January 19, 2007 Eclipse Aviation delivered the world’s first very light jet (VLJ) customer aircraft earlier this month, intent on clearing the waiting list of more than 2,500 aircraft. Given ...

Eclipse Aviation was founded in 1998 and produced the popular-among-owners Eclipse 500—the first of a new breed of so-called Very Light Jets.

Light jets and their slightly smaller cousins, very light jets (VLJs), excel in cost-effectiveness and operational flexibility for business travel and personal use.

The Embraer Very Light Jet (both airplanes are still going by generic names), powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney PW617F engines with 1,615 pounds of thrust, will carry up to eight people to a ...

The Diamond D-Jet was a bold attempt by Austrian manufacturer Diamond Aircraft to enter the very light jet (VLJ) market, a sector that saw significant interest in the early 2000s. With a sleek ...

AEROCOR attributes much of the success to the increase in demand for private aircraft resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic, coupled with the firm's increased footprint in the light jet ...

The Cirrus Vision SF50 jet is manufactured by Cirrus Aircraft, headquartered in Minnesota, US. The single-engine, very light jet features a low wing configuration and carbon fiber-made fuselage.

Years of hype are giving way to actual planes in the very light jet category. What's it like to fly one?

Very light jets have travelers, corporations and commercial operators buzzing about the “perfect storm” of technology that could revolutionize the way people get places by plane.

The idea of the very light jet was largely championed by Eclipse Aviation and its founder, Vern Rayburn. But the company's been quiet of late, and it's no longer trumpeting the idea with massive ...