All Business & General Aviation articles – Page 4
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NewsFrance’s Falcon 8X-based Archange SIGINT jet makes flight debut
France has achieved a significant milestone in its development of a new airborne electronic warfare capability, with the Dassault Aviation Falcon 8X-based Archange having performed its debut flight.
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NewsVertical names Aciturri as VX4 airframe production partner
Aciturri Aerostructures will build the airframe for Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, the companies have announced.
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NewsBombardier still pondering option of Belfast acquisition
Bombardier is still not ruling out acquiring part of its former Belfast site to safeguard production of the Global and Challenger fuselages that are built there.
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NewsEBACE to alternate between Geneva and other cities from 2026
EBACE, Europe’s annual business aviation convention, is returning to Geneva, its home for the past 25 years, in May 2026. However, the show will alternate in a different European city every odd year.
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NewsNo survivors from Zeusch King Air take-off crash at Southend
Dutch operator Zeusch Aviation has confirmed that one of its aircraft was involved in the accident at Southend airport on 13 July.
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NewsZeusch Aviation and Dovetail eye joint hybrid-electric King Air conversion
Advanced powertrain developer Dovetail Electric Aviation and Netherlands-based Zeusch Aviation are to collaborate on a hybrid-electric retrofit solution for the latter’s fleet of Beechcraft King Air twin-turboprops.
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NewsP180 ‘relaunch’ plus Akinci and TB2 production central to Piaggio’s future, new owner Baykar says
Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace is to launch an updated version of its iconic P180 Avanti Evo twin-turboprop and produce Akinci and TB2 unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for new owner Baykar Technologies, the Turkish firm has disclosed.
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NewsDecision on future of EBACE show pushed back after EBAA leadership shake-up
An announcement on the location for next year’s EBACE exhibition has been postponed until the end of July following leadership changes at the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), the show’s organiser.
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NewsGerman business jet start-up Luminair to add three Falcon 900LXs
German business jet charter operator Luminair is to add three new Dassault Falcon 900LX aircraft before the end of the year.
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News2Excel to modify 737-800s under follow-on oil spill response contract with OSRL
2Excel Group has been awarded a follow-on contract by OSRL to deliver continued aerial oil spill response services, with the UK company to replace a pair of aged Boeing 727s with modified 737-800s.
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NewsLufthansa Technik sees VIP market as ‘incubator for innovation’
Lufthansa Technik vice-president sales, VIP & special aircraft services Fabian Nagel believes the company is seeing the benefit of research investment that took place during the pandemic as new products hit the business aviation market.
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News‘Massive over-capacity’ still defines Europe’s business aviation sector
Europe’s business aviation sector is still adjusting to an environment of excess capacity precipitated by declining demand following the booming Covid-19 years.
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NewsExecutives see cost of SAF holding back wider adoption for business aviation
Ramping up the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) remains a key challenge for business aviation, with executives blaming the high cost of the product for slowing attempts to increase uptake in the sector.
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NewsCertification changes fortunes for Catalyst
Just months ago, GE’s Italian unit Avio Aero gained the long-overdue certification for the powerplant from the Federal Aviation Administration, in turn clearing an obstacle in the way of service entry for Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft Denali.
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In depthTime ticking on SAF for business aviation
In 2019 when more than a dozen business jets touched down at EBACE in Geneva fuelled by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), it seemed to herald a new dawn as a sector under a lot of pressure for its impact on the environment looked to fulfil a pledge to clean up its act.
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In depthExpanding Gama Aviation spreads its wings
It has been hard keeping up with Gama Aviation in the five years since the pandemic. The multi-faceted aviation services company, founded by Marwan Khalek and his business partner Stephen Wright in 1983, last year exited the stock market after a decade-long stint as a publicly traded company. It also sold its large US maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business in 2023, two years after acquiring it – and three years after divesting its other stateside interests.
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NewsSloane Helicopters extends Leonardo partnership and orders three more AW109 Trekkers
Leonardo Helicopters and UK and Ireland distributor Sloane Helicopters have celebrated their 30-year partnership by renewing their commercial agreement for another three years and unveiling a fresh order for three more AW109 Trekkers.
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NewsViasat sees strong take-up for JetXP business aviation connectivity service
Viasat is reporting strong customer take-up for its JetXP next-generation business aviation connectivity service, which it rolled out in October last year, as it enhances its product offering following the acquisition of Inmarsat two years ago.
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NewsPrince steps up MRO capability on back of hangar expansion
Serbian business aviation specialist Prince Aviation is powering up its maintenance capabilities following the opening of a new hangar at Belgrade airport last September.
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NewsMalaysian military to field AW149s via major Leonardo/Weststar deal
Leonardo Helicopters is to provide up to 28 new rotorcraft to support a variety of missions for Malaysia’s armed forces and government agencies.