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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.

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MU-300: Japan’s Sparkling Gem

The Diamond evolved into the Beechjet

Aircraft

July 1, 2024

First eVTOL Air Services Do Not Mark the End of the AAM Race-to-Market

Independent experts say there are plenty more twists and turns to come

Aircraft

June 30, 2024

Finland Chooses Challenger, Sweden Orders 3rd GlobalEye

Canadian airframer Bombardier is winning more defense business with Nordic states

Aircraft

June 28, 2024

Helios Horizon Aims to Take Electric Aviation to the Stratosphere

Next test flights in converted Pipistrel Taurus light aircraft will target altitudes above 40,000 feet

Engines

June 27, 2024

Videos

eVTOLs Are Magnets for Investors, but Will They Be Cash Cows?

eVTOLs Are Magnets for Investors, but Will They Be Cash Cows?

Aircraft

May 5, 2021

Flying Cessna’s Citation Longitude Business Jet

Flying Cessna’s Citation Longitude Business Jet

Aircraft

April 30, 2021

Bombardier Global Aircraft - Get Speed and Range, Not Tradeoffs

Bombardier Global Aircraft - Get Speed and Range, Not Tradeoffs

Aircraft

April 20, 2021

Test Flights in New Aircraft is All In a Day’s Work For AIN Editor-in-chief

Test Flights in New Aircraft is All In a Day’s Work For AIN Editor-in-chief

Aircraft

April 8, 2021

More Articles

Atlas Air Service, Helsinki Citycopter Celebrate CJ4 Acquisition

Acquisition marks the Finnish charter company's entry into fixed-wing operations

Aircraft

June 26, 2024

Leonardo Flies AW609 In Navy Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials

The aircraft has not yet received a civil type certificate

Aircraft

June 26, 2024

EHang Conducts More Passenger Flight Demonstrations in China

Pilotless sightseeing trips were conducted at a resort in Wencheng County in China’s Zhejiang province

Charter & Fractional

June 26, 2024

Sirius Rebrands Planned Hydrogen Business Aircraft

Swiss startup announced the CEO Jet and the Adventure Jet

Aircraft

June 25, 2024

Leonardo To Assemble AW609 at Grottaglie Facility

The company is suspending production of airliner fuselages for Boeing for four months

Aircraft

June 25, 2024

Airbus's ACJ TwoTwenty Airliner-Sized Business Jet Has All the Space You'll Ever Need

Traverse the globe in luxury with seventeen of your closest friends

Aircraft

June 24, 2024

Bombardier Global Production Stops as Workers Strike

Both parties continue to hold contract negotiations

Aircraft

June 24, 2024

Spanish Business Aircraft Operator Commits to Crisalion's eVTOL Model

Málaga-based iJet Aviation said it plans to buy 10 of the five-passenger Integrity aircraft

Charter & Fractional

June 21, 2024

Arc Aerosystems Lands Saudi Backing for New Aircraft

The UK start-up is working on a jump takeoff gyroplane and a pair of eVTOL aircraft

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

June 21, 2024

GJC: Bizjet Market Is Normalizing

The first quarter saw flight operations and transactions decline, but backlogs increased

Aircraft

June 20, 2024

Consultants Offer Sober Assessment of eVTOL Viability

This week's Revolution Aero conference assessed the hype around the new sector of aviation

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

June 18, 2024

Vertical Aerospace Close to Flight Testing New eVTOL Prototype

The UK start-up aims to demonstrate the four-passenger aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow

Aircraft

June 18, 2024

Uncrewed Air One Cargo eVTOL Aircraft Attracts Early Interest

The new model is a spin-off from the company's piloted personal eVTOL aircraft

Aircraft

June 18, 2024

Bristow Shares Its Thinking On Early eVTOL Aircraft Use Cases

The helicopter operator plans to add several of the new vehicles to its fleet

Aircraft

June 18, 2024

Japan's SkyDrive Begins FAA Type Certification for eVTOL Aircraft

The three-seat vehicle is expected to achieve Japanese type certification in 2026

Regulations and Government

June 18, 2024

Houston and Wisk Expand Plans for Autonomous eVTOL Air Services

The eVTOL aircraft developer is building on a partnership with Houston suburb Sugar Land

Airports

June 17, 2024