The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
Dassault Aviation delivered 30 new Falcon business jets during 2021, down from 34 in 2020 but beating its guidance of 25 for the year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Eaton, a mid-tier aerospace and defense supplier, has acquired Royal Power Solutions, a U.S.-based manufacturer of high-precision electrical connectivity components used in electric vehicle, energy management, industrial and mobility markets.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Thierry Dubois
The lobbying association for the French aerospace industry, GIFAS, says its members may need to hire up to 15,000 after a period of job cuts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
Tamarack Aerospace Group has petitioned the National Transportation Safety Board to reconsider its findings and probable cause determination on the fatal crash of a Cessna Citation 525A business jet in 2018, saying the final accident report contradicts the facts of the case.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno
Michigan and Ontario officials have unveiled a cross-border research study of commercial drones to explore whether small unmanned aircraft can be flown beyond line of sight and used for just-in-time delivery, medical transport or other small-scale deployments.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey, Sean Broderick
The U.S. aviation and telecommunications industries have deescalated—at least temporarily—their clash over an issue that threatens to further disrupt airline operations during the COVID-19 pandemic: the potential of new 5G wireless networks interfering with aircraft electronics.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Airbus has delivered the first ACJ TwoTwenty ultra-large business jet to Comlux, which will outfit the aircraft with a VVIP cabin for its launch customer, Dubai-based hotel operator Five.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The National Business Aviation Association and the Shanghai Airport Authority have postponed the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition that was scheduled to take place in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The aircraft, which is designed to evaluate the public acceptability of low-boom supersonic flight over land, completed assembly last year in Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and was shipped to Texas for structural tests in late December.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Changes to how pilot training standards are evaluated during commercial aircraft certification do not cover large business jets or other general aviation aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
After playing out through most of 2020 and 2021 for the electric vertical takeoff and landing industry, the process of assembling memorandums of understanding, letters of intent and other expressions of interest to bolster fundraising drives is underway in other parts of the evolving advanced air mobility market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Phoenix-based Cutter Aviation has purchased AeroJet, a fixed base operator at Georgetown Municipal Airport 30 mi. north of Austin, Texas.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
New Zealand startup Kea Aerospace has conducted a 14 hr. 3 min. test flight of a subscale prototype as it continues development of a large, solar-powered unmanned aircraft capable of remaining aloft in the stratosphere for months.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
AT&T and Verizon have agreed to delay deploying 5G wireless services using C-band spectrum for two weeks beyond the scheduled Jan. 5 start date, giving the FAA more time to prevent airspace system disruptions arising from the potential of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Korean Air has demonstrated the visual inspection of an aircraft using multiple drones simultaneously.
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Dron
European travel regulations for air passengers—and others—have continued to change at a dizzying speed, with new measures and restrictions introduced in several countries immediately prior to, or during, the holiday period.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Sustainable aviation and advanced air mobility are the focus of the fifth round of research projects selected under NASA’s University Leadership Initiative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
With sustainability a key focus for the business aviation industry, six entities took part in a pilot scheme during the second half of 2021 intended to create a new sector-wide-applicable standards and training system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korea’s Hanwha Systems is to lead development of a hydrogen fuel-cell system to power future advanced air mobility vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Leaders in the business aviation industry give their predictions for what will be the biggest challenges in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Jet It’s flight operations now account for 10% of the global HondaJet fleet, accounting for 17% of the total fleet hours.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Strong demand for its fractional ownership program led to the Honda aircraft order, the company says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
In the first such move by a leader in the advanced air mobility market, Joby Aviation has acquired Austrian radar designer Inras to prepare for more complex, and eventually autonomous, operations of its electric urban air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang has announced the first order for its VT-30 long-range autonomous air taxi, now in flight testing.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
German drone delivery company Wingcopter has secured a new investor in Latin America as it expands its global presence.
Advanced Air Mobility