcom Direct (SD) is nearing commercial introduction of its Plane Simple Antenna System supporting inflight broadband connectivity for business aviation using the Intelsat FlexExec network.

With aviation facing a growing sustainability challenge, the Lindbergh Foundation and XPrize Foundation have come together to launch the Forever Flight Alliance. Their goal is to accelerate the decarbonization of aviation through incentive prizes.

Satellite operator Inmarsat and equipment supplier Honeywell have launched SwiftJet, an enhanced L-band satcoms service for business aviation, at EBACE 2022.

JETMS plans to turn the former RAS Completions and Interiors businesses into a UK-based direct rival to the big European completions houses.