The business aviation market is poised for a strong 2026, coming off a year when all major regions of the world saw increases in flight activity, backlogs at the aircraft manufacturers flourished, fractional operations boomed, and Part 135 operations were resurgent, according to aviation research and safety specialist Argus International.

Releasing its 2025 Annual Business Aviation Review, which highlights its TraqPak operational data, Argus noted, “​​As we officially close out the year, we are left wondering if the strong gains we experienced throughout the year can continue into 2026.” Citing the positive results in 2025, Argus added, “The case certainly looks strong for 2026.” Argus predicted North American activity to end up by 1.9% in 2026.

In 2025, North America experienced yearly activity gains in 11 of 12 months. Business aviation activity increased by 3.4% and flight hours by 3.5% in North America during 2025. All three operational categories ended the year posting increases, with fractionals leading the pack with 9.4% yearly growth. Part 135 rose by 3.3%, and Part 91 edged up by 0.9%. All aircraft operational categories finished the year up, with midsize cabins seeing the largest increase at 4.2%, followed by small cabins at 4%, turboprops at 2.6%, and large cabins at 1.9%.

European operations were up by 0.4%, with eight straight months of YOY gains. In fact, all the regions saw increases, with South America leading at a YOY gain of 21.4%.

Textron Aviation is seeing “strong demand” in Asia-Pacific for its turboprop and business jet offerings, Tony Jones, the company’s v-p of sales for the region, said this week at the 2026 Singapore Airshow.

While he noted that interest is across the product line, the U.S. aircraft manufacturer is displaying its best-selling models at the Asian aerospace show: a midsize Cessna Citation Latitude twinjet and a Beechcraft King Air 360 turboprop twin. Demand is being buoyed by healthy economies and high business confidence and growth throughout the region, Jones said.

“Asia-Pacific is a strong turboprop market,” he told AIN. “Australia is a great market for us, and Southeast Asia is really hot right now as well. The King Air and Latitude models we’re showing here in Singapore are aircraft that really suit this market.”

The company’s refreshed products—including the Citation M2 Gen 2 with autothrottles and newly FAA-certified Citation Ascend—are also gaining attention throughout Asia, according to Jones. In addition, he said, “There is a lot of anticipation in this region” for Textron Aviation’s in-development Beechcraft Denali turboprop single, which is expected to obtain U.S. approval soon.

Meanwhile, attitudes toward business aviation in Asia are changing, with more viewing it as a business tool rather than as a luxury, Jones said. Airport infrastructure in Asia is also improving, he noted, further propelling demand for business jets and turboprops in the region.

Tamarack Aerospace Group has rolled out an enhanced aircraft performance data update in collaboration with ForeFlight, improving real-world performance modeling for CitationJets equipped with Tamarack Active Winglets.

The update went live automatically for ForeFlight users on February 3 and incorporates higher-resolution performance datasets derived from Tamarack’s expanding global fleet of Active Winglet-equipped aircraft. The additional data represents thousands of real-world flight hours and is intended to improve the accuracy of fuel burn, time en route, climb, and overall performance planning.

The rollout applies to the full CitationJet family, including the Cessna 525 series, 525A series, and 525B series. According to ForeFlight, the refined datasets are expected to reduce the need for pilots to apply manual performance biases within aircraft profiles.

“In the past, users may have added performance biases to their aircraft profiles in ForeFlight to better align their flight planning to the performance they see in the air,” said Jordan Hovland, aircraft performance data manager at Jeppesen ForeFlight. “With this update, customers should see the baseline performance figures more closely align with reality, reducing any need for biases.”

Tamarack said its original performance data was fully certified and FAA-approved, but the expanded dataset reflects a larger body of operational evidence gathered from in-service aircraft. Tamarack said it has more than 200 Active Winglet installations worldwide.

Syzygy Plasmonics, another potential player in the sustainable aviation fuel market, has signed a six-year offtake agreement with commodities broker Trafigura for the purchase of next-generation SAF from Syzygy’s first commercial facility, which will be located in Durazno, Uruguay.

NovaSAF-1, as the plant will be named, will be the world’s first electrified biogas-to-SAF facility to produce SAF compliant with standards for renewable fuels of non-biological origin, with deliveries anticipated to start in 2028. It will use Honeywell’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydrocracking technologies and a specialized photoreactor that contains plasmonic nanoparticles. When illuminated by lights powered by renewable electricity, these nanoparticles absorb light energy and transfer it directly to biogas molecules, splitting them apart.

Syzygy declined to answer a question from AIN as to the planned output of the facility, but the binding agreement with Trafigura will cover the entire production volume of the NovaSAF-1 plant during that six-year span.

“This agreement marks a critical step in our journey toward commercial-scale impact and disrupting the SAF market,” explained Syzygy CEO Trevor Best. “With a signed offtake agreement from a global leader like Trafigura, and after having successfully completed LEED engineering in December, we’re now ready to secure financing for the construction of NovaSAF-1 and move our technology from potential into production.”

Dassault Aviation has appointed Didier Raynard as its new senior vice president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region. At the Singapore Airshow on Tuesday, the company announced that Raynard will succeed Jean-Michel Jacob, who is retiring.

A graduate of France’s ESTACA aerospace engineering school, Raynard will be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and will lead sales campaigns for Dassault’s Falcon business jets across East and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Rim. He joined Dassault in 2008 as a sales manager and has more than 24 years of experience in the region, having previously worked for EADS and Airbus.

There are now around 100 Falcons based in the Asia-Pacific region. Dassault is working to boost this fleet with the arrival of new models, including the 6X, which entered service in late 2023, and the 10X, which is about to start its flight-test campaign.

Dassault is displaying a Falcon 6X at the Singapore Airshow. The aircraft features a wide cabin for passengers, advanced fly-by-wire flight controls, and Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D engines. 

In 2024, Dassault’s ExecuJet Malaysia subsidiary opened a new maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility at Malaysia’s Subang Airport. The facility supports Falcon jets and multiple other business aircraft types.

Embraer-CAE Training Services (ECTS) has ordered its first full-flight simulator for training pilots to operate Eve Air Mobility’s eVTOL aircraft. CAE, which runs the joint venture with Eve’s parent company Embraer, announced the order on Thursday.

The company did not say where the first eVTOL simulator will be installed or when it will be delivered. ECTS has training centers in Amsterdam, Dallas, Burgess Hill (UK), and São Paulo, and confirmed selection of the CAE equipment in October 2024.

According to CAE, Eve will use the simulator in the certification process as it works to achieve type certification for the four-passenger Eve-100 model in 2027. It made its first flight with a full-scale engineering prototype in December. Multiple operators worldwide have signed letters of intent for around 2,800 eVTOLs, with Brazil-based Revo expecting to be among the first to launch commercial services.

The CAE 3000 full-flight simulator features a precise flight deck replica, plus high-fidelity motion cueing and CAE’s latest Prodigy Visual System powered by Unreal Engine. ECTS will also provide training for eVTOL maintenance technicians and ground handlers under the EveTechCare program.

“This simulator is a critical investment in ensuring Eve pilots receive world-class training as we advance towards commercial operations,” said Luiz Mauad, Eve’s vice president for customer services. “It also reflects our disciplined approach to scaling operations responsibly, ensuring our training infrastructure evolves in lockstep with aircraft certification and market entry.”

Luxaviation Group expanded its aircraft management business in Asia-Pacific in 2025, bringing its total managed fleet in the region to 18 aircraft, and says it expects growth to continue through 2026.

Two Dassault Falcon 7X airplanes were added to the group’s portfolio in the region during 2025, as well as a Bombardier Challenger 604, and one Falcon 7X in Australia. All newly added aircraft operate commercially under Luxaviation Group air operator certificates, including those in Australia, San Marino, and Malta, and are available for charter across the region.

According to the company, the fleet expansion added charter capacity in the Asia-Pacific market, particularly for long-range operations, where demand continues to exceed supply during peak travel periods. Luxaviation said the additional aircraft also support the continued development of its regional charter network and improve connectivity across Asia and Australia.

“The strong growth achieved in 2025 lays the foundation for an ambitious 2026 in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Patrick Hansen, CEO of Luxaviation Group.

Looking ahead, Luxaviation expects to add three new long-range aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region during the first half of 2026. The company said the incoming airplanes will further support private and group charters, long-range missions, and cargo operations. Luxaviation also cited planned sustainability initiatives, including the availability of sustainable aviation fuel at key locations, aligned with its broader sustainability roadmap.