Textron Aviation

Electrification of regional and subregional aircraft offers huge potential and a faster route to both meaningful reduction in transport emissions and profits.

Textron Aviation continued to see solid demand for its business jet and turboprop aircraft during the first three months of 2023.

Textron Aviation has delivered its 400th Citation CJ4 series aircraft.

Xwing has started the FAA certification process for its Superpilot autonomous flight control technology.

Supply chain issues are broad ranging from a certain kind of raw material to complex components.

Textron Aviation and Tecnam Aircraft each announced orders for 15 training aircraft during the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida.

Originally prefaced by the word “Super,” the King Air 350 was introduced in 1990 as a growth version of the King Air 300.

Despite helping deliver a $3.8 billion surplus and supporting new business growth, South Carolina’s two ancient turboprops are “luxuries,” some say.

The inventory of used business jets for sale in February 2023 totaled 831, rose by 40% compared to a year ago.

Rob Scholl is Textron eAviation's CEO.

The contract signing confirms the Wichita-based manufacturer will replace the Navy’s T-44 fleet of aircraft.

At the same time, supply chain issues have remained challenges.

Textron Aviation celebrated the delivery of a Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprop to Brazil-based Azul Conecta.

Retired football great Peyton Manning will be honorary chair of Textron Aviation’s 2022 Special Olympics Airlift, the company has announced.

Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo opened April 13 with an announcement by Textron Aviation of a special edition Beechcraft Bonanza G36 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the iconic six-seat single-engine piston aircraft.

How the Longitude handles in flight, including at max speed.

Evaluating this aircraft from the pilot’s perspective.

Ron Draper is the president and CEO of Textron Aviation, which builds and services Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker products. He tells Molly McMillin, editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, how his company has been weathering the COVID-19 crisis and why the recovery will be different from the 2008 financial crash.

The $162 million contract includes the aircraft, ground-based training systems, a mission planning and debrief system and ground support equipment.

Textron Aviation has acquired MRO provider Premiair Aviation Maintenance Pty Ltd and its three service centers in Australia.

Deliveries of Dassault’s Falcon business jets have hit a new bottom, at 40 in 2019.

Some Textron Aviation employees in Wichita began reporting back to work on Jan. 6 following an explosion last month.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about what they think lies ahead in 2020 and the challenges they face. This is Part 2 of the two-part series.

The Weekly of Business Aviation polled leaders in the general and business aviation industry about their predictions for 2020.

The explosion that rocked Textron Aviation’s Plant 3 in Wichita last week appears not to have harmed the company’s Cessna 408 SkyCourier turboprop program.