Aircraft

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.

China Southern Airlines Makes Plans To Operate eVTOL Aircraft

The carrier signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese eVTOL vehicle manufacturer EHang

EHang EH216-S eVTOL aircraft

Boeing and Airbus Eye Spirit AeroSystems Deals

Value of deals could total some $9 billion

Spirit AeroSystems Wichita

MU-300: Japan’s Sparkling Gem

The Diamond evolved into the Beechjet

Mitsubishi Diamond (MU-300) production line

First eVTOL Air Services Do Not Mark the End of the AAM Race-to-Market

Independent experts say there are plenty more twists and turns to come

Joby eVTOL in New York City

Textron Aviation Builds First Latitude Air Ambulance for Norway

Textron Aviation Builds First Latitude Air Ambulance for Norway

Pilatus Reopens the PC-24 Jet Order Book

Pilatus Reopens the PC-24 Jet Order Book

How Dassault Set the SMO-TEB Coast-to-Coast Record with a Falcon 8X

How Dassault Set the SMO-TEB Coast-to-Coast Record with a Falcon 8X

Dassault Falcon 8X Takeoff from 3,500-ft SMO Runway to Set SMO to TEB Record

Dassault Falcon 8X Takeoff from 3,500-ft SMO Runway to Set SMO to TEB Record

Finland Chooses Challenger, Sweden Orders 3rd GlobalEye

Canadian airframer Bombardier is winning more defense business with Nordic states

Finland's coast guard MVX airborne surveillance aircraft will be based on the Bombardier Challenger 650

Helios Horizon Aims to Take Electric Aviation to the Stratosphere

Next test flights in converted Pipistrel Taurus light aircraft will target altitudes above 40,000 feet

Helios Horizon's electric-powered Pipistrel Taurus aircraft

Atlas Air Service, Helsinki Citycopter Celebrate CJ4 Acquisition

Acquisition marks the Finnish charter company's entry into fixed-wing operations

Leonardo Flies AW609 In Navy Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials

The aircraft has not yet received a civil type certificate

Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor operates on an Italian Navy aircraft carrier

EHang Conducts More Passenger Flight Demonstrations in China

Pilotless sightseeing trips were conducted at a resort in Wencheng County in China’s Zhejiang province

Charter & Fractional

EHang flight in Wencheng County, China

Sirius Rebrands Planned Hydrogen Business Aircraft

Swiss startup announced the CEO Jet and the Adventure Jet

Sirius Aviation Adventure Jet

Leonardo To Assemble AW609 at Grottaglie Facility

The company is suspending production of airliner fuselages for Boeing for four months

Leonardo's Grottaglie production line for Boeing 787 airline fuselages

Airbus's ACJ TwoTwenty Airliner-Sized Business Jet Has All the Space You'll Ever Need

Traverse the globe in luxury with seventeen of your closest friends

Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty in Geneva

Bombardier Global Production Stops as Workers Strike

Both parties continue to hold contract negotiations

Bombardier Global 7500 in Toronto Pearson production facility (Photo: Ian Whelan)

Spanish Business Aircraft Operator Commits to Crisalion's eVTOL Model

Málaga-based iJet Aviation said it plans to buy 10 of the five-passenger Integrity aircraft

Charter & Fractional

Crisalion Integrity eVTOL aircraft

Arc Aerosystems Lands Saudi Backing for New Aircraft

The UK start-up is working on a jump takeoff gyroplane and a pair of eVTOL aircraft

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Arc Aerosystems Linx P9 aircraft

GJC: Bizjet Market Is Normalizing

The first quarter saw flight operations and transactions decline, but backlogs increased

Cessna Citation Latitude

Consultants Offer Sober Assessment of eVTOL Viability

This week's Revolution Aero conference assessed the hype around the new sector of aviation

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Revolution Aero 2024 conference in London

Vertical Aerospace Close to Flight Testing New eVTOL Prototype

The UK start-up aims to demonstrate the four-passenger aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow

Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL aircraft

Uncrewed Air One Cargo eVTOL Aircraft Attracts Early Interest

The new model is a spin-off from the company's piloted personal eVTOL aircraft

Air One uncrewed cargo eVTOL aircraft

Bristow Shares Its Thinking On Early eVTOL Aircraft Use Cases

The helicopter operator plans to add several of the new vehicles to its fleet

Bristow plans to operate Overair's Butterfly eVTOL aircraft