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.

Alaka’i Makes the Case for Hydrogen-powered eVTOL Aircraft

Hydrogen fuel cells power the Skai eVTOL

Alaka'i Skai eVTOL

Vertical's Second VX4 eVTOL Aircraft Almost Assembled for Flight Testing

UK company wants to complete type certification in 2026.

Vertical Aerospace VX4 eVTOL prototype aircraft in untethered remotely piloted flight tests.

Leonardo Chases Growth in Five-year Business Plan

The Italian group will invest in digital technology, while also consolidating and seeking cost savings

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Leonardo AW09 helicopter

Falcon and Archer Launch Abu Dhabi-Dubai eVTOL Flights

Services will operate from Falcon Aviation's heliports in the UAE

Charter & Fractional

Falcon Aviation will operate Archer's eVTOL aircraft in the UAE

Red Bull’s Douglas DC-6B Thunders Over Farnborough

Red Bull’s Douglas DC-6B Thunders Over Farnborough

Pilatus PC-24 Jet Makes First Landing on Unpaved Runway

Pilatus PC-24 Jet Makes First Landing on Unpaved Runway

Embraer Debuts New Seat Design for Legacy 450 and 500 Business Jets

Embraer Debuts New Seat Design for Legacy 450 and 500 Business Jets

Quest Kodiak Takeoff, Flypast, and Landing

Quest Kodiak Takeoff, Flypast, and Landing

Falcon Delivery Dip Hits Dassault's 2023 Revenues

Revenues last year fell by almost 31 percent to €4.8 billion ($5.2 billion) from €6.9 billion in 2022.

Dassault Falcon 6X business jet

IAI Prepares To Manufacture Upgraded Gulfstream G280

Details of improvements for a follow-on to the G280 model remain largely secret

Gulfstream G280 supermidsized business jet

Hybrid Pragmatism Could Be Vanguard for Aviation's Electric Dreams

Multiple hybrid-electric fixed-wing aircraft are in development

Sustainability and Environment

Electra Goldfinch

Used Bizjet Inventory Climbs, Prices Soften

The available inventory of business jets increased by 32 percent in February

Dassault Falcon 900EX business jet

Piper M700 Gets FAA Nod

Deliveries of the airplane will begin immediately

Piper M700 Fury airplane

Leonardo Helicopter Deliveries Jump 24 Percent in 2023

Leonardo handed over 185 helicopters in 2023

AW139 india

Airbus Sees eVTOL Race to Market as a Marathon

The company's urban air mobility unit sees no immediate case for on-demand air taxi services

February 29, 2024

Airbus CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL aircraft

Sugar Land Set To be Launch Pad for Wisk's eVTOL Air Taxi Services

A vertiport at the city's airport could be part of a network across the Greater Houston area

February 29, 2024

Wisk's Generation 6 eVTOL aircraft

Lyte Launches Private Version of Hydrogen-electric VTOL Aircraft

The 19-seat LA-44 X Prime is a derivative of the 40-seat LA-44 SkyBus aircraft

February 29, 2024

Lyte Aviation's LA-44 SkyBus VTOL aircraft

Icon A5 Gross Weight Grows by 60 Pounds

The higher weight boosts payload and endurance

February 29, 2024

Icon A5 light sport aircraft

Students To Help in NASA Quesst toward Quiet Sonic Booms

NASA awarded grants for supersonic noise trials

February 29, 2024

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the apron outside Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility at dawn in Palmdale, California.

Wing-in-ground-effect Craft Like the Airfish Offer New Options For Coastal Transport

Wing-in-ground effect craft are not new, but haven't been seen commercial success yet

February 29, 2024

ST Engineering Airfish 8 flying above water

Columbia Introduces 234SP Chinook Helicopter

Model 234 Chinooks are getting some upgrades

February 28, 2024

Columbia Helicopters

Bell Logs Order for Four Parapublic 429s

Orders bolster the manufacturer's mission-focused fleet

February 28, 2024

Bell 429 at Heli-Expo 2024

Awaiting G700 Cert, Gulfstream Working Through G280 Disruptions

General Dynamics chair calls G700 delays a surprise of 2023

February 27, 2024

Pete Bunce and Ed Bolen at Pete's retirement party

Embraer's Phenom 300 Continues Its Reign

The light jet was the top-selling business twinjet for the past four years

February 23, 2024

Embraer Phenom 300E in flight