Boom is building the Supersonic’s Overture’s plant
Boom Supersonic has broken ground on the construction on its Overture ‘Superfactory’ in Greensboro, North Carolina. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility,… Read More »
Jetex adds first UK FBO at London Biggin Hill Airport
Fixed-base operator Jetex has launched its first UK service at London-Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) welcoming private jet flyers to the… Read More »
Japan’s JAL invests in electric seagliders from Regent
Japan Airlines Innovation Fund – the venture arm of JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda)– has made an undisclosed… Read More »
Russian presidential Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Moscow
The Mil Mi-8 helicopter belonging to the Russian Special Flight Detachment ‘Rossiya’ has crashed in Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport (VKO)… Read More »
Gogo Business Aviation 5G chip passes critical design review
Gogo Business Aviation has announced a key milestone in the development of its Gogo 5G service, which the company is… Read More »
MightyFly to begin testing autonomous cargo aircraft
Autonomous cargo aircraft company MightyFly will begin last and middle mile test flights with its hybrid, electric Vertical Takeoff and… Read More »
Hybrid-electric startup Dufour secures funding from Vista
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace AG has closed a Series B funding round led by Vista Global Holding Limited, a major… Read More »
The new electric aircraft will disrupt the $49 billion helicopter industry
Vertical lift aircraft have existed for more than a century in the form of helicopters. But the $49 billion industry… Read More »
Kaman ends production of K-MAX heavy-lift helicopter
Kaman Aircraft will discontinue the production of the K-MAX heavy-lift helicopter due to low demand. The US manufacturer announced the… Read More »
ZeroAvia completes flight with hydrogen-electric powertrain
ZeroAvia, a startup developing hydrogen powertrains for aircraft, completed the first flight of its Dornier Do228 demonstrator on January 19…. Read More »
Embraer Phenom 300MED receives FAA and EASA certification
Embraer’s Phenom 300MED has received the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the FAA and EASA. The STC was performed at… Read More »
Royaljet to fly Honeywell JetWave connectivity
RoyalJet Abu Dhabi, a private aviation operator, has signed a letter of intent with Honeywell to add Ka-band connectivity services… Read More »
SmartSky receives Supplemental Type Certificate for Dassault Falcon 900 series
Business aviation in-flight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity provider SmartSky Networks has completed a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installing the company’s… Read More »
Mexico’s Aerus signs LOI for 30 Alice Eviation electric aircraft
Eviation, Manufacturer of the all-electric aircraft, has announced that regional Mexican airline Aerus has signed a letter of intent (LOI)… Read More »
Lilium appoints Oliver Vogelgesang as CFO and Sebastien Borel as CCO
German eVTOL company Lilium announced a major managerial reshuffling, with the positions of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Commercial… Read More »
Jet It to offer Gogo AVANCE L3 fleetwide
Gogo Business Aviation has announced that its connectivity solution for light jets, Gogo AVANCE L3, has been selected by Jet… Read More »
Textron Aviation delivers 3,000th Cessna Caravan aircraft
Textron Aviation announced on January 13, 2022, it had delivered a Cessna Grand Caravan EX to Brazilian aviation company Azul… Read More »
Elvis Presley planes: the Lisa Marie, the Hound Dog II and the last jet
Elvis Presley, the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ is recognized as the best-selling solo artist of all time by Guinness… Read More »
Iridium satellite-to-smartphone deal expected to expand pilot take-up
Many business aviation and general aviation pilots carry Iridium satellite-powered phones in their flight bag in order to avail of… Read More »
Satcom Direct completes business jet Plane Simple Ka-band antenna installation
Satcom Direct has completed the first business jet Plane Simple® Ka-band antenna installation on the company’s SD Gulfstream G550. The… Read More »
FAA giving airlines another year to fix altimeters that can’t handle 5G signals
About 1,000 planes have altimeters listening to signals in the wrong frequencies. The Federal Aviation Administration will give airlines another… Read More »
What’s the difference between an aircraft accident and incident?
For all of us, any incident involving a commercial airline is worrying, and even turbulence is enough to cause us… Read More »