A short briefing every morning: what’s new in the world of private jets, plus an aircraft, a priced route, a fact and a story from the archive.
Textron Aviation has rolled out the 500th Cessna Citation Latitude from Wichita, 11 years after the midsize jet entered service. The model carries up to 9 passengers and is listed with a 2,700 nm four-passenger range.
Read the brief →Piaggio Aerospace says the P.180 Avanti has reached two milestones: 40 years since first flight and more than 40 Avanti EVO aircraft sold since 2015. Across all versions, more than 270 Avanti aircraft have been delivered or sold over four decades.
Read the brief →Global private jet activity was flat year over year for the second straight week, with 81,090 departures in week 38, which ended September 20. Year-to-date growth slipped to 3.3% above 2025.
Read the brief →Sky Harbour Group has broken ground on a 16-acre campus at Chicago Executive Airport, with four private hangars planned in the first phase. The hangars will range from 18,000 to 37,000 sq. ft. and are due to open in early 2028.
Read the brief →AutoFlight has signed an agreement with Infini Aero for 30 V2000CG CarryAll cargo eVTOL aircraft. The first 5 are scheduled for delivery in 2026 for logistics, emergency response and medical transport roles.
Read the brief →The Kodiak 100 is a single-engine utility turboprop designed by Quest Aircraft in Sandpoint, Idaho, certified by the FAA in May 2007 and first delivered in January 2008. Daher acquired the programme in 2019, and the current Series III adds Garmin G1000 NXi avionics with synthetic vision and an optional eight-seat executive cabin. Its 750-hp PT6A-34 and high-lift wing give a takeoff ground roll of about 934 ft. Range 1,132 nm, 7 seats, about $2,950,000 new and roughly $600 an hour in fuel and maintenance.
Full profile →A Cirrus Vision Jet, the cheapest new jet on sale at about $3 million, has one engine and a whole-airframe parachute; a Gulfstream G800 lists at more than $80 million. (Cirrus and Gulfstream pricing reports)
More numbers →467 nautical miles, about 1h 25m in a light jet, roughly $13,200–$18,900 one-way for four — about $4,013 a seat.
Price this route →When the CEOs of Detroit's three automakers flew separate corporate jets to Washington in November 2008 to ask Congress for bailout money, the resulting outrage made the private jet a political symbol. GAMA-tracked business jet deliveries fell from a record 1,313 in 2008 to 870 in 2009 and did not recover for over a decade, while used-jet prices dropped by a third.
The full timeline →Ronaldo unveiled a Gulfstream G650 in late 2024, reported at around $73 million, after selling the Gulfstream G200 he had flown since 2015. The airframe carries his CR7 branding and a silhouette of his trademark celebration, and it commutes between Riyadh, Lisbon and Madrid.
The story →MISLEADING — Per hour, a jet card is often *more* expensive than a well-negotiated charter on the same route. What the card buys is certainty: guaranteed availability with short notice, a fixed hourly rate, no repositioning charges and no haggling. For someone who flies 25–50 hours a year on short notice, that can work out cheaper overall than paying peak charter prices. For someone flying predictable routes with flexibility, on-demand charter usually wins.
The evidence →