Business & GALuxStream Debuts on Vista Global to Disrupt Business Jet Connectivity A disruptive new in-flight connectivity service, LuxStream, has been established by Collins Aerospace in partnership with SES that will provide speeds up to 25 Mbps in the United States and 15Mbps globally via SES's…
Business & GAA Plethora of Business Connectivity 2019 will be the second consecutive year where a disruptive new satellite-based connectivity service dedicated exclusively to business aviation operators will make its industry debut at the annual National Business Aviation Association…
Air TaxiKitty Hawk Reveals Ultra-Quiet ‘Heaviside’ eVTOL Design The secretive electric aircraft company Kitty Hawk, backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, revealed its third electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) design: a small, quiet aircraft with eight tilting propellers called…
Air TaxiThe Winner of 'Pitch@Revolution.Aero': Ballistic Parachutes for VTOL Aircraft At a “shark tank”-style aerospace pitch competition during Revolution.Aero last week, Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) won both the audience and judges’ vote for their patent-pending parachute system that slows the descent of…
Air TaxiOn a Mission for Airbus, Voom Enters the U.S. On-Demand Helicopter Market The battle for market share in urban air mobility (UAM) is ramping up as Airbus’ on-demand helicopter service, Voom, launches operations in the United States, beginning with five destinations in the San…
Air TaxiHyundai Creates Urban Air Mobility Division, Hires Longtime NASA Engineer Hyundai Motor Group has created an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) division and hired longtime NASA aeronautics director Dr. Jaiwon Shin to lead it at the executive vice president level. Hyundai is the…
RegulationUPS Granted Scalable Part 135 Approval for Drone Delivery Nationwide UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has attained the first Part 135 Standard certification from the FAA to operate a drone airline, which it intends to use to scale its medical drone delivery…
Business & GAWheels Up Acquires Avianis, Sets Sights on Ten-Figure Valuation Private aviation company Wheels Up acquired “certain material assets” of Avianis Systems, LLC, a provider of an advanced flight management system (FMS), as part of a strategy that Wheels Up believes will…