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Foley: Bizjet Pricing Finally Appears To Be on the Rise

After more than a decade when OEMs had little leverage to firm up aircraft pricing, market conditions are ripe for increases.
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Embraer Targets Fleet, Special Missions with New Post

Mark Van Zwoll has been tapped as v-p of fleet and special missions sales at Embraer Executive Jets.
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Insider Platform Adds Reviews of Maintenance Providers

The reviews available to the public will be vetted by MRO Insider staff to ensure fairness.

NBAA-BACE To House Owner/Single-Pilot Ops Pavilion

At the NBAA static display at Henderson Executive Airport this year, the new pavilion will house sessions for the owner/single-pilot operator community.
Avionics

Honeywell and InfiniDome Tackle GPS Jamming

Honeywell and InfiniDome are developing anti-GPS jamming technology for urban air mobility and military vehicles.
Rotorcraft

Hill Helicopters To Offer Skid Gear Model

Hill Helicopters said it would offer its turbine single with an option of either wheeled or skid gear.
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Aircraft

Delta Orders 30 More Airbus A321neos

The addition of another 30 A321neos to the Delta Air Lines orderbook raises the carrier's total commitment to 155 airplanes.
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FutureFlight

UK Flight Trials Accelerate Ampaire's Plans To Convert Airliners to Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

Amapire says it will work with regional airlines to bring converted Twin Otter and Islander aircraft into commercial service by 2024.
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FutureFlight

Archer Teams with Reef To Repurpose Parking Garage Rooftops as eVTOL Landing Sites

The partners say that thousands of inner-city parking garages are underutilized and can be readily converted into vertiports for eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight

HyPoint Teams with Helicopter Maker Piasecki To Market Hydrogen Fuel Cells

The companies will offer air-cooled hydrogen fuel cells to eVTOL aircraft developers, promising significant improvements in power performance.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Study Says Electric Aircraft May Need Subsidies to Be Cost Competitive

A study by Roland Berger and the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre evaluates the business case for a hypothetical hybrid-electric 19-seat regional aircraft in real-world competition against existing airliners from Embraer, ATR, and Airbus.
FutureFlight

RED Aircraft Positions Its High-Performance Piston Engine for Hybrid-Electric Propulsion

The German company's 500-hp A03 is the most powerful piston aircraft certified to date and could act as a turbogenerator to power electric motors and recharge batteries.
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FutureFlight

Eve Teams with Ascent To Market eVTOL Flights across Asia Pacific Region

Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility is expanding its partnership with flight booking platform Ascent, which is looking to develop a network of urban air mobility services across the Asia Pacific region.
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FutureFlight

Jaunt Competes in U.S. Military High-Speed VTOL Challenge with New MAV55 Vehicle

Like its hybrid-electric civil VTOL design, the company's MAV55 Multi-Mission Air Vehicle uses a fixed wing and its slowed rotor compound technology.
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Airports

New York/New Jersey Helicopter Traffic Draws Fresh Fire

Critics target heliports, civil operations
West 30th Street Heliport in Manhattan

ASA Program To Overview Warbird Appraisals, Regs

ASA is hosting an educational program that will detail the market along with the inspection and appraisal process for warbirds.
Aircraft

Elliott Jets Guarantees Risk-free Aircraft Acquisitions

Business aircraft brokerage services provider Elliott Jets said it is now offering a risk-free, money-back guarantee on aircraft acquisitions.
Training and Workforce

Redbird Pro Gives Pilots Proficiency Score

The new Redbird Pro App uses machine learning to customize a pilot's proficiency training program.
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Aircraft

Embraer Expands NE Service Center Network Capabilities

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services and Jet East Aviation can now provide service on the complete Embraer business jet range.
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Senate Measure Seeks Report on GPS Vulnerabilities

The Senate Intelligence Authorization Act is seeking an evaluation of the vulnerability of GPS to hostile actions.
FBOs

Carver Aero Makes Inroads in Illinois

Iowa-based Carver Aero has acquired two businesses at Illinois’s Aurora Municipal Airport: LumanAir Aviation Services and ATS Illinois.
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Rotorcraft

Lockheed Shuttering Sikorsky Coatesville

Lockheed Martin says it is closing Sikorsky's Coatesville, Pennsylvania plant early next year.

NBAA Releases Full Schedule for Las Vegas Convention

The 2021 edition of BACE, to be held October 12-14 in Las Vegas, will include many of the same features that have characterized the event in past years.
Aircraft

Russia Embarks On New R&D Path to a Supersonic Transport

With Russian government funding, the country's aerospace sector wants to take supersonic technologies to new levels to make a new generation SST viable.
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Airlines

Floatplane Operator Tailwind Air Launches NYC-Boston Harbor Service

Floatplane Operator Tailwind Air Launches NYC-Boston Harbor Service
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Airlines

U.S. Airliners Activated for Afghanistan Airlift

The U.S. Defense Department has activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) for the third time in its 70-year history.
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FBOs

Signature Aviation Sees Change in Leadership

Days after Signature Aviation was acquired by a consortium of private equity firms, CEO Mark Johnstone was replaced by president and COO Tony Lefebvre.
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Aircraft

Jet Edge Adding 27 Super-Large, Super-Mid Jets to Fleet

The business jets that Jet Edge is acquiring are a mix of new and used Bombardier Challenger 300/350s and Gulfstream G450s.
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Jefferies: Preowned Market Continues To Shrink

Available preowned inventories are down 43 percent from a year ago with younger aircraft in particularly short supply, Jefferies reports.
Aircraft

Grob G109B Joins Aerobility Aviation Charity Fleet

Aerobility, a UK-based charity offering disabled people the opportunity to fly, has added its fifth aircraft, a two-seat Grob G109B motor glider.