Main news

Bombardier Celebrates Milestone Challenger 3500 Aircraft Delivery, the 1,000th Bombardier Super-Midsize Business Jet to Take to the Skies
Bombardier Celebrates Milestone Challenger 3500 Aircraft Delivery, the 1,000th Bombardier Super-Midsize Business Jet to Take to the Skies

Bombardier is proud to announce the delivery of its 1,000th super-midsize aircraft, marking a significant milestone in the history of business aviation. This landmark achievement was celebrated with the delivery of a Challenger 3500 aircraft to JM Family Entreprises, a long-standing Bombardier customer, during a special ceremony at Bombardier’s Challenger delivery centre in Montréal.

JETNET releases 2024 pre-owned business aircraft market performance review
JETNET releases 2024 pre-owned business aircraft market performance review

Bizav market intelligence provider, JETNET, has unveiled its comprehensive 2024 Pre-Owned Business Aircraft Market Performance Review, offering key insights into inventory growth, pricing trends, and sales activity across the sector.

Large jet sales signal revived market confidence, reveals Jetcraft’s Pre-Owned Business Aviation Report
Large jet sales signal revived market confidence, reveals Jetcraft’s Pre-Owned Business Aviation Report

For the first time, Large jets now account for 20% of industry sales according to Ever Forward: The Pre-Owned Business Aviation Report by Jetcraft.

EBAA unveils EBACE25 conference agenda
EBAA unveils EBACE25 conference agenda

The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is unveiling a reimagined conference agenda for the 2025 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), offering unmatched market intelligence for all attendees.

US bizjet traffic still booming in Florida, holiday demand in Europe
US bizjet traffic still booming in Florida, holiday demand in Europe

Global bizjet traffic is reaching its highest ever levels in 2025, eclipsing the previous high peaks in 2022, primarily due to the renewed demand for bizjet travel in the US since Trump’s election. Even Europe, facing serious economic headwinds, has seen an increase in bizjet traffic this year compared to last, with a surge in the last week reflecting school half-term breaks.

GAMA Releases 2024 Aircraft Shipment and Billing Report
GAMA Releases 2024 Aircraft Shipment and Billing Report

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released the 2024 General Aviation Aircraft Shipment and Billing Report during its annual State of the Industry Press Conference. Overall, when compared to 2023, nearly all aircraft segments saw increases in shipments and preliminary aircraft deliveries were valued at $31.2 billion, an increase of 13.3%.

Final Gulfstream G650 Completes Production
Final Gulfstream G650 Completes Production

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the final Gulfstream G650 has officially completed production. This aircraft will move to the next phase of the completions process at Gulfstream’s Appleton, Wisconsin, facility before making its official delivery to a customer later this year.

Bizjets score touchdowns in New Orleans, gets taxed in France, opens up in Saudi
Bizjets score touchdowns in New Orleans, gets taxed in France, opens up in Saudi

The Superbowl saw the biggest surge in bizjets since 2018, with departures on the day after the event 5x higher than the average daily departures this month so far. This reflects a general buoyancy in the US market since November. In contrast the European market is subdued, particularly in the UK, with an alarming 20% drop in bizjet flights this week. There will also be concerns over the impact of new business jet taxes in France, the busiest European market. In the Middle East, where bizjet traffic year to date is up 77% since 2019, demand in Saudi Arabia should get a boost from GACA announcing an opening-up to foreign operators from March this year.

Boom Supersonic announces boomless cruise
Boom Supersonic announces boomless cruise

Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, announced Boomless Cruise for its supersonic airliner, enabling supersonic travel over land without an audible sonic boom.

Bizjet demand is up despite economic concerns
Bizjet demand is up despite economic concerns

Economic concerns are up this week in the wake of Trump’s trade war declaration. This will certainly worry bizjet OEMs outside the US, although, as a proportion of total activity, international flights to and from the US are a very small part. And flight demand is still seeing the positive effects of the Trump bump, with fractional demand particularly strong, endorsing Flexjet’s bumper billion-dollar new aircraft order this week.

Embraer and Flexjet sign agreement valued at up to USD $7 billion
Embraer and Flexjet sign agreement valued at up to USD $7 billion

Embraer Executive Jets, a division of Embraer, announced today a purchase agreement with Flexjet. The agreement comprises a fleet of Embraer business jets, which includes the Praetor 600, Praetor 500 and Phenom 300E models, as well as an enhanced suite of services and support.

GACA opens Saudi Arabia’s domestic aviation market to international charter flight operators
GACA opens Saudi Arabia’s domestic aviation market to international charter flight operators

The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia is opening the domestic private aviation market to international operators, by announcing the removal of cabotage restrictions for foreign on-demand charter flights within the Kingdom. The decision is part of GACA’s broader strategy to boost the private jet market, supported by the establishment of a sector development committee to engage international and domestic business jet operators.

Business aviation generates ˆ100bn in economic value: study reveals critical policy threats
Business aviation generates ˆ100bn in economic value: study reveals critical policy threats

Alandmark Oxford Economics study released 29th January outlined business aviation’s substantial economic contributions in Europe, warning that restrictive government policies could jeopardise up to ˆ120bn in foreign investments and 104,000 jobs by 2030.

Bizjet activity up 9% in wake of inauguration
Bizjet activity up 9% in wake of inauguration

Global bizjet demand got a double boost from Trump’s inauguration and the meeting of the World Economic Forum, well served from airports in the UK, France and Switzerland.

Single-Engine Helicopter Market Shows Uncertainty: Sales Stable but Supply Surges 30% in 2024
Single-Engine Helicopter Market Shows Uncertainty: Sales Stable but Supply Surges 30% in 2024

Aero Asset, a global helicopter sales and market intelligence firm, has launched its Heli Market Trends 2024 Annual Report: Single-Engine edition. This report delivers an authoritative analysis of the global preowned market for single-engine helicopters featuring Aero Asset’s proprietary market intelligence and expert insight.

Predictable business jet surge for Trump inauguration
Predictable business jet surge for Trump inauguration

The bumper arrival of business jets for the inauguration appears to confirm the strong sense in the industry that the change in the US government is good news for the bizjet industry. The turnaround in bizjet activity in the US, which had been flat through most of last year, stands in contrast to the European market, where activity receded 6% in the last week and is trending at 2019 levels.

LA Wildfires
LA Wildfires

Global bizjet activity was flat in week 2, dropping back on the pace of growth in Week 1. Notably there was strong bizjet activity out of airports in the Los Angeles metro area due to the Wildfires catastrophe. There has also been strong growth in flights to/from Palm Beach, as Trump and his team prepare to take office.

JETEX to develop Uzbekistan's first FBO
JETEX to develop Uzbekistan's first FBO

During an official state visit to the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Uzbekistan's Transport Minister, Ilhom Mahkamov, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with JETEX founder, Adel Mardini, to establish the country's first and only FBO.

Bizjet dip in Week 1 YOY but 4-week trend points to Trump-bump in demand
Bizjet dip in Week 1 YOY but 4-week trend points to Trump-bump in demand

US bizjet demand continues to trend upwards, as it has done since the US elections in November. Leisure activity clearly spiked in the holiday season, with US-Caribbean flight hours up 25% YOY. In other markets, European activity has dipped in the last week, but is up over the last few weeks, bizjet activity from the Middle East is on the up, whereas trends in Africa and South America are down as we come into 2025.  We would expect the positive business sentiment in the core US market to move global activity several points up in Q1 2025 compared to last year.

2024 was the year of the Fractional Operator
2024 was the year of the Fractional Operator

Post-Covid demand for business aviation looks strong, notably in the United States where activity is well ahead of 2019. December ended ahead of last year, marking a strong end to the year. Fractional operators have made large gains compared to the last 5 years, contrasting Corporate Flight Department activity. Appetite for business aviation in Europe remains resilient, although small gains compared to pre-pandemic 2019.

1   2   3  4  5