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Autonomous Merlin Pilot Wins Airworthiness Approval in New Zealand

Initially, technology will support reduced-crew flight operations

Merlin's autonomous Cessna Caravan is pictured in flight

Turbulence Canceling Technology Could Make the Skies Smoother for Aircraft

Active control surface system cancels turbulence effects.

Maintenance and Modifications

Shark 600 aircraft flying with Turbulence Solutions TCS system

Diamond Delivers Hungary’s First DA62 MPP Aircraft

Hungary is “entering a new era of aerial reconnaissance”

Hungarian Diamond DA62 MPP

One Year Later, Gulfstream Delivers 50th G700

Fleet has logged more than 11,000 hours so far

Gulfstream G700 business jet

Videos

The First ACJ TwoTwenty Arrives at Comlux, and We Preview Luxury Interior Design Options

The First ACJ TwoTwenty Arrives at Comlux, and We Preview Luxury Interior Design Options

January 25, 2022

How New eVTOL Aircraft Could Expand Business Aviation’s Horizons

How New eVTOL Aircraft Could Expand Business Aviation’s Horizons

December 21, 2021

Bombardier Challenger 3500: Engineered for Total Performance

Bombardier Challenger 3500: Engineered for Total Performance

December 13, 2021

Bombardier Global 5500 Walkthrough of the Flight Deck and Cabin

Bombardier Global 5500 Walkthrough of the Flight Deck and Cabin

December 6, 2021

More Articles

Artcurial To Raise Funds for Aviation Sans Frontières

Charity event supports hospital plane initiative

Artcurial

Business Aviation Industry Mourns Passing of Jim Schuster

James Edward “Jim” Schuster led the turnaround of Raytheon Aircraft and its transition to Hawker Beechcraft in the 2000s

Jim Schuster

New Leadership Looks To Reinvigorate AfBAA

AfBAA has a new chairman and big plans for growth

Dawit Lemma (Photo: David McIntosh/AIN)

JetNet iQ: Bizjet Deliveries, Backlog Remain Strong but Uncertainties Prevail

Operators are more pessimistic in the second quarter

Rolland Vincent, JetNet IQ

Electric Upstarts Bid To Expand Bizav's Horizons

EBACE conference sessions hear from disruptors getting beyond fossil fuel propulsion

Panelists at the “Navigating the Future” EBACE 2025

IBGAA Gearing Up for 2025 Conference

Business aviation is gaining steam in Ireland

The 2024 confrerence of the Irish Business & General Aviation Association

First Production Global 8000 Takes to the Skies

Next steps are completion, then entry into service later this year

Bombardier global 8000 business jet

Seven Cities In the Frame to be EBACE 2026’s Home

EBAA will announce future plans for its 2026 business aviation show on June 30

Holger Krahmer EBAA secretary general

Opul Builds Charter Fleet with Quinta Jets Acquisition

Portuguese operator is based near the exclusive resort of Quinta do Lago

Charter & Fractional

Quinta Jets

Affinity Aviation Group Marks 10 Years with New Office

Company has steered acquisition and delivery of 63 aircraft

Andrew Hoy, CEO Affinity Aviation

Cirrus SR Series G7+ Is the First Autoland-equipped Piston Aircraft

We went flying in a SR22 G7+ to experience it ourselves.

Cirrus SR-22 G7+ airplane in flight

CJ4 Gen3 P1 Jet Joins Textron Flight Test Program

Avionics, human factors drive next phase of flying

The Citation CJ4 Gen3 P1 takes its first flight

Archer Named ‘Official Air Taxi Provider’ for 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles

Team USA and LA28 organizers sign exclusive deal with Archer Aviation

A digital rendering of a Midnight aircraft in flight

Spike Aerospace Resurfaces Supersonic Bizjet Candidate

S-512 promises “low-boom” Mach 1.6 travel

Spike Aerospace S-512 supersonic business jet

German Airline Plans To Operate Hydrogen-electric Beech 1900s

Evia Aero plans to operate scheduled services in several parts of Europe

Stralis Aircraft Beech 1900D-HE

Electric Microliner Makes Pitch To Be a Travel Disruptor

German start-up Vaeridion is now getting support from the automotive division of Bosch

Vaeridion's electric Microliner aircraft

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