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SkyDrive Signs First Preorder for Private-use eVTOL

SkyDrive opened the order book to private individual customers for its SD-05 two-seat eVTOL, and Drone Fund director Kotaro Chiba was the first to order.

Aircraft

April 14, 2023

Boeing Confronted with Another Max Delivery Disruption

Aft fuselages for the 737 Max supplied by Sprit Aerosystems are the source of another delivery disruption.

Aircraft

April 14, 2023

Gulfstream G400 Cabin Tour Launches, First Flight Nears

Gulfstream is launching a G400 cabin mockup tour in the U.S. as it prepares to fly the first of the twinjets later this year.

Aircraft

April 14, 2023

Dutch Start-up Maeve Unveils All-Electric Regional Airliner

The company claims battery technology will be sufficient to carry 44 passengers over 250 nm by 2029, with range and payload to increase in the future.

Aircraft

April 13, 2023

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Active Winglets: A Leap Forward in Aerodynamics Technology

Active Winglets: A Leap Forward in Aerodynamics Technology

Maintenance and Modifications

September 19, 2017

Aircraft Brokers See Improving Business Aviation Market

Aircraft Brokers See Improving Business Aviation Market

Aircraft

September 12, 2017

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

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

Aircraft

August 30, 2017

Flying Aboard the Phillips 66 Aerostars Yakovlev YAK-52TW

Flying Aboard the Phillips 66 Aerostars Yakovlev YAK-52TW

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August 23, 2017

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Demand for Business Jets of Sanctioned Russians Remains High

Demand for Russian business jets remains high despite sanctions.

Aircraft

April 12, 2023

Honda Aircraft Settles Lawsuit Against Jet It

Honda Aircraft and business jet operator Jet It have reached a confidential resolution in their legal dispute.

Aircraft

April 12, 2023

Liebherr Developing Air Supply System for Airbus ZeroE Program

Toulouse-based Liebherr-Aerospace has entered the second phase of study into an air supply demonstrator for Airbus’s hydrogen fuel-cell system.

Aircraft

April 11, 2023

Boeing Reports Nearly Half of Chinese Max Fleet in Service

Eleven Chinese airlines have returned 43 Boeing Max jets to service as of April 10, accounting for 45 percent of the fleet.

Aircraft

April 11, 2023

AINsight: 1 in 60 Rule and Why Accuracy Matters

Aircraft specification on aircraft listings need to be extremely accurate since buyer deals are often predicated on installed equipment per the specs.

Aircraft

April 10, 2023

AINsight: Matching Words with Action

With the preowned business aircraft market normalizing, it's important to right-size pricing rather than overprice and assume the market will correct it.

Aircraft

April 6, 2023

Airbus To Build Second Assembly Line at Chinese A320 Site

An agreement to expand Airbus’s production capacity in China came during an official visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Beijing.

Aircraft

April 6, 2023

Wichita's Clemens Aviation Buys Rival Midwest Corporate

Clemens Aviation has cornered the FBO market at Colonel James Jabara Airport with its purchase of Midwest Corporate Aviation.

Aircraft

April 6, 2023

Tight Helicopter Market In Hover

Pent-up demand erupts as supply chain problems continue in the helicopter market.

Aircraft

April 3, 2023

Kenai Aviation Takes Delivery of Another Tecnam P2012 Traveller

Alaska based air charter operator Kenai Aviation accepted its second 11-seat Tecnam P2012 Traveller this week at the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo.

Aircraft

March 31, 2023

Instant Insurance Quotes Now Available for Aircraft Owners

SkyWatch eliminates the middleman in the aircraft insurance-buying process.

Aircraft

March 31, 2023

Blog: Where’s My Electric-powered Airplane?

Development of electric aircraft by the experimental aircraft community seems to be lagging, but there are some interesting efforts underway.

Aircraft

March 30, 2023

ATR Targets 40 New Aircraft Deliveries This Year

European turboprop manufacturer ATR shipped only 25 new aircraft to customers in 2022 as supply chain and staffing bottlenecks slowed production.

Aircraft

March 30, 2023

UAE’s Falcon Aviation Adds San Marino AOC

Falcon Aviation Services will add four aircraft under a second air operator certificate from San Marino's Civil Aviation Authority.

Aircraft

March 30, 2023

Blue Line Aviation Opts for All-Piper Training Fleet

Blue Line Aviation, a flight school in North Carolina, signed a deal for up to 115 Piper airplanes and announced an expansion into Florida.

Aircraft

March 30, 2023

Tenth A330 MRTT Picked for NATO Tanker Transport Fleet

Belgium’s decision to increase its usage of the MMF tanker/transport fleet has driven the procurement of a further A330 to bring the fleet to 10.

Aircraft

March 29, 2023