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Embraer Praetor 500E Gets Nods from FAA, EASA, and ANAC

Deliveries of the upgraded twinjet are expected to begin in 2029

Embraer Praetor 500E

Toyota and Joby Start eVTOL Manufacturing Joint Venture

Toyota will be the majority owner of the production company

Joby and Toyota fly eVTOL aircraft

PC-6 Crashes in France, Killing Pilot and 10 Skydivers

French BEA investigators are probing the June 28 accident

Special Olympics Airlift Returns 800 Athletes Home

About 130 aircraft volunteered for Textron Aviation’s mission to transport athletes from games

The Special Olympics Airlift, held every four years, returned hundreds of athletes home from St. Paul aboard donated business jets, turboprops, and a Boeing 777.

Videos

ST Engineering Aims For Cargo Use Cases With DrN-600 Drone

The aircraft could be used for ship to ship, oil rig, or inter-island delivery.

February 11, 2026

ST Engineering DrN-600 cargo drone at Singapore Airshow 2026

Gulfstream G600 Ultra-Long-Range Business Jet Interior Tour

The aircraft can travel up to 6,600 nautical miles.

February 9, 2026

Gulfstream G600 aircraft landing

Sukhoi Su-30MKM Flies with Thrust Vectoring at the Singapore Airshow

Its routine wouldn't be complete without the Cobra maneuver.

February 4, 2026

Royal Malaysian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30MKM flying at Singapore Airshow

Chinese PLA Air Force's Bayi Aerobatic Team Flies at the Singapore Airshow

The team's Chengdu J-10C is making its airshow performance debut in Singapore.

February 3, 2026

Chinese PLA Air Force's Bayi Aerobatic Team at Singapore Airshow

More Articles

GAMA Pushes for Industry Recognition in EC Strategy

Industry group submits policy white paper in response to EC call for evidence

Regulations and Government

Daher Aircraft TBM980

Flexjet Takes Its First G500, Boosting Gulfstream Fleet

G500s will eventually replace 32 in-service G450s at the fractional operator

Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Gulfstream G500

Deer Jet Becomes Comac Bizjet Launch Operator

Adapted regional airliner now flying domestic charters in China

Deer Jet COMAC Business Jet

Beta and Surf Air Launch Electric Flight Trials in Hawaii

Six-week campaign tests inter-island cargo and passenger routes

The Alia CX300 CTOL (registration N401NZ) carries Surf Air branding while flying a demonstration route over Hawaii.

DARPA's X-65 CRANE Project Moves Closer To First Flight

Experimental uncrewed aircraft set to evaluate active flow control mid-air

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Novel triangular wing being fitted to X-65 fuselage

Hong Kong Officials Start eVTOL Aircraft Flight Trials

Transport and safety agencies are exploring plans for China's low-altitude economy

Regulations and Government

AutoFlight eVTOL aircraft

EU Court Overturns Bizav’s Sustainability Criteria Exclusion

European General Court says business aviation should be part of “green taxonomy”

Sustainability and Environment

Dassault Aviation jet with SAF

Shanghai Customer Takes First Global 8000 in Asia

Delivery reflects growing Asia region demand

Bombardier Global 8000, photographed at Mojave Air & Space Port and across southern California on April 16-17, 2019, from Wolfe Air AStar 350B and Learjet 25B

ACASS Chases Business Aviation Growth in Africa

Around half of its jet fleet is now based in Africa, mainly in Nigeria

Charter & Fractional

Bombardier Global XRS aircraft

Gulf Wings Takes Delivery of Managed Global 8000

The company will manage the jet on behalf of Africa’s BUA Group

Bombardier Global 8000

Valour Study Predicts 6,824 eVTOLs In Operation By 2050

Revised expectations feature a fleet largely based in China

EHang eVTOL operations in Guangzhou, China

Bye Aerospace Reveals Electric Airplane Suppliers

Company says its eFlyer 2 is expected to achieve first flight soon

Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 prototype

Dassault Falcon 10X Bizjet Makes First Test Flight

French manufacturer is targeting type certification for ultra-long-range model in 2027

Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X first flight

Deutsche Aircraft Working On Multi-Role Support Drone

Uncrewed platform would complement multi-mission D328MR variant

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Deutsche Aircraft is developing drones

JetZero Breaks Ground on Z4 Factory in North Carolina

Greensboro campus to build blended-wing-body airliner

JetZero groundbreaking

Germany’s Aero Show Targets Further Bizav Growth in 2027

Friedrichshafen event claims it is now Europe’s biggest business aviation trade show

Aero Friedrichshafen show April 2026

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