The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Alan Dron
Airline pilots have been warned about conflicting ATC instructions from rival controllers when overflying parts of Somalia, in the Horn of Africa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Dassault executives say final assembly of the first ultra-long-range Falcon 10x is expected to begin in the second half of 2024.
Singapore Airshow

By Christine Boynton
ExecuJet MRO Services, a subsidiary of Dassault, is preparing to open a new MRO facility in Malaysia by the end of March, a reflection of growth in the region.
Singapore Airshow

By Jens Flottau, Joe Anselmo
Embraer plans to make a decision “in a couple of years” about where to put its resources for a next aircraft development program, CEO Francisco Gomes Neto says.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
A dozen teams have been selected to develop energy storage systems to enable electrification of regional aircraft with up to 100 seats and ranges up to 700 nm.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
European policymakers are preventing business aviation from acquiring SAF credits through the “book-and-claim” accounting mechanism, industry leaders say.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Wisk Aero has partnered with the city of Sugar Land, Texas, to explore building out an autonomous urban air mobility ecosystem in the Greater Houston region.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Shipments of general aviation aircraft surpassed 4,000 annual deliveries, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) said Feb. 21.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Skyryse has begun taking reservations for the first production helicopter equipped with its automated flight control system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Merlin has received a Part 135 air operator’s certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Dovetail Electric Aviation has begun tests of an integrated hydrogen fuel-cell powerplant targeted at flight tests on a modified Beechcraft King Air.
Singapore Airshow

By Molly McMillin
The aircraft will be operated by Cat Aviation, a Zurich-based charter and aircraft management company and long-time Falcon operator.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
The aircraft’s interior took 10 months to complete.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus says it is expecting numerous contracts for military training aircraft in 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The first flight of the ERA is scheduled for 2026 and entry into service for 2028.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Transport Canada and the FAA have issued the emergency airworthiness directives.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Startup Vertical Aerospace has won an £8 million ($10 million) grant from the UK government to develop next-generation propellers for its VX4 eVTOL air taxi .
Advanced Air Mobility

By Christine Boynton
Less than a year after the launch of its Certified Pre-Owned program, Honda Aircraft Co. has expanded the offering to the Asian market.
Singapore Airshow

By Steve Trimble
Private Chinese aviation company United Aircraft has unveiled an autonomous tiltrotor concept designed to one day fly passengers.
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
PhilJets, a regional operator in the Philippines, has signed a deal with Lilium to set up a high-speed regional air mobility service in Southeast Asia.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Japanese researchers are studying the design for a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
French startup Aura Aero has rolled out the first prototype of the Integral E two-seat electric training aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX expects to name a new CEO in the coming weeks.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Speaking ahead of Singapore Airshow, a Bell executive says India is the most promising market for the company's helicopters in the Asia-Pacific region.
Singapore Airshow

By Ben Goldstein
With a vast population, fast-growing middle class and stifling urban congestion, India looks ripe to be a major early launch market for UAM services.
Advanced Air Mobility