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.
Embraer delivered 41 executive jets in the third quarter, taking its 2026 nine-month total to 115 aircraft. Corporate Jet Investor said that is the company’s strongest nine-month executive aviation performance on record.
Read the brief →IADA data reported by Aviation Week shows used business aircraft deal volume up more than 20% from a year earlier. Dealers closed 746 deals in the second quarter, compared with 616 in the same period of 2025.
Read the brief →North American jet card rates fell to $10,958 per hour in Q3, according to Private Jet Card Comparisons data reported by AIN. The average was down 3.1% from Q2 and 2.7% from a year earlier.
Read the brief →A federal jury in Tampa found for Aerosonic in a trade-secrets case against Joby Aero, awarding about $116.9 million. The dispute centers on air data probes, a small but critical sensor system for aircraft certification.
Read the brief →Unveiled at Sun 'n Fun in April 2025 and FAA certified on 21 July 2025, the E1000 AX adds Garmin autothrottle to Epic's carbon-fibre turboprop, with Garmin Autoland to follow, along with more than 25 other changes including an automatic yaw damper, electronic brake hold and lithium-ion batteries. Speed and range are unchanged at 333 knots and 1,560 nm, full-fuel payload rises to 1,177 lb, and Autoland approval was expected in 2026. Range 1,560 nm, 4 seats, about $4,700,000 new and roughly $790 an hour in fuel and maintenance.
Full profile →A grilled chicken sandwich delivered to a private jet was reported to cost $177 once catering markups and delivery fees were added, an example of why in-flight catering bills routinely run to thousands of dollars. (Private Jet Card Comparisons, October 2024)
More numbers →6,761 nautical miles, about 15h 26m in a large jet, roughly $200,101–$313,069 one-way for four — about $64,146 a seat.
Price this route →Berkshire Hathaway bought Executive Jet Aviation and its NetJets programme in 1998 for $725 million, half in cash and half in stock. Buffett, who had once dubbed his own jet 'The Indefensible', called fractional ownership the future of business travel. At the time NetJets flew 163 aircraft; by 2025 the fleet exceeded 800. Buffett has said NetJets is one of the few Berkshire businesses he uses himself, and he has flown on its aircraft to every annual meeting since.
The full timeline →The tail number encodes his 28 June birthday, and the G650ER became the most-tracked business jet in the world after a student-run account began posting its movements in 2020. Musk also operates two Gulfstream G550s and was reported to have ordered a G700 in 2022. The jet's public tracking led to a 2022 policy change on Twitter/X that banned real-time location sharing.
The story →MOSTLY TRUE — Drake paid nothing to acquire the aircraft — but 'gift' undersells the deal. In 2019 Canadian freight carrier Cargojet unveiled a converted Boeing 767-200 for Drake as a marketing partnership: the airline provided the jet, Drake provided a decade of brand exposure to hundreds of millions of people. Cargojet's own investor materials describe it as a commercial arrangement, not charity.
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