The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
U.S. agriculture and biofuel organizations have urged the U.S. Congress to base a proposed tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel on the most updated and accurate lifecycle carbon assessment methods and not the modeling used by the ICAO.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a milestone on its 15-year journey to launch commercial aerial ridesharing services in the U.S. in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Business-aviation and air-medical services provider Aero-Dienst on Aug. 10 announced a four-year contract award from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to maintain its Dassault Falcon 2000LX Inflight Systems and Technology Airborne Research aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
Canada’s Viking Air and PAL Aerospace have teamed to develop a firefighting capability for the DHC-6 Twin Otter family of aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The test brings ZeroAvia a step closer to first flight of a Dornier 228 testbed powered by the system before the end of the year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business and general aviation avionics sales during the second quarter totaled $500.9 million, up 2.1% from the same period a year ago, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association. But sales for the first six months totaled $1.07 billion, a 7.1% decrease from the year-ago period.
Flight Deck

By Tony Osborne
Utility helicopter operator Erickson Inc. has put itself up for sale, looking for a “strategic partner” to bolster its operations, maintenance repair and overhaul, and manufacturing businesses.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The FAA is closing in on its first special condition for type certification of an electric propulsion system, and acknowledges that amending requirements developed over decades for piston and turbine engines is proving challenging.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The organizers of the Australian International Airshow, better known as the Avalon Airshow, have canceled this year’s event as they acknowledged the “unpredictable environment” brought about by the Delta strain of COVID-19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies believes the most direct path to FAA certification of an electric aircraft is to keep the vehicle simple.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
North American business aviation activity in July totaled 305,136 flights, up 45% from a year ago and 43,100 more than in July 2019, setting a record according to Argus International data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
The Aviation Week Network has compiled aircraft orders for decades, but tracking the emerging and building order stream for advanced air mobility (AAM) airplanes is a different matter entirely.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The Senate is nearing a vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package that would fund $25 billion of commercial aviation priorities through 2026.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
With analysts projecting that express logistics will be an early and potential large market for electric aircraft, U.S. autonomous cargo aircraft developer Elroy Air has completed a $40 million Series A funding round.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier is raising its forecast for business jet deliveries, revenue and profits in 2021, following a strong first half of the year and positive momentum.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
As work continues to develop viable electric or hydrogen power plants for passenger aircraft, the industry’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions remain focused on sustainable aviation fuels.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Angus Batey
The first fruits of Project Able–British charity Aerobility’s program to refurbish former Royal Air Force Grob Vigilant motor gliders to sell and use in the charity’s own fleet–was on public display for the first time on Aug. 6.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Japanese startup that won the Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award at the 2020 GoFly Prize event has unveiled its first product, a single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle it plans to offer as a kit-built experimental aircraft beginning in 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Pat Gallagher joined NetJets in 2010 after serving as executive vice president and head of sales at Marquis Jet Partners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The partnership will support the government-led initiative to commercialize UAM in South Korea by 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Air medical helicopter operator Air Methods has announced a collaboration with German drone manufacturer Wingcopter to develop a drone delivery network for medical supplies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has begun a search for new VIP aircraft to replace its BAe 146s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
High-altitude unmanned aircraft and satellites are an integral part of SoftBank’s vision for future 6G mobile networks that expand beyond wireless communications to underpin the digitalization of all industries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Denmark is to permanently station a patrol aircraft in Greenland in a move that reflects the growing military importance of the Arctic region.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Aircraft modification specialist AeroTEC is to lead conversion, flight test and certification of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion under a joint effort with Universal Hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion