Graham Warwick | Aviation Week & Space Technology

Two days and 5,400 mi. apart, delivery by drone took significant steps toward everyday reality. On April 23, the first air carrier certificate for a commercial drone delivery service in the U.S. was awarded by the FAA to Wing, the subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet. A day later, Ghana formally launched the world’s largest medical drone delivery service, operated by Zipline and covering the entire country. Armed with its Part 135 operator’s certificate, Wing plans to engage with communities and businesses in Blacksburg and Christiansburg in southwest Virginia, close to where it has been trialing its delivery drones with...

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Bradley Perrett and John Morris | Aviation Week & Space Technology

Chinese demand for business aircraft has flopped again, disappointing manufacturers for a second time this decade. Economic weakness is one of many factors; politics, never far below the surface in China, is another. Usage of business aircraft in China is also falling behind expectations, especially operations by foreign owners. It looks like international interest in trade and investment deals in China has dropped and, with it, the need for top executives to go there. Dassault has most...

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