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Air Charter Expo, The ACA’s industry leading exhibition breaks records for number of exhibitors and delegates

The Air Charter Association hosted its annual Air Charter Expo event on Tuesday 09 September 2025 at London Biggin Hill Airport. ACE’25 has seen continued growth, setting consistent record levels for attendees and exhibitors. This year, more than 2,000 delegates registered for the expo, 1...

Platoon Aviation receives tenth PC-24

Platoon Aviation is now a well-established player in the European charter market. This successful company has just taken delivery of its tenth PC-24 Super Versatile Jet. Platoon’s PC-24 fleet offers maximum comfort and flexibility for up to eight passengers – ideal for business and leisu...


Prince Aviation inaugural debut at Air Charter Expo 2025

Prince Aviation successfully completed their inaugural participation at the prestigious Air Charter Expo 2025. The centerpiece of Prince Aviation's static display participation was the company's own Cessna Citation XLS+, which served as a showcase for demonstrating the organization's comprehensive service offering and midsize fleet capability. The aircraft...

Bombardier contributed $7.4 billion to Canadian GDP in 2024, PwC study shows

A study by PwC Canada provides an update on the substantial economic and social contributions of Bombardier’s manufacturing operations in Canada. Indicators such as the GDP, exports and supported jobs presented Bombardier’s significant role in the Canadian economy.    The report positions Bombardier as a key driver of Canada’s aerospace industry with $7.4 billion in contr...

PlaneSense celebrates 30 years of innovation in private aviation

PlaneSense commemorates its 30th anniversary this week, marking three decades of transformative growth, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to client satisfaction within the private aviation industry. Since its inception in 1995, PlaneSense has redefined the standard for fractional aircraft programs, consistently placing safety, reliability, and personalized service at the heart of its o...

F/LIST lights up the future of cabin interiors with new lightshifter technology

F/LIST is lighting up the skies by switching on its brand-new Lightshifter concept. Building on the magical F/LIST Shapeshifter technology, which transforms solid-state monuments into multiple applications, F/LIST is now morphing wood veneer surfaces to reveal integrated illumination technology to create unexpected textures, effects, and atmospheres in the cabin.  The Lightshifter is...

PAL Aerospace to deliver fixed-wing air ambulance for Newfoundland and Labrador

PAL Aerospace announces it has entered into a contract with Medavie Health NL Inc. to deliver fixed-wing air ambulance operations for Newfoundland and Labrador under the province's Integrated Emergency Health Services program. The 10-year agreement, with an option to renew for an additional five-year period, establishes a single, long-term provider responsible for modernizi...

Luxaviation and Haffner Energy double down on partnership with new SAF offtake agreement

Haffner Energy and Luxaviation Group are strengthening their partnership with a non-exclusive 15-year offtake agreement in Europe with fixed SAF volume and price terms. Luxaviation and Haffner Energy first joined forces to accelerate SAF production and promotion when Luxaviation signaled interest in SAF-dedicated entity SAF Zero in June this year. Patrick Hansen, CEO of Luxaviation Gr...

5X5 launches better approach to aviation insurance

5X5 Aviation Insurance has launched its pilot-fueled, data-driven and direct-to-customer coverage to aircraft owners and pilots. The 5X5 team is excited to offer the only direct-to-consumer option in the high-end, owner-flown market, with five states approved and effective for full coverage underwriting. The launch group of Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois and Virginia will ultimately be...

High Flying Hangars reveals design plan and opens reservations at North Texas Regional Airport

High Flying Hangars has revealed the design plan and opened the reservation book for its newest development at the North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas (KGYI).To address the demand for commercial aviation real estate in the North Dallas Metroplex, High Flying Hangars has secured an option on 8.87 acres, and is in the process of securing a long term ground lease agreement, for hangar deve...

The ACA promotes professional training and development of next generation at US Air Charter Regional Forum

The Air Charter Association held its first US Air Charter Regional Forum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on August 19-20. Starting with a networking reception at W Aviation, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE), the Forum conference sessions later took place at the Courtyard by Marriot. The ACA was delighted to welcome over 50 air charter professionals representing brokers, operators, F...

CAE inaugurates Central European flagship business aviation training centre in Vienna

CAE officially inaugurated its first business aviation training centre in Central Europe, CAE Vienna. The new centre has been in operation since April and is now offering customers pilot training on four aircraft types: Gulfstream G550, Bombardier Global 7500 and Bombardier Global 6000. An Embraer Phenom 100/300 full-flight simulator, part of the Embraer CAE Training Services joint...

Skyportz releases new downwash/outwash amelioration modelling

Skyportz, has released an animation that demonstrates the significant impacts its vertipad patent will have on the roll out of Advanced Air Mobility networks globally. The modular vertipad patent addresses one of the standout issues for Advanced Air Mobility in urban locations – amelioration of downwash and outwash. This issue has been highlighted by the FAA in January in their&nbs...

Tamarack and ForeFlight announce enhanced active winglet performance data integration

Tamarack Aerospace Group announced a new phase of its collaboration with ForeFlight to deliver enhanced flight planning data for Active Winglet–equipped aircraft. With a global fleet now exceeding 200 upgraded CitationJets, Tamarack has partnered with ForeFlight to integrate significantly higher-resolution performance datasets into the ForeFlight platform. These updates are built on tho...

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EH216-S completes Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying eVTOL flight in the heart of Kazakhstan’s capital

EHang flagship EH216-S successfully completed Central Asia’s first pilotless human-carrying flight of an eVTOL aircraft in Astana, Kazakhstan. During the Games of the Future 2026, the...

Honda Aircraft Company associates celebrate 20 years of aviation innovation

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Summer high season in Spain is always a defining period for general aviation sector, and this year is no exception. With the first two months already behind us, preliminary results are offering a clea...

Honda Aircraft Company celebrates type validation of HondaJet Elite II in Brazil at LABACE 2026

Honda Aircraft Company announced first delivery of HondaJet Elite II in Brazil, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued commitment to general aviation in South America. The de...

Eve Air Mobility achieves first transition flight milestone, advancing eVTOL program toward wing-borne flight

Eve Air Mobility completed its first partial transition flight, marking an important milestone in the development and testing of the company' eVTOL aircraft. The flight involved the acti...

Introducing latest-generation TBM to a major business aviation market - Daher Aircraft delivers the first TBM 980 in Brazil

The first TBM 980 for a Brazilian customer delivered by Daher Aircraft, marking the introduction of this newest fast and efficient turboprop-powered airplane in a market where the TBM family continues...

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FAI strengthens long-range charter fleet with second Global 6000 in a year

FAI rent-a-jet has further strengthened its fleet with the addition of a Bombardier Global 6000 (D-AFAN, MSN 9471). The acquisition was completed just five weeks after the LOI was signed, underli...

SkyDrive signs Australia’s first eVTOL agreement with Gold Coast Helitours

SkyDrive signed a Letter of Intent with Gold Coast Helitours, a premier helicopter operator based in the Gold Coast, Australia. This milestone agreement represents SkyDrive's first LOI w...

Textron Aviation celebrates 500th Cessna Citation CJ4 delivery as Gen3 era advances

Textron Aviation delivered the 500th delivery of a Cessna Citation CJ4 series business jet, underscoring more than a decade of customer confidence in the company’s largest light jet an...