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.

Textron Aviation Delivers 400th Cessna Citation Latitude

Simmons Foods accepted the milestone delivery

August 15, 2024

400th delivery of a Cessna Citation Latitude

Court Overturns Zunum's Trade Secrets Verdict against Boeing

U.S. District Court ruling reverses damages totaling more than $70 million

August 15, 2024

Zunum ZA10 hybrid-electric aircraft

Volocopter Flies its eVTOL Aircraft During the Paris Olympics at Versailles

eVTOL companies are trying to instigate their own revolution

August 14, 2024

Volocopter eVTOL aircraft on grounds of Versailles palace

Merlin Starts KC-135 Flight Test Campaign With the USAF

Tests support autonomous flight and aerial refueling studies with the military aircraft

August 13, 2024

KC-135

Flying the Bombardier Global 7500 - AIN

Flying the Bombardier Global 7500 - AIN

October 22, 2019

How Effective Data Management Lets You Get the Most from Your Aircraft

How Effective Data Management Lets You Get the Most from Your Aircraft

October 22, 2019

How the Corporate Angel Network Uses Business Aviation to Help Cancer Patients

How the Corporate Angel Network Uses Business Aviation to Help Cancer Patients

October 21, 2019

Taking the Pulse of Business Aviation at the 2019 NBAA Show

Taking the Pulse of Business Aviation at the 2019 NBAA Show

October 21, 2019

Surf Air Mobility Introduces Software for Electric Aircraft

Surf Air Technologies subsidiary will develop "SurfOS" software

Charter & Fractional

August 13, 2024

Electra eSTOL aircraft

Piper's Flagship M700 Gets FAA Nod for Unpaved Surfaces

Company also progressing on international validations for the turboprop-single airplane

August 13, 2024

Piper M700 Fury

As Boom Supersonic Works on Its Own Engine, It Shows the Overture Airliner’s Flight Deck

2030 is the target for entry into commercial service.

August 12, 2024

Rendering of Boom Supersonic Overture airliner in flight

Volocopter's Versailles eVTOL Flight Is a Step Towards Service Entry

The German company had hoped to demonstrate its two-seat vehicle in the center of Paris

August 12, 2024

Volocopter eVTOL at the palace of Versailles

Airbus Completes 500th U.S.-built Airliner in Alabama

A321neo narrowbody aircraft will be delivered to Delta Air Lines

Airbus produces 500th airliner in Mobile, Alabama

Archer and Joby Build Momentum in Last Stretch to eVTOL Service Entry

U.S. advanced air mobility frontrunners announce second-quarter results

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Joby eVTOL aircraft

Archer Reveals Planned Los Angeles Vertiport Sites

Electric air taxis could fly at the Super Bowl and Summer Olympics

Archer's full-scale Midnight prototype is pictured during its first transition flight

Embraer Continues To Soar in Second Quarter

Revenues, backlogs, and deliveries continue to climb at the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer

Versatile Cessna Caravan Embodies Aviation in Brazil

Turboprop single is a workhorse in Latin America

LABACE 2024 Azul

Synerjet Finds Success at São Paulo Catarina Exec Airport

Company's move from Congonhas to Catarina allowed company to grow and prosper

Pilatus PC-12NGX at LABACE 2024

Transactions on Upswing, Values Down for Used Bizcraft

Business aircraft transactions increased 14% in Q2 but values were down 18% over the past year

Gulfstream G550

Lilium Survey Claims Public Support for Electric Aircraft

Public awareness remains marginal in the U.S., Germany, UK, and France

Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft

Wheels Up Cuts Losses and Smoothes Operations in 2Q

Private flight provider says profitability can be achieved by the end of 2024

Charter & Fractional

Delta Air Lines aircraft with a Wheels Up Citation business jet

Volocopter Flies eVTOL Aircraft Validation Mission in Paris

Flights from Saint-Cyr-l’École airfield will help develop air taxi routes in the French capital

Volocopter eVTOL aircraft at Saint-Cyr-l’École airfield

Gulfstream G700 Earns UK CAA Approval

New Gulfstream flagship received FAA nod in March

Gulfstream G700 in flight

HondaJet Echelon Sales Boost Lider's Business In Brazil

Company has logged letters of intent for at least 30 of the new model

Charter & Fractional