The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company, Supernal, is to work with Miami officials to develop policies for advanced air mobility that are designed to enable the city to serve as a model for other metropolitan areas.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Lilium is modifying the design of its electric air taxi, building a third demonstrator to accelerate flight testing and partnering with NetJets to offer the vertical takeoff Lilium Jet for private and business aviation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
Canadian regional aviation specialist Chorus Aviation is to acquire UK-headquartered lessor Falko Regional Aircraft for $855 million, with investment firm Brookfield Asset Management slated to take a 12.5% stake in Chorus once the deal completes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Tradewind Aviation, based in Oxford, Connecticut, has placed a firm order for 20 new PC-12 NGX single-engine turboprops with Pilatus Aircraft, with first deliveries to begin in the third quarter of 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Britain’s busiest business-aviation airport is in the midst of unprecedented levels of activity, and its owners are wasting no time in preparing for an even busier future.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Thierry Dubois
The aerospace industry has begun to evaluate the consequences of the sanctions the EU is imposing on Russia’s aviation in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Sonoma airport that serves business aviation adds solar power.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
Indian multinational engineering services provider Tech Mahindra is collaborating with Aska on the design of the U.S. startup’s drive/fly electric vertical takeoff and landing commuter vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Beginning deployment of U-space airspace for drone operations with a few pilot regions in urban areas is a key recommendation presented by German air navigation service provider DFS and its unmanned traffic management subsidiary Droniq.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the long-serving Republican from Oklahoma and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has announced he will retire at the end of his term in 2027.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation activity continues to flourish, although the crisis in the Ukraine could diminish demand, especially in Europe, according to Richard Koe, WingX Advance managing director.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Gogo Business Aviation has received design and installation approvals from the FAA for a new antenna to access its coming 5G air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Carole Rickard Hedden
One of the key questions surrounding advanced air mobility is what the aftermarket services sector will look like.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The North Carolina Forest Service (NCFS) has moved into a new $7 million hangar complex at Duplin County Airport in Kenansville, North Carolina.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Ukraine’s national airspace has been closed for civil aviation operations because of “high safety risks” caused by Russia’s invasion of the country on Feb. 24, the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is warning operators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Michimasa Fujino, the founding president and CEO of Greensboro, North Carolina-based Honda Aircraft Co. and chief designer of the HA-420 HondaJet, is retiring at the end of March.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Dassault Aviation has opened a company-owned service center at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, New York, as part of its plan to expand service capacity in the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Canadian airframer Bombardier does not expect a supply-chain impact from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and will respect any sanctions that are imposed on its business jet customers as a result of the attack, CEO Éric Martel said Feb. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Rolls-Royce CEO Warren East plans to leave the company at the end of 2022, triggering a search for his replacement, the company said Feb. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A fierce battle has erupted around the flight test center for Antonov aircraft company near Kyiv, with a Russian air assault fighting a brigade of Ukrainian national guard troops for control of the airport, Ukraine’s Ministry of the Interior says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Embraer delivered 55 aircraft in the 2021 fourth quarter (Q4) and 141 total jets for full-year 2021, falling short of Q4 2020’s level (71) but still exceeding 2020’s total deliveries (130).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson on Feb. 23 unveiled an industry-government initiative to eliminate the use of unleaded aviation fuel (avgas) by piston-engined a
Sustainability

By Sean Broderick
The Airport Terminal Program's goals are to “upgrade, modernize, and rebuild our nation’s airport terminals and sponsor-owned” air traffic control towers, FAA said.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Airworthiness regulations with which EHang must comply to type certify its EH216 autonomous air taxi have been published by the Civil Aviation Authority of China, taking the startup a step closer to launching urban air mobility services with its self-flying vehicle.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Singapore-based private aviation charter company Yugo has signed a letter of intent with Ascendance Flight Technologies for 18 of the French startup’s planned Atea five-seat, hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility