Business Aviation

Embraer announced the delivery of its first Praetor 500 midsize business jet to launch customer Flexjet on Monday. The aircraft is part of a $1.4 billion fleet agreement announced by the companies at the 2019 NBAA convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition to Praetor 500s, the 64-aircraft agreement includes an unspecified number of Praetor […]

Bombardier’s high-end bizjets have received their type certificates from the FAA, three months after getting their approval from Transport Canada. The Global 5500 and 6500 have also been approved by EASA in Europe, and the first airframes entered service in Canada this September. “This latest milestone is terrific news and starts a new chapter in […]

Embraer successfully completed the first flight of its E175-E2 passenger jet last week, beginning a flight test campaign that is expected to last approximately 24 months. Thursday’s test flight, which took place at Embraer’s Faria Lima complex in São Paulo, Brazil, lasted two hours and 18 minutes. The E175-E2 is the third member of the […]

Qantas has selected the Airbus A350-1000 for its Project Sunrise program, which aims to open regular, nonstop commercial routes from the east coast of Australia to ultra-long-haul destinations including London and New York. The airline has not yet put in an order for the aircraft, but says it is working with Airbus to prepare a […]

Delta Air Lines and private aviation solutions company Wheels Up have announced their intentions to combine wholly owned Delta subsidiary Delta Private Jets—a private a charter company based at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG)—with Wheels Up. Once combined, the business will continue to operate as Wheels Up with company founder Kenny Dichter remaining in […]

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz will be leaving the position in May 2020 to transition to the role of executive chairman of the board of directors of United Airlines Holdings Inc., the airline announced on Thursday. Munoz has been United’s CEO since September 2015. He will be succeeded by the airline’s current president, J. Scott […]

Bombardier has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) to build its new Global Manufacturing Centre at Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Mississauga, Ontario. According to Bombardier, the facility will be “home to the most advanced aircraft manufacturing processes in the world” and will be used for activities […]

Textron Aviation has introduced a new utility nose option for the Beechcraft King Air 350 turboprop. The new nose adds 12 cubic feet of storage space capable of holding up to 250 pounds of additional payload. The utility nose can be used on King Air 350 variants including the 350C cargo version and 350ER extended […]

New commuter flight service FLOAT (Fly Over All Traffic) is planning to open a series of short-distance routes between general aviation airports in Southern California aimed at residents commuting more than 90 minutes daily. According to the company, flight times will average between 15 and 30 minutes at monthly subscription rates starting around $1,250. The […]

With another sign that the avionics retrofit market is getting more competitive, Avidyne is targeting vintage light jets with its Atlas flight management system. The Atlas FMS is a standalone Dzus-mounted box that’s designed to mount in the aircraft’s center pedestal, replacing older FMS units that don’t have a WAAS position source, or even in […]