The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
“Despite the challenges facing businesses and sectors, it’s been one of the most active few years for Global Jet both with charter and aircraft sales,” the company said ahead of the opening of EBACE 2022.
EBACE

By Lee Ann Shay
President Mark Burns outlines where the OEM is on software changes for the G500, G600 and G700.
EBACE

By Angus Batey
Daher will fly the collaborative EcoPulse demonstrator "by the end of this year at the latest" as the venerable aircraft manufacturer as it looks to continue to develop new technologies.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
Dassault has pushed back the Falcon 6X’s entry-into-service date to manage its workload following COVID-19-related disruptions to its supply chain and increased certification requirements from regulators.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
The company unveiled a small-scale model of a testbed drone it has been using for flight and wind-tunnel testing at a secret location in Quebec.
EBACE

By Angus Batey
To consolidate its strengthening position, Boeing Business Jets is investing in a 737-7 BBJ demonstrator.
EBACE

By Bill Carey, Angus Batey
Five years since it was created from the rotary-wing operations of its parent company, Airbus Corporate Helicopters has managed to grow its market share while weathering the COVID-19 pandemic and economic headwinds.
EBACE

By Angus Batey
Mirai Flights' offering helped secure $3 million through an April investor round, funds which the company will use to roll its service out in Europe.
EBACE

By Angus Batey
Airbus Corporate Jets believes the TwoTwenty will command double the resale value of a long-range bizjet, while coming in at a comparable price with lower operating costs.
EBACE

By Angus Batey
Youssef Mouallem is bringing his consumer experience to the business of selling seats, charters and memberships.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
Flying Colours, a Canadian-based refurbishment, completions and maintenance provider, is experiencing a “rebirth” in conversions of Bombardier CRJ 200 aircraft into corporate shuttles and VIP business aircraft.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
Through 4Air, Embraer is offering the carbon offset program to customers at no charge when they take delivery of their aircraft in 2022 and sign up for Embraer’s Executive Care program.
EBACE

By Angus Batey
Castle Air says its shuttle service between Biggin Hill Airport and central London has been in high demand since bizav's post-COVID bounceback.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
The head of the Textron eAviation division focused on sustainable flying through aircraft electrification and new technologies talks Pipistrel, Panthera and more.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
The first Beechcraft Denali single-engine turboprop, which made its debut flight on Nov. 23, 2021, will reach 200 flight hours shortly.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
After increasing 26% in 2021, pre-owned business jet transactions are projected to decline in 2022 due to inventory shortages before growing again the following year, according to a just-released five-year forecast by Global Jet Capital.
EBACE

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is continuing to work on raising production rates as demand remains robust, despite war in Ukraine, a volatile stock market and inflation, its top executive says.
EBACE

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has christened its new Dassault Falcon 900 business jets as Envoy IVs, reviving the name given to an interwar-era light transport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Aerostructures supplier Daher has partnered with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology to develop a welding technology for the assembly of primary aircraft substructures made from thermoplastic composites.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Fuel producer Phillips 66 has received approval from county officials to proceed with its proposal to covert an oil refinery in Rodeo, California, to the production of renewable fuels including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Raising the mandatory U.S. pilot-retirement age above 65 would create unintended consequences that would offset any benefit that comes from increasing the number of eligible pilots, two pilot groups warn.
Airlines & Lessors

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Disruptive aviation will require changes to how people learn their jobs, according to Christopher Courtney, director of advanced air mobility at CAE.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility has agreed to acquire the commercial passenger transport activities of three European helicopter companies for a total of €48 million ($51 million) in cash.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft shipments in the first quarter (Q1) rose nearly 15% compared to a year ago, with deliveries up in every category, while billings declined 6%, according to General Aviation Manufacturers Association data released May 19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has made its third business acquisition as it works toward certification of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and launch of commercial air-taxi services in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility