NetJets

Jeremy Kariuki, Aviation Week associate editor for business aviation, and Molly McMillin, managing editor for business aviation, discuss the agreement.

“We’re excited. It’s a big deal for us,” Ron Draper, Textron Aviation president and CEO, told The Weekly of Business Aviation.

NetJets has signed up to be the launch customer for the Cessna Citation Ascend, now under development, with deliveries projected to begin in 2025.

How the corporate aviation industry is responding to the challenge of competition for pilots from the scheduled airlines.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

NetJets is scheduled to receive its first Praetor 500 in 2025.

The Praetor 500 is a “great aircraft,” and now “a big player” is supporting it, says Rolland Vincent, president of consulting firm Rolland Vincent Associates.

The aircraft will be the first Embraer Praetor 500s to enter the NetJets fleet.

The NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots filed the suit against NetJets on April 24.