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.

Bizav Charter/Management’s M&A Boom To Continue

Acquisitions need to be a good cultural fit for the buyer, though

November 7, 2023

Corporate Jet Investor (CJI) Miami 2023

Textron Aviation Lands U.S. Army Turboprop Contract

Textron will provide various turboprop aircraft models to aid Foreign Military Sales

November 7, 2023

Beechcraft King Air 260 (Photo: Textron)

A Message from AIN Co-founder and Chairman Emeritus Wilson Leach

Airshows remain key events in AIN’s DNA

November 6, 2023

Dubai Airshow covers 1993

Global Bizav Flying Sees Slight Decline in October

European and North American traffic falls, while the rest of the world records a big increase

November 6, 2023

Legacy 500 takes off from Rafiq Hariri International Airport,Beirut, Lebanon,

Flying in Italian Style with the Piaggio P.180 Avanti Evo Turboprop

Flying in Italian Style with the Piaggio P.180 Avanti Evo Turboprop

August 30, 2017

Flying Aboard the Phillips 66 Aerostars Yakovlev YAK-52TW

Flying Aboard the Phillips 66 Aerostars Yakovlev YAK-52TW

August 23, 2017

Outfitting the New 737-based Boeing Business Jet Demonstrator

Outfitting the New 737-based Boeing Business Jet Demonstrator

August 10, 2017

Bombardier Global 6000 Premier Cabin Design Tour

Bombardier Global 6000 Premier Cabin Design Tour

Latest Boeing EcoDemonstrator Studies Tackle SAF’s Contrail Effects

Researchers are encouraged by early findings on a Boeing 737 Max 10 airliner

Sustainability and Environment

November 5, 2023

Boeing 737 Max 10 Ecodemonstrator followed by a NASA DC-8 Airborne Science Lab

Indian Lessor Agrees to Buy Lyte's 40-Seat VTOL Aircraft

Vman Aviation Services' current portfolio includes helicopters, regional airliners and training aircraft

November 2, 2023

Lyte Aviation's LA-44 SkyBus VTOL aircraft

Bombardier Deliveries, Revenues Jump in Third Quarter

Deliveries were up by six and revenues by 28 percent

November 2, 2023

Bombardier Global 7500 over ocean (Photo: Bombardier)

Checkered Final Flag at Reno

The 2023, and final, Reno Air Races drew an estimated 140,000 specators

November 1, 2023

P-51 Mustang Bardahl Special

Gulfstream Completes Plant Expansion in Savannah

Expansion doubles floor space to manufacture G400, G500, and G600 business jets

November 1, 2023

Gulfstream G400/500/600 plant expansion

Embraer’s Phenom 100EX Light Jet Improves Cabin and Adds Safety Features

The Brazilian airframer says this is the most efficient twin-engine jet on the market.

November 1, 2023

Embraer Phenom 100EV in flight with mountain in background

NBAA-BACE Underscores Stickiness of Market Newcomers

One-third of NBAA-BACE attendees were first-timers

October 31, 2023

Static display NBAA-BACE 2023 (Photo: Barry Ambrose)

Honda’s New Larger Business Jet Will be Called the HondaJet Echelon

It will offer a range of 2,625 nm and allow transcontinental travel.

October 30, 2023

Rendering of HondaJet Echelon Aircraft

Embraer Reports Strong Third Quarter for Executive Jets Division

Brazilian OEM delivers 28 business jets during the period

October 27, 2023

Embraer Phenom 300E

WingX: Global Bizav Market Is Still Solid

Despite some minor deviations, North American and European activity is nearing 2022 levels

October 27, 2023

Business aircraft at Teterboro Airport

Textron Sees Strong Third Quarter in Orders, Revenue

The company's aviation division noted increases in revenues and orders from a year ago

October 26, 2023

Cessna Caravan on production line

Textron Aviation’s CJ3 Gen2, Not Just an Upgrade but a Reinvention of a Popular Jet

The updates bring the aircraft up to modern standards.

October 26, 2023

Rendering of Textron Aviation Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 in flight

Sanctions Force Russian Companies To Refurb Aging Airliners

Preowned Tupolev Tu-204 and Ilyushin Il-96 aircraft are now being sourced as bizjet replacements

Maintenance and Modifications

October 25, 2023

Russian Business Aviation Exhibition at Moscow's Vnokovo Airport in September 2021.

Gulfstream Aerospace Delivers 27 Aircraft in Q3

The manufacturer anticipates more than 60 aircraft deliveries in Q4

October 25, 2023

Pete Bunce and Ed Bolen at Pete's retirement party

Hahn Air Is European Launch Customer for CJ3 Gen2 Jet

The German operator has operated Textron's Citation business aircraft for almost two decades

Charter & Fractional

October 24, 2023

(Left to right: Ron Draper, Textron Aviation; Captain Daniel Rudas, Hahn Air)

Wipaire Develops Composite Floats for Twin Otter

The new float is considerably lighter than the current all-metal unit

October 19, 2023

WIPLINE 13000 FLOATS