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Vertical Aerospace selected Hyundai WIA as landing gear partner for Valo

Vertical Aerospace announced a new long-term partnership with Hyundai WIA, a subsidiary of Hyundai Corporation and a leading mobility and manufacturing company, to supply the landing gear system for Valo, Vertical’s eVTOL aircraft. Under the agreement, Hyundai WIA will develop and ma...

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways, and Brickyard Connection complete regional electric flight demonstrations across Florida

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways Holdings and Brickyard Connection completed three days of high-cadence electric flight demonstrations at Kissimmee Gateway Airport earlier this month following a winter demonstration campaign in Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New Yo...


PRIMUS AVIA joins The Air Charter Association to strengthen its presence on the charter market worldwide

PRIMUS AVIA has recently become a member of The Air Charter Association, the leading global trade body for the aircraft charter industry. This strategic step was taken to further integrate the Austrian aviation company into an elite network of operators and brokers worldwide, as well as to reflect its commitment to the strict requirements of the association’s Code of Professional Practice. B...

First eVTOL flight in Central Asia - AutoFlight completes landmark demonstration in Kazakhstan

AutoFlight has successfully completed the first ton-class eVTOL demonstration flight in Alatau City, Kazakhstan – marking the first eVTOL Urban Air Mobility flight in Central Asia.  The milestone was achieved in collaboration with Alatau Advance Air Group Ltd., which has already purchased and paid for AutoFlight's large-scale eVTOL. During the flight ceremony, the two...

Eve completes hover & low‑speed flights block, advancing eVTOL toward transition flight testing

Eve Air Mobility announced the successful closeout of the hover & low‑speed flights block in the flight test campaign of its full‑scale engineering prototype. The completed block generated high‑fidelity data and knowledge gains that continue to mature the program as Eve progresses toward transition flight testing. This milestone reflects Eve’s disciplined building-block approac...

HondaJet APMG S upgrade package now certified in Mexico

HondaJet Classic and APMG owners in Mexico can now upgrade their aircraft with the cutting-edge performance and technical innovations introduced on more recent iterations of the platform, such as the HondaJet Elite S, with the Federal Civil Aviation Agency’s formal certification of the HondaJet APMG S performance upgrade package. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration  certifica...

New name, same commitment to uncompromising standards of excellence - interview with Kristina N’Diaye, Jetfly Training

There are some people you just click with right away. It’s that feeling when you feel like you’ve known the person you’ve just met for years. That’s exactly how it felt when I had the pleasure of meeting Kristina N’Diaye, Sales and Operations Director at Jetfly Training. The main purpose of my visit was to learn more about Jetfly Group’s global rebranding, which...

New benchmark in business aviation training -Sino Jet Academy achieves international dual certification

Sino Jet Academy two core training programs — The Corporate Jet Crew program and the Train-the-Trainer Program—each received full accreditation as a dual "Provider of Training Excellence" certification from the Professional Development Consortium. PDC is a research organization headquartered in the UK. Its CPD Standards Office has certified more than 800 organizations fr...

VIP Completions delivers revitalized Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy

VIP Completions, providers of custom aircraft refurbishment and completions services, today announced the delivery of a completely revitalized Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy. The 2000EXy offers a range of 4,000+ nautical miles, easily providing non-stop service between New York and Los Angeles. Typically configured for 10 passengers, it is renowned for its excellent performance. Manufactured bet...

Rotortrade confirms participation at Catarina Aviation Show 2026

Rotortrade announced its participation in the 2026 edition of the Catarina Aviation Show. Following a successful participation at the previous edition, Rotortrade will return to the event with a dedicated booth (Booth #I06) to welcome operators, customers, partners, OEMs, and aviation stakeholders from across Brazil and Latin America. Recognized as one of Latin America’s leading invi...

What makes a jet card program actually work — and where most fall short

By Kyle Patel, President & CEO, Bitlux The concept is straightforward: prepay for flight hours, lock in your rates, and gain priority access to aircraft when you need them. The best programs deliver exactly that. At their core, jet cards exist because private aviation is inherently variable: pricing shifts flight to flight, aircraft availability fluctuates with demand, and coordinating logi...

Northern Jet earns Wyvern Wingman PRO certification

Northern Jet achieved Wyvern Wingman PRO certification through Wyvern's Flight Leader Program. With this accolade, Wyvern acknowledges Northern Jet's performance as an SMS Level 4 operator, the highest level of Safety Management System maturity by Wyvern. This reflect the strength of Northern Jet's safety culture, operational discipline, and ongoing commit...

From booking to boarding: the hidden craft of VIP charter preparation

Most VIP charter flights are arranged well ahead of time, and experienced operators prefer it that way. But last-minute bookings – sometimes with as little as 2-3 hours before departure – are far from uncommon. In recent years, the VIP market has shifted toward more advanced planning, which allows for thoughtful, methodical preparation. Even so, the ability to mobilise at short notice...

Million Air’s largest licensee, Freeman Holdings Group, is expanding hangar capacity in key U.S. markets

Luxury FBO brand Million Air largest licensee, Freeman Holdings Group, is excited to announce the development plans of three new state-of-the-art hangars at Million Air St. George (KSGU), Million Air Moses Lake (KMWH) and Million Air Orlando (KSFB), further expanding its real estate footprint and elevating service capabilities across key markets. The developments enhance operational effici...

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AeronautX elevates training capacity with new Amsterdam Centre and strategic VistaJet alliance

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From flagship aircraft to best-in-class support: Bombardier's NBAA-BACE 2026 experience

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Gogo unveils Galileo roadmap to continue enhancing customer investments through the mid 2030s and beyond

Gogo has unveiled its long-term vision for the Galileo connectivity platform at NBAA-BACE 2026, outlining a roadmap designed to enhance and protect customer investments well into the mid-2030s and bey...

AMAC Aerospace records strong business growth as new contracts and approvals drive demand across core services

AMAC Aerospace Group continues to experience strong business momentum, marked by new certifications, contract wins and rising demand across its maintenance, completion and aircraft modification activi...

First production Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 rolls out, marking major step toward entry into service

Textron Aviation has marked a key milestone in the development of the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 with the rollout of the program’s first production aircraft. The achievement brings the next-g...

Dassault brings EASy IV upgrade to Falcon 2000 series, extending its latest standard to the best-selling family

Dassault will introduce the fourth-generation EASy IV flight deck on newly built Falcon 2000LXS aircraft, while also making the upgrade available as a retrofit across the entire Falcon 2000 EASy fleet...

Celebrating 10 years of the Vision Jet, the aircraft that changed personal aviation

Cirrus Aircraft is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Collier Trophy-winning Vision Jet at NBAA-BACE 2026, marking a decade of innovation that has continuously advanced the world&r...

Gulfstream expands performance analytics capabilities to enhance aircraft operational efficiency

Gulfstream Aerospace has enhanced the capabilities of its Customer Support Performance Analytics program, further strengthening its ability to transform aircraft data into actionable insight...

Daher Aircraft delivers Europe’s first Kodiak 900 to Swiss couple for outdoor adventures

Daher Aircraft announced the delivery of a Kodiak 900 to Swiss owners Roland and Claudia Primus, who plan to use the aircraft for adventure flying to remote and short-runway destinations. Their travel...