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Flexjet Takes Its First G500, Boosting Gulfstream Fleet

G500s will eventually replace 32 in-service G450s at the fractional operator

Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Gulfstream G500

Deer Jet Becomes Comac Bizjet Launch Operator

Adapted regional airliner now flying domestic charters in China

Deer Jet COMAC Business Jet

Beta and Surf Air Launch Electric Flight Trials in Hawaii

Six-week campaign tests inter-island cargo and passenger routes

The Alia CX300 CTOL (registration N401NZ) carries Surf Air branding while flying a demonstration route over Hawaii.

DARPA's X-65 CRANE Project Moves Closer To First Flight

Experimental uncrewed aircraft set to evaluate active flow control mid-air

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Novel triangular wing being fitted to X-65 fuselage

Videos

Piaggio Aero Is Rolling Out Plans for the NX Version of Its P.180 Avanti Aircraft

New avionics and cabin upgrades are in the works.

Piaggio Aerospace P.180 Avanti Evo at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

The 2026 Aero Friedrichshafen Show Had Its Largest Business Aviation Presence Yet

It has established itself as a significant aviation trade show in Europe.

Dassault Falcon 6X at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

Textron Aviation Showcases Passenger-carrying Version of Its SkyCourier Aircraft

With access to unimproved runways, the SkyCourier could connect more remote locations.

Two Cessna SkyCouriers in flight: one passenger-carrying and one freight

Horizon’s Cavorite X7 Hybrid-electric Aircraft Offers a Different VTOL Recipe

Fans inside the wings and a turboprop engine make this VTOL airplane stand out.

Rendering of Horizon Aircraft Cavorite X7 VTOL airplane

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Hong Kong Officials Start eVTOL Aircraft Flight Trials

Transport and safety agencies are exploring plans for China's low-altitude economy

Regulations and Government

AutoFlight eVTOL aircraft

EU Court Overturns Bizav’s Sustainability Criteria Exclusion

European General Court says business aviation should be part of “green taxonomy”

Sustainability and Environment

Dassault Aviation jet with SAF

Shanghai Customer Takes First Global 8000 in Asia

Delivery reflects growing Asia region demand

Bombardier Global 8000, photographed at Mojave Air & Space Port and across southern California on April 16-17, 2019, from Wolfe Air AStar 350B and Learjet 25B

ACASS Chases Business Aviation Growth in Africa

Around half of its jet fleet is now based in Africa, mainly in Nigeria

Charter & Fractional

Bombardier Global XRS aircraft

Gulf Wings Takes Delivery of Managed Global 8000

The company will manage the jet on behalf of Africa’s BUA Group

Bombardier Global 8000

Valour Study Predicts 6,824 eVTOLs In Operation By 2050

Revised expectations feature a fleet largely based in China

EHang eVTOL operations in Guangzhou, China

Bye Aerospace Reveals Electric Airplane Suppliers

Company says its eFlyer 2 is expected to achieve first flight soon

Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 prototype

Dassault Falcon 10X Bizjet Makes First Test Flight

French manufacturer is targeting type certification for ultra-long-range model in 2027

Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X first flight

Deutsche Aircraft Working On Multi-Role Support Drone

Uncrewed platform would complement multi-mission D328MR variant

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Deutsche Aircraft is developing drones

JetZero Breaks Ground on Z4 Factory in North Carolina

Greensboro campus to build blended-wing-body airliner

JetZero groundbreaking

Germany’s Aero Show Targets Further Bizav Growth in 2027

Friedrichshafen event claims it is now Europe’s biggest business aviation trade show

Aero Friedrichshafen show April 2026

Eve 100 eVTOL Set to Make Low-speed Transition Flight

Flight envelope expansion precedes first crewed mission in mid-2027

Eve eVTOL technology demonstrator in doorway of hangar

Metrojet Places First Global 8000 in Asia into Service

Ultra-long-range jet joins the Hong Kong company’s managed fleet

Metrojet Global 8000 business jet

Embraer Touts Counter-UAS Role for A-29N Super Tucano

Light attack aircraft is evolving beyond existing NATO-standard variant

Grey A-29N in flight

IADA Recognizes 16 More as Certified Aircraft Brokers

Latest certified brokers bring the total number recognized under the IADA program to 233

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GJC Raises $659M in Securities for Bizjet Financing

Financier has securitized $6.7 billion thanks to nine BJETS offerings

Global Jet Capital CEO Vivek Kaushal

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