Business Aviation

Bombardier unveiled its Challenger 3500, a new super midsize jet that’s projected to enter service in the second half of 2022. “We simply couldn’t contain our excitement ahead of the [National Business Aviation Association] event in Las Vegas,” said Bombardier President and CEO Éric Martel in a livestream debuting the new platform on Tuesday. The […]

A reduction in lead exposure and CO2 emissions are behind the Biden Administration’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge. The president is calling upon aircraft manufacturers, airlines, fuel producers, airports, and nongovernmental organizations to advance the use of cleaner and more sustainable fuels with the goal of creating 3 billion gallons of cost-competitive SAF available to […]

Embraer Executive Jets has delivered its 1,500th business jet, a Phenom 300E that has gone to a charter operation in Switzerland, Haute Aviation. The company has reached this mark in roughly 20 years—a feat that it has determined would normally take an aircraft manufacturer an average of 34 years to achieve. “For Haute Aviation, the […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released its 2021 Q2 report, showing marked improvement over the same period in 2020. The turboprop and rotorcraft segments have made the largest year-over-year gains, with turboprops posting a 45.4 percent increase for the first six months of 2021 as compared to the same period last year. Total helicopter […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has released its 2021 Business Aviation Fact Book as part of their “No Plane, No Gain” initiative. Like their previous Fact Book publications, the 2021 edition is a treasure trove of data, facts, and figures that paints a positive picture of business aviation as being much more than just […]

Carver Aero has expanded into the Chicago region with the acquisition of LumanAir, an FBO based at the Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) in Illinois. The company adds to its network in Muscatine, Davenport, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, as well as Janesville, Wisconsin, supplying corporate and general aviation services including: Charter flights Pilot services Airplane maintenance […]

The National Business Aviation Association’s largest annual convention will return to an in-person format in October, a year after it was forced to cancel amid the ongoing pandemic. The 2021 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition will take place October 12 to 14 in Las Vegas; the show alternates between Orlando and Las Vegas. The […]

Nextant Aerospace announced on Tuesday that it has received FAA approval for a supplemental type certificate (STC) for an upgraded software package for Challenger 604s with Pro Line Fusion avionics. The upgrade can be installed by current operators of Pro Line Fusion-equipped Challengers for no additional charge. Nextant worked with Bombardier and Collins Aerospace on […]

Embraer announced its deliveries and revenues for the second quarter and the first half of 2021 on Friday, with a total of 34 commercial and business jet aircraft delivered in Q2. Revenues for the second quarter topped $1.13 billion, a significant increase over 2020′s Q2 performance. The company broke down the totals into 14 commercial […]

New York City-based Wheels Up (NYSE:UP), a private member-based aircraft operator, saw record revenue growth of 113 percent in the second quarter of the year, the company announced Thursday. It also reported that membership has grown to more than 10,500, nearly double what it was the same time last year. Active users grew, as well, […]