Content Archive: May 2026

Sustainability and Environment

SAF Mandate Complicates European Bizav’s Green Intentions

Industry calls for changes to Refuel EU rules
Bombardier fueling with SAF
Charter & Fractional

Flight Time Limitations Pose New Cost Threat for Charter Operators

Europe’s charter operators face revised EASA pilot flight time limitations.
Woman on business jet
Sustainability and Environment

DLR Tests Experimental Vibrational Anti-Icing System

Technology to fly onboard clean-sheet, all-electric, ducted-fan gyrocopter
Future Vision S2TOL Jet Demonstrator at Aero Friedrichshafen stand
Operations

WingX Sees Unprecedented Bizjet Activity Ahead with FIFA

Middle East operations still off significantly but global activity is ahead of 2025
Doha airport during 2022 world cup
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Textron Aviation Expands Airborne Connectivity Options

Starlink now available for 560XL series, and Gogo 5G in a variety of Citation models
Starlink satcom for Citation 560XL
Accidents

AD NPRM on CF34-3 Engine a Result of Hop-A-Jet Crash

Rule would require tests and maintenance actions following hung starts
GE CF34-3 engine
Sustainability and Environment

NBAA Applauds House Passage of Pro-SAF Legislation

Measure could spur further growth in the SAF industry
Soybean crop
Rotorcraft

Bell Q1 Revenues Climb, Commercial Helo Deliveries Drop

Bell delivered 20 commercial helicopters in Q1 of this year, compared to 29 in Q1 2025
Bell
Sustainability and Environment

EU Court Set to Rule on Business Aviation's Sustainability Status

EU Court to decide if industry is “an environmentally sustainable economic activity."
Judge at podium
Training and Workforce

How Grounded Crew Members Helped Rescue France in the Pandemic

Aviation Sans Frontières coordinated unprecedented volunteer mobilization between the aviation and healthcare industries in 2020
aircraft crew