Honda Aircraft

By Molly McMillin
Manufacturers delivered 181 business jets and 94 business turboprops and piston aircraft during the third quarter of 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft is equipping its HondaJet Elite II very light jet with an autothrottle system to automate the controls governing speed and thrust in flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Roger Cox
The crab technique is necessary in the HondaJet, which has short main landing gear and a crosswind limitation of 20 kt.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Volato Group has received notice from Honda Aircraft Co. that its $161.6 million fleet purchase agreement has been terminated, according to an SEC filing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Updates on the HondaJet Echelon and Elite II, as well as the pre-owned jet market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Amod Kelkar, Honda Aircraft senior vice president and chief commercial officer, joined the company in February 2021 as vice president of customer service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
In the three years since Volato formed in early 2021, the company’s fleet has grown from three Honda Aircraft HondaJets to 24 at the end of 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Less than a year after the launch of its Certified Pre-Owned program, Honda Aircraft Co. has expanded the offering to the Asian market.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The company hopes to unleash untapped benefits of the aircraft for commercial and military use.
Singapore Airshow

By Molly McMillin
Volato, an Atlanta-based private flight provider and the largest HondaJet operator in the U.S., added eight aircraft to its fleet during 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Forecasts, snapshots and business aircraft to watch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
ForeFlight, alongside the Honda Aircraft Co., has rolled out its runway-analysis product designed for HondaJets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
The company has not yet settled on a price for the aircraft, which is the reason it has not turned the letters of intent into firm orders.
NBAA

By Molly McMillin
The aircraft is designed to be the first single-pilot light jet capable of nonstop transcontinental flights across the U.S.,
NBAA

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation manufacturers and exhibitors plan to debut a variety of aircraft and products in Las Vegas Oct. 17-19 during the NBAA-BACE.
NBAA

By Molly McMillin
As the business aviation industry grapples with workforce shortages, manufacturers are taking a variety of steps to attract and retain employees.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

Honda Aircraft CEO Hideto Yamasaki discusses the HondaJet 2600, the market and other topics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Hideto Yamasaki was named president and CEO of Honda Aircraft, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft Co. will develop and manufacture its new HondaJet 2600 light jet at its facility in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
Honda Aviation has selected Latecoere to develop a passenger access door for the airframer’s newest light jet, the HondaJet 2600.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft’s head of sales compares challenges in the business aviation supply chain to a game of Whack-a-Mole.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Bill Carey
The HondaJet 2600 will fly to 2,625 nm with a single pilot and four passengers, more than 1,000 nm farther than the current HA-420 HondaJet Elite II.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft is offering no-cost support to fractional ownership customers of Jet It, which grounded its fleet on May 18.
Aircraft & Propulsion