NASA Marks Continued Progress on X-59
Assembly of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft is continuing during 2020 and making good progress, despite challenges such as… Read More »
GM explores market for electric ‘flying cars’
General Motors Co GM.N is exploring options in the aerial taxi market, including whether to build the vehicles known colloquially as “flying… Read More »
This $40 million Gulfstream private jet can be bought using bitcoin as aircraft sales firms attempt to lure international buyers
An aircraft sales firm is now accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for its multi-million-dollar aircraft. Aviatrade just introduced… Read More »
The Future of Private Jets
While economic uncertainty may have an impact on the future of the private jet industry in the near-term, industry insiders… Read More »
Boom – soon to make a very big bang
Boom Supersonic has revealed that it will roll out its jet demonstrator, XB-1 on 7 October 2020. The XB-1 will… Read More »
Rolls-Royce to collaborate with Boom Supersonic
Boom Supersonic and Rolls-Royce have signed an agreement to examine the pairing of a Rolls-Royce propulsion system within Boom’s proposed… Read More »
Virgin Galactic plots foray into supersonic passenger market
Virgin Galactic (OBT, Las Cruces) has announced its plan to enter the supersonic passenger jet market, having signed a non-binding… Read More »
Skyborne goes electric with ten Bye Aerospace eFlyers
Skyborne Airline Academy has become the first UK pilot training school to place an order for Bye Aerospace’s all-electric aircraft…. Read More »
Support for Cranfield’s new ‘flying classroom’ from aviation foundation
The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading Foundation (ISTAT Foundation) has awarded a grant to Cranfield University towards the replacement… Read More »
U.S. relaxes rules to export more aerial drones
The Trump administration will reinterpret a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations to allow U.S. defense contractors to sell… Read More »
2020 Private Jet Preview: Embraer Phenom 300E
The best-selling light business jet in the world seven years in a row, Embraer’s Phenom 300 made waves as the… Read More »
2020 Private Jet Preview: Gulfstream G700
The new Gulfstream G700 is an achievement in ultralong-range and performance, alongside flight-deck upgrades and leading-edge cabin creation culminating in… Read More »
Luftwaffe to add two A321neo(LR)s in 2022
The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) has signed a contract with Lufthansa Technik to outfit two brand-new A321-200NX(LR)s for a variety… Read More »
2020 Private Jet Preview: Cessna Citation Longitude
The Citation Longitude is equally designed around pilot experience and passenger comfort, delivering an aircraft that lives up to its… Read More »
2020 Private Jet Preview: Pilatus PC-24
The PC-24 is the only aircraft combining the versatility of a turboprop with the cabin of a medium-light jet, and… Read More »
Mexico may accept medical kit in barter for presidential jet
Mexico’s government is considering a $120 million bid for a luxurious presidential jet after an unidentified prospective buyer offered to… Read More »
The largest electric plane yet completed its first flight – but it’s the batteries that matter
When a small white-and-red Cessna Grand Caravan plane took off from Moses Lake in Washington state on Thursday, it was… Read More »
Aerion releases final design for its Supersonic AS2 private jet
Aerion Supersonic recently released the final design for its AS2 supersonic private jet. With a stunning design and incredible speed… Read More »
Business Jet Owners Holding On To Their Airplanes
Business jets like the Hawker 850XP are proving to be extremely valuable to their owners. When the Great Recession hit… Read More »
Embry-Riddle, GE Aviation Team Up to Enhance Flight Analytics and Aviation Safety Education
Airlines, the military and many significant corporate aviation operations use flight data monitoring to detect conditions outside of normal, predetermined… Read More »
Private jets industry wrecked; only 5% fleet flying, 40% aircraft to remain grounded after lockdown
The nationwide lockdown has crippled the business aviation sector over the past two months. With the government restrictions on flying… Read More »
Private aviation service JetSuite files for bankruptcy
Dallas-based private aviation service JetSuite filed for bankruptcy Tuesday in Delaware. Superior Air Charter LLC, the operating company for the… Read More »