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Private AviationLondon City Cleared the Global 8000, and Its Own Approved List Still Has None
Bombardier's London City approval attaches to the type, not to your aircraft. London City's own register shows 210 aircraft from 124 operators, 19 of them Bombardier Globals, and no Global 8000 at all.
Private AviationThe FAA Ends Single-Pilot Flying in Older Citations: What It Costs Owners
The FAA has ended the single-pilot exemptions that let transport category Citations, from the Citation I to the Encore+, be flown by one person. Roughly 1,250 US-registered jets are covered, and from 29 September each needs a qualified second pilot on every flight.
BusinessGulf Brokers Join Asia in Betting on Large Cabin Jets to 2030
Airbus Corporate Jets has now asked the Gulf the questions it asked Asia. 83 percent of 35 Middle East financiers and brokers expect large jet flight activity to grow by 2030, 37 percent dramatically, while Asia's brokers expect nearly nine in ten deals to be an owner trading up. Where the two regions differ, and what it means for a buyer.
BusinessThree Out of Four Jet Deals Will Happen in North America
Global Jet Capital's five year forecast puts 19,691 business jet transactions worth $247 billion on the books through 2030. Three quarters of them happen in North America, and three quarters of aircraft changing hands are already used.
Private AviationNetJets and Flexjet Are Both Building Terminals Only Their Own Owners May Use
NetJets is adding private terminals at Dallas Love Field, Washington Dulles and Rifle, Colorado, and a larger one at Palm Beach, a month after Flexjet opened a $34 million terminal at Farnborough. The two largest fractional operators now compete on buildings, and an owner's choice of programme comes with a ground network attached.
Private AviationA Jet Card Broker Gave Away 78 Cents of Free Flying per Dollar: What to Check
OneFlight International took in 226.3 million dollars of jet card cash in 2026 and handed back 176.4 million in bonus credits and discounts, according to sales records reviewed by Private Jet Card Comparisons. The industry norm is about 4 percent. The ratio is a check any buyer can run before wiring a deposit.
Private AviationOne Software Fault Grounded a Thousand Flights, and Private Jets Were in the Same Queue
NATS took nearly three hours to fix the system that processes filed flight plans, and 23 hours to call operations stable. Business aviation files into that same processor, which is why Luton and London City sat on the delay list beside Heathrow.
BusinessHalf the Gulfstreams for Sale Have Vanished, and the Best Now Sell Before They Are Listed
Every Gulfstream model Hagerty Jet Group tracks rose in value in the third quarter of 2026, the first time in more than four years, while listings fell from 121 to 59. AMSTAT's preliminary figures show the same squeeze across heavy jets, and the opposite lower down. Last quarter the asking price disappeared. Now, for the best aircraft, the listing does.
Private AviationHonda Is Now Buying the Jets It Builds: Inside the Thrive Fractional Launch
Arulean Air, a Honda Aircraft subsidiary, has taken a minority stake in Las Vegas operator Thrive Aviation and will acquire the aircraft for a new fractional programme. No share price, hourly rate or occupied minimum was disclosed, and the structure inverts the one that failed at Volato.
LifestyleFifteen Percent of Billionaires Own an Aircraft, Three Times the Share That Owns a Yacht
Altrata's Billionaire Census 2026 counts 3,795 billionaires worth a combined $15.1 trillion, and puts aircraft ownership at 15 percent against about 5 percent for yachts. What the demand-side census says about the buyer behind business aviation, and about the $6.6 trillion due to change hands within a decade.