The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA surprised the industry in May 2022 with a shift to certifying electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles from Part 23 to Part 21.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The new hangar will host the final assembly line, with an airfield for development flight tests and production check flights.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The HY4 is planned to begin flight tests using liquid hydrogen and fuel cells in June.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
What if a startup chose to cut out the intermediary steps and start instead with a larger platform? That is the bet that Lyte Aviation is making.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The tests in the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel at Ontario Tech University focused on the transition between vertical and horizontal flight.
Commercial Space

By Molly McMillin
As a result, the company would avoid the potential of a delisting on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
The industry says book-and-claim can support SAF while supplies are extremely limited as it does not require the buyer to own or use the physical fuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The recently formed United Aerial Firefighters Association (UAFA) has named its first executive director and senior policy director.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
A prototype of the basketball-sized XTS-210 engine is planned for delivery to the U.S. Army in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The prototype was assembled at the Jinshan uncrewed aircraft test site on the outskirts of Shanghai.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has issued a proposal to abandon plans to build an extra runway, ban private jets, and tighten limits on night flying.
Airports & Networks

By Bill Carey
Clay Lacy Aviation said the FAA has validated its safety management system (SMS).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter plans to begin piloted test flights of its first production-standard VoloCity eVTOL air taxi in July.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is updating engine bird ingestion certification requirements to better reflect real-world scenarios.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Melbourne Flight Training’s Tecnam aircraft will be used in the company’s Career Aviator Pathway program and join a fleet of 34 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Limosa plans to develop the LimoConnect, an eight-seat tiltrotor with distributed electric propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Jetcraft has acquired Corporate Fleet Services an aviation brokerage firm that specializes in the turboprop and the light and midsize business jet markets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
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By Bill Carey
Safety should be a value rather than a priority, say business aviation experts who spoke March 30 during an NBAA News Hour webinar.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Molly McMillin
Under the plan, all flights operated by company-owned Falcon aircraft for business, transport or Falcon support will use SAF blends.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
The summit sought ideas to improve New York-area operations in summer 2023.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Cirrus rolled out the configurator at its Cirrus partners conference in Las Vegas in January.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Ben Goldstein
Whether each company in the advanced air mobility race has the necessary capital to see their plans through to certification remains an open question.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has received design organization approval from the the country’s Civil Aviation Authority.
Advanced Air Mobility