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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Advanced Air Mobility Edges Toward Commercial Launch

eVTOL vehicles may yet replace helicopters in some use cases

Eve Air Mobility

Embraer Posts Banner Financial Year in 2025

The company posted more than $7.5 billion in revenue

Embraer Praetor 500E and 600E

Eve Gives Helicopter Crowd a Glimpse of an eVTOL Future

Mockup of the four-passenger Eve-100 vehicle is appearing at Verticon

Eve Air Mobility Eve-100 mockup

Russell Meyer, Cessna Leader and GARA Champion, Dies at 93

Meyer transformed general aviation, championing the Citation family and GARA passage in 1994

Russell Meyer in a Citation cockpit

Bombardier Challenger 350 Flies Approach to TUPJ Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Latitude 33 Aviation shared this video with us

October 2, 2024

View of TUPJ airport at Tortola, British Virgin Islands from cockpit of Bombardier Challenger 350

Embraer’s Eve Air Mobility Is Building Full-scale eVTOL Prototypes

Embraer is one of a few established aerospace manufacturers investing in eVTOL tech

September 25, 2024

Overhead view of Eve's eVTOL prototype aircraft

Joby Aviation Could Make eVTOL Air Taxi Dreams a Reality in 2025

Working on its eVTOL since 2009, Joby says it is close to type certification

September 13, 2024

Joby Aircraft S4 eVTOL in flight

Hyundai-backed Supernal Spells Out Its Plans For eVTOL Air Taxi Services

Automakers are increasingly investing in the eVTOL industry

September 5, 2024

Supernal S-A2 eVTOL aircraft mockup

Ascendance’s VTOL Aircraft Enters Final Integration Phase

Atea airframe to be fitted with hybrid-electric propulsion system

Ascendance Atea aircraft fuselage shell in hangar

Aura Aero Logs First Firm Order For Hybrid Regional Airliner

Pan Européenne Air Service orders upcoming hybrid-electric aircraft

Sustainability and Environment

Aura Aero aircraft rendering against sky background

New Orleans Magic Breaks Las Vegas’ Spell over NBAA-BACE

NBAA’s annual convention was last held in New Orleans in 2001

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

H140 Powering through Flight Testing

Fourth prototype, the program’s first aircraft built in full serial configuration, set to join the fleet this year

H140

Falcon Delivery Boost Drives Revenue Growth at Dassault

French group’s CEO warns of geopolitical instability in market

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Dassault Falcons

Pilatus Aircraft Reflects on Turbulent 2025 amid U.S. Expansion

Swiss manufacturer caught up in tariff turbulence and delivery delays

Pilatus PC-12 Pro

Guardian Jet Taps Anantha Krishna as Asia Sales Director

Krishna, based in Singapore, will support clients on fixed-wing and rotorcraft sales and acquisitions

Anantha Krishna

Hermeus Flies More Advanced Supersonic Demonstrator

Uncrewed aircraft Mk 2.1 commences supersonic test campaign

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 being towed out to runway at sunrise

Hyundai eVTOL Unit Supernal Cuts Majority of Workforce

Supernal lays off 296 employees, 80% of its staff

Training and Workforce

Supernal's S-A2 eVTOL demonstrator

Radia’s Supersized Windrunner Freighter Aircraft Is Set To Be a Megalifter

Nine times the volume of a Boeing 747F.

rendering of Radia Windrunner loading F-16 fighter jets.

Singapore Buying Three G550s for Maritime Surveillance

Additional Gulfstream G550-based assets to augment existing maritime patrol fleet

G550 special mission graphic

Funding Pulled For UK’s Meteorological Airborne Laboratory

Environmental research aircraft is set to be decommissioned

Sustainability and Environment

FAAM BAe146 parked on the ground

People in Aviation - March 2026

Matthieu Louvot is succeeding Bruno Even at Airbus Helicopters, and Harlan Simpkins takes helm at CBAA

People in Aviation March 2026

Molicel Batteries Will Power Vaeridion's Electric Microliner

European start-up is aiming to start test flights in 2027

February 27, 2026

Microliner aircraft mockup in shadowy hangar

Gulfstream Adds India to Bevy of G700 Certifications

Approval follows nods for the G500 and G600 last year

February 26, 2026

Gulfstream G700

Magnifica Air Unveils First Jet Ahead of 2027 Launch

Aircraft is first of four planned for ‘Private Class’ service

February 26, 2026

Magnifica ACJ321 neo parked on a ramp