Wheels Up’s new CEO, George Mattson, has a message for customers: “We're going to be very much of a ‘show me’ and not a ‘tell me’ company.”

Mattson, who stepped in to lead the financially beleaguered company in early October, further vowed, "We’re just going to go get it done and then tell people what we did. We’re going to deliver operational excellence and consistency. Our stated goal is to become the best-run private aviation company and we are delivering tangible, measurable progress every week, every month.”

Crack open any airplane trader magazine and you’re likely to find small and midsized jets—including Learjets, Sabreliners, Falcons, Hawkers, and Westwinds—listed for less than $1 million, some with relatively new paint and interiors. A few may even be advertised for $400,000 or less. These are six- to eight-passenger aircraft, for the most part, and some of them have ranges of 2,000 miles or more. They’re bargains at these prices, right?

Not necessarily. To determine whether you’re really looking at a deal, you first need to consider how old a jet is, and you need to do that based not just on the year of manufacture but also on how many takeoffs, landings, and engine starts it has had. In addition, you have to consider how it has been maintained, whether it has been flying recently, and—often most importantly—how it is equipped.

Amid much fanfare, Gulfstream Aerospace unveiled the G700 as its newest flagship at its NBAA-BACE static display in 2019 at Las Vegas Henderson Executive Airport. Qatar Executive is the announced launch customer, while Flexjet is the first North American fleet customer.

Its latest offering combines the best features of its G650ER and recently certified G500/600, resulting in the introduction of a $75 million twinjet with an NBAA IFR range of at least 7,500 nm. The G700—which was available for viewing in cabin mockup form at Henderson—has a five-living-area cabin with 20 large, G650-size windows, providing a strong competitive response that industry watchers were widely expecting.

Boom Supersonic, which is developing the composite supersonic Overture airliner and the aircraft’s engine, is the first aircraft manufacturer other than advanced air mobility developers to select Honeywell’s Anthem avionics suite. Overture is designed to fly at up to Mach 1.7 carrying up to 80 passengers with a range of 4,250 nm.

A depiction of the Overture flight deck shows three Anthem touch display units (TDUs) and a pilot interface display unit (PIDU) underneath the larger displays. The TDUs and the PIDU use touchscreen interfaces. A sidestick controller is shown on the left side of the flight deck.

At the NBAA convention in Las Vegas, we caught up with ABC's Shark Tank star and entrepreneur Daymond John.

We asked him how he's flying privately now, and what makes a good boss.

Twenty years ago, the FAA commissioned the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), opening the door to satellite-based GPS navigation with accuracy, integrity, and consistent availability for an array of business and general aviation aircraft.

Leading up to then, WAAS had come under scrutiny—and criticism—after encountering several years of delays and mushrooming costs. Even so, groups such as the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association strongly backed it.

UrbanX Air, which is a subsidiary of Global Crossing Airlines Group, jointly announced with Eve plans to launch air taxi services in South Florida. In 2022, the Miami-based company signed a letter of intent covering potential orders for 200 of Eve’s aircraft.

UrbanX intends to establish a network of commuter flights concentrated in the densely populated Miami-Dade County area. Eve’s aircraft is expected to have a range of up to 60 miles.

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