Business Aviation

Bombardier has unveiled the latest addition to its Global business jet family with the official introduction of the Global 8000 on Monday. Offering a range of 8,000 NM and a top speed of Mach 0.94, the company is touting the aircraft as the “fastest and longest-range purpose-built business jet” in the world. Bombardier further noted […]

In Alaska, Door Dash, Grub Hub and Uber Eats orders come in a Cessna, Beaver or Otter for some customers. According to The New York Times, the popular urban services, which exploded in popularity during the pandemic, have given Alaskans in remote areas the opportunity for a taste of “city food” from time to time […]

Surf Air Mobility has announced it intends to “develop and certify hybrid and fully-electric powertrains for new and existing Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft.” The California company has struck deals with electric motor maker magniX and AeroTEC, an engineering company, to develop STCs for both types of powertrains. It has also announced a deal to merge […]

Two people were killed and 14 others injured in the crash landing of a Cessna Caravan skydiving plane in Brazil on Wednesday. The Skydive4Fun aircraft took off from the National Skydive Center in Boituva, which is considered the “national skydive capital” of Brazil, and apparently made an immediate forced landing. “In Boituva’s 50 years of […]

Now in its third decade as the premier independent voice of aviation, AVweb.com has entered the pre-launch phase of a comprehensive classified advertising system to serve the nearly one million site visits made by pilots and aviation industry professionals each month. When fully implemented on June 20, classifieds.avweb.com will serve the needs of aircraft and […]

Textron Aviation announced on Thursday that its Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 business jet has received its type certificate from the FAA. The Citation XLS Gen2 is the latest model in the Citation 560XL midsize business jet series, which was introduced in 1998 with the Citation Excel. According to Textron, it has delivered more than 1,000 […]

Bombardier announced on Thursday that it has seen strong aftermarket performance, robust free cash flow generation and a growing backlog in the first quarter (Q1) of 2022. According to the company, its Q1 revenues from business jet sales and aftermarket services totaled $1.2 billion with aftermarket revenues increasing 34 percent over the same time period […]

Bombardier officially designated its site in Wichita, Kansas, as the company’s headquarters in the United States on Tuesday. Noting that the defense market is a key area of growth for the company, Bombardier also announced that its Wichita-based Specialized Aircraft division has been renamed “Bombardier Defense.” According to the company, the name change is intended […]

Bombardier’s Challenger 3500 business jet has been recognized as “Red Dot: Best of the Best” in the Trains and Planes category at the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022 competition. Best of the Best is the highest distinction awarded in the international competition, which is held annually “to find the year’s best products.” Introduced in […]

A Canadian charter flight crew has been in jail for two weeks in the Dominican Republic after reporting contraband it found stashed in the avionics bay of their CRJ 100. Pivot Airlines told the National Post the crew found 450 pounds of cocaine, worth $18 million, in the compartment. But rather than thanking them for […]