Russian researchers have completed three years of study into a small single-person electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle for multiple missions.
Collins Aerospace has begun building a 500-kW electric motor that will power Hybrid Air Vehicles’ planned hybrid-electric Airlander 10 heavy-lift airship.
Hydrogen propulsion startup ZeroAvia has secured two Dornier 228s for use as test aircraft for development of its 600-kW fuel-cell propulsion system for 19-passenger airliners.
Unmanned traffic management specialist ANRA Technologies has partnered with Hyundai to begin developing the operating environment for advanced air mobility.
The time for a “business jet party” is now, given the combination of COVID-19 concerns drawing newcomers to private flight, a robust stock market and firming economy, Cowen analysts say in a report to investors.
Gyroplane developer Skyworks Aeronautics has teamed with two South Korean startups in a bid to tap into the country’s ambitious plans to commercialize urban air mobility.
Jet Aviation has acquired ExecuJet Zurich’s fixed base operations and hangars and Luxaviation’s Swiss Aircraft Management and Charter division, the company has announced.
Europe’s business aviation activity returned to 2019 levels during the first three weeks of June, while U.S. business jet and turboprop traffic is running 20% ahead, according to WingX Advance data.
Husham Osman, Royal Jet’s technical director, talks with Aviation Week’s Lee Ann Shay on the sidelines of MRO Middle East about how the Abu Dhabi-based charter and services company accelerated projects during the COVID-19 pandemic—including upgrading BBJs.
IATA and the World Health Organization (WHO) are concerned that Africa could be left behind in the reopening of international air travel, with only 1% of Africans currently immunized against the coronavirus.
Special mission Beechcraft King Air 300 twin-turboprop aircraft used by the U.S. Army has surpassed 50,000 flight hours, Textron Aviation has announced.
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that its new $75 million G700 ultra-long-range business jet will have a lower cabin altitude than originally projected.
Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, has set a July 12 shareholder general meeting date to approve its merger with Wheels Up Partners Holdings.
Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility has agreed to supply Blade with 60,000 flight hours a year of service in Southern California and the West Coast beginning in 2026.
The FAA plans to award $8 billion in grants to U.S. commercial, reliever and general aviation airports to aid in their recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new forecast by Global Jet Capital projects $162.1 billion in total transactions of new and pre-owned business jets from 2021-2025, with a compound annual rate of 7.4% by dollar volume and 3.6% per year by unit.
UK helicopter startup Hill Helicopters says it has presold more than 200 of its HX50 turbine light helicopters as the company moves toward a first flight in 2022.
Textron Aviation has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency approval for its Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2 light jet, paving the way for delivery to its first European customer for the upgraded aircraft, DALaviation Switzerland.
The lengthy process of the UK extricating itself from the European Union reaches another milestone on June 25, when the country’s participation in the EGNOS program ends.
