Aviation News

For the first time in the U.S., a student pilot has earned a private pilot certificate using an electric aircraft.

With the price of conventional aviation fuel skyrocketing in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, could sustainable aviation fuel, aka SAF, offer any relief? FLYING takes a look.

The world’s largest airplane, Stratolaunch’s Roc, took off from California’s Mojave Air and Space Port (KMHV) Wednesday, flying for the first time with a new pylon crucial to the carrier aircraft’s success.

UK-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace plans to begin a flight testing program for its VX4 full-scale prototype air taxi this summer.

International helicopter and fixed-wing lessor LCI has signed an agreement with Vermont-based Beta Technologies to acquire its Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Brazil’s Eve Air Mobility has announced a strategic partnership with France-based aviation giant Thales to help develop avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for Eve’s proposed new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

American Airlines-backed electric air taxi developer Vertical Aerospace has been approved for concurrent type certification by European and UK aviation regulators.

Vermont-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Beta Technologies announced Wednesday it has raised $375 million in Series B funding, bringing its total investments to nearly $800 million.

In a surprise announcement, Brett Adcock, public face and co-founder of Archer Aviation, one of the world’s leading developers in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, is stepping down as co-CEO.

The general director of Antonov—the Ukrainian company that owned the recently destroyed An-225 Mriya—has apparently been fired, according to a statement posted by state-owned defense manufacturer, Ukroboronprom.