The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Daher CEO Didier Kayat has set the target of proposing a hybrid-electric product to the market by 2027.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
Finnish regional charter start-up Lygg has raised an additional €3.6 million ($3.9 million) in private funding.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Used business jet inventory totaled 1,016 aircraft in June, compared to near-historic lows of 628 a year ago, according to a report by Jefferies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems and representatives of its union workers continued to meet June 26 with the help of a federal mediator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Spirit Aeronautics has partnered with the U.S. FBI to install the Leica Citymapper-2 airborne sensor in the bureau’s single-engine Cessna Caravan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
During the Paris Air Show, Dassault Aviation announced its selection of Honeywell’s Aspire 350 satellite communications system for its fleet of Falcon aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Garrett Reim
The program announced its decision on June 23, disclosing that it had discovered “failure modes” that would take too long to fix.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Wheels Up officials issued a statement to address the speculation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
Action Aviation confirmed June 23 the passing of its chairman, Hamish Harding, who was on board OceanGate’s Titan Submersible on its tour of the Titanic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Knowledgeable passengers are key to combating illegal charter operations, which spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to FAA safety inspectors.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The timeline for retrofitting the aircraft, as well as the number of aircraft to be retrofitted with automated systems, is yet to be determined.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Neste, the biggest supplier of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the world, expects partnerships to play a key role.
Paris Air Show

By Jeremy Kariuki
Gulfstream Aerospace announced the expansion of its outfitting operations at St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) with a total investment of $28.5 million.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Flexjet, a fractional provider based in Cleveland, Ohio, plans to add 22 aircraft to its mid- and super midsized fleet by the end of 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Leesburg Executive Airport will place into service a mobile tower after the FAA cancelled its remote tower project.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Diamond Aircraft has completed the first flight of its all-composite Dart-750 aerobatic trainer, on display at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
French training aircraft manufacturer Elixir Aircraft plans to fly a turboprop-powered version of its two-seater by year's end.
Paris Air Show

By Ben Goldstein
Supernal announced agreements with GKN Aerospace, Qarbon Aerospace and UmbraGroup related to production of its S-A1 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft.
Paris Air Show

By Jeremy Kariuki
Amid an ongoing pilot shortage, private air charter Wheels Up is expanding its pilot pathway program through the addition of two new partners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Safran Helicopters will develop a 600-kW turbogenerator for Electra.aero’s prototype nine-passenger hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Paris Air Show

By Angus Batey
Harding, 58, founded Action Aviation in 2004.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Speaking at Paris Air Show, Volocopter CEO Dirk Hoke unveiled details about a previously-unreported next-generation VoloCity air taxi.
Paris Air Show

By Graham Warwick
Despite battery energy storage limitations, more startups are at the Paris Air Show this year presenting their plans to develop electric regional aircraft.
Paris Air Show

By Molly McMillin
About half were submitted by Italian-based companies, the company says.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Ben Goldstein
French advanced air mobility startup Ascendance Flight Technologies has announced three new suppliers for its hybrid eVTOL aircraft.
Paris Air Show