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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.

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Falcon Jet Commits to Arkansas Expansion

Company cites strong state support and supply of workers as factors in its decision to expand

Maintenance and Modifications

December 13, 2023

NASA To Roll Out X-59 Supersonic Demonstrator in January

Rollout of the X-59 Quesst is scheduled for January 12

Aircraft

December 12, 2023

Tradewind Adds Two More PC-12s to Charter Fleet

The company provides private flights and shared charter services

Charter & Fractional

December 12, 2023

Piaggio Commissioners Set Jan. 30 Deadline for Bids

Commissioners narrowed field of bidders to 13 in July

Aircraft

December 12, 2023

Videos

Yakovlev Yak-130 Makes Dubai Airshow Debut - AIN

Yakovlev Yak-130 Makes Dubai Airshow Debut - AIN

Aircraft

November 17, 2019

Lockheed Martin’s F-22A Raptor Rocks the Dubai Airshow - AIN

Lockheed Martin’s F-22A Raptor Rocks the Dubai Airshow - AIN

Aircraft

November 17, 2019

Flying the Improved HondaJet Elite

Flying the Improved HondaJet Elite

Aircraft

November 16, 2019

Here are the Most Exciting Aircraft from the NBAA-BACE Static Display - AIN

Here are the Most Exciting Aircraft from the NBAA-BACE Static Display - AIN

Aircraft

October 31, 2019

More Articles

Reliable Robotics Flies Caravan Without a Pilot on Board

The start-up has completed its first completely uncrewed flight in California

Avionics

December 12, 2023

Flexjet's Simulation with Eve Paves Way For eVTOL Services

Helicopter flights were used to assess how eVTOL aircraft might be operated

Charter & Fractional

December 11, 2023

IADA Certifies 41 Aircraft Brokers in 2023

Certification helps to elevate the aircraft brokerage industry

Aircraft

December 11, 2023

Embraer Sees Progress on E-Freighter Project

The program expects to add more than a decade of use to aging E-Jets

Aircraft

December 7, 2023

We Go Inside the Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty A220-Based Business Jet

Its cabin offers six zones and up to eleven real beds for passengers.

Aircraft

December 7, 2023

Argus: Global Bizav Activity Up in November

The company's monthly TraqPak report showed strong fractional use

Aircraft

December 7, 2023

EcoPulse Demonstrator Makes First Hybrid-electric Flight

The technology demonstrator that flew last week is a converted TBM900 aircraft

Sustainability and Environment

December 5, 2023

Impatient eVTOL Start-ups May Have To Embrace Crawl-Walk-Run

Type certification remains an uphill task, as does building the advanced air mobility ecosystem

Regulations and Government

December 4, 2023

The Fast, the Far-reaching, and the Future

A range of technologies forwarded in 2023

Aircraft

December 4, 2023

First Falcon 6X Enters Service

The Falcon 6X can fly up to 5,500 nm

Aircraft

December 4, 2023

Bizav Gives Back: AeroAngel's Christmas Gift

After a scramble, AeroAngel found a flight for nine-year-old Jailyn

Aircraft

December 1, 2023

Business Aviation Gives Back

Tales of business aviation charitable works

Accidents

December 1, 2023

Twenty Years Later: First Flight of the HondaJet Prototype

After three years of intense effort, the HondaJet prototype took to the skies

Aircraft

December 1, 2023

People in Aviation

Patrick Shanahan is interim president for Spirit AeroSystems, Alain-Jory Barthe senior v-p of industry for Daher

Training and Workforce

December 1, 2023

Bombardier Loses Canadian Patrol Aircraft Bid to Boeing

Bombardier claims its multi-mission offering was never fully evaluted.

Aircraft

December 1, 2023

AINsight: I Can Almost See the New Year

Business aircraft buyers are already looking ahead to 2024

Aircraft

December 1, 2023