Content Archive: November 2024

Rotorcraft

Bell Logs Sales for 505 and 407GXi Helicopters

Includes the sale of the 100th Bell 505 in Europe
100th Bell 505 in Europe
Environment

Solar Generates 25% of Farnborough's Electric Power

4,000 solar panels have been fitted on buildings across the London-area facility
Farnborough Airport solar panels
Aircraft

VoltAero Opens Assembly Facility for Cassio Hybrid-electric Aircraft

French start-up's new headquarters is located at Rochefort Airport
VoltAero's Cassio assembly line in France Image
Engines

EHang Seeks Higher-performance eVTOL Electric Propulsion Systems

Chinese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer has also made its first passenger demonstration flights in Thailand
EHang EH216-S eVTOL flies in Bangkok, Thailand
Aircraft

FlyNow Aims For Price Breakthrough With eCopter eVTOL Aircraft

Austrian start-up says it can produce "the Model T Ford of the sky"
FlyNow eCopter eVTOLs
Charter & Fractional

FlyJets Taps Trip Requests To Offer Charter Discounts

'Phantom' empty legs can add up to savings for buyers and revenue for operators
Flyjets CEO Jessica Fisher
Aircraft

Embraer Executive Jets Sees Record YTD Deliveries

Airframer is on its way to meeting its delivery forecast following a record Q3
Embraer Phenom 300E
Airports

Aspen Residents Vote for County Control of Airport

Ballot measure would have ceded decisions on runway expansion to residents
Aspen Airport
Aircraft

NASA X-59 Engine Run Clearing Path to First Flight

First flight has pushed into 2025
NASA's X-59 supersonic demonstrator in hangar at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California (Photo: NASA/Carla Thomas)
FBOs

Clay Lacy Aviation Gets Nod for Sun Valley FBO

Construction is expected to begin next year
Artist rendering of planned Clay Lacy Aviation facility at KSUN