Content Archive: July 2025

Aircraft

Embraer’s Praetor Deliveries Take Off in 1H2025

OEM increased its midsize bizjet deliveries by 86% year over year in the first six months
Embraer Praetor 600 on runway
Regulations and Government

Mexico Restricts GA Airport Access, Tightens Permitting

GA access limited to public use airports
universal aviation mexico hangar
Charter & Fractional

Volato Divests GC Aviation in Strategic Shift

GC Aviation, Part 135 certificate sold in $2 million transaction
Several Volato HondaJets parked on an airport ramp
Environment

Study: Private Jets Outpaced Heathrow Emissions in 2023

Private aviation accounts for about 4% of civil aviation emissions
Tail of Gulfstream in hangar
Regulations and Government

AINsight: Cancer and Flying, Part 2

FAA program allows many AMEs to issue medicals on the spot for pilots with stabilized cancers
medical implements
Aircraft

Cirrus Expands Grand Forks Manufacturing Facility

Cirrus Aircraft will invest $13M to expand the facility by 30,000 sq ft
Cirrus Aircraft
Accidents

Bizjet Accident Fatalities Soar in First Half of 2025

18 fatal turbine business aircraft accidents worldwide claimed 81 passengers and crewmembers
Learjet crash Feb. 10, 2025
Aircraft

VoltAero Finds Backers for Malaysian Production of Cassio Aircraft

SEDC Energy and ACI Groupe plan to take equity stakes in the French start-up
VoltAero's Cassio family of hybrid-electric aircraft
Aircraft

Archer Flies Midnight eVTOL Aircraft Prototype in Abu Dhabi

Rival eVTOL developer Joby recently began flying its four-seat air taxi in Dubai
Archer's Midnight aircraft flying at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi
FBOs

FBO Changes Hands at Charlotte Douglas International

Modern Aviation won the RFP process in March
FBO at Charlotte Douglas International Airport