American startup Otto Aerospace grabbed attention at the 2025 Paris Air Show with its super-mid private jet concept, the Phantom 3500. This bold entry into the super-mid market features a remarkably efficient and lightweight design that leverages the advantages of a phenomenon called laminar flow....read more
Arriving on the corporate aviation scene in late 2025 with a mammoth 300-unit Flexjet order for its Phantom 3500 business jet, Otto Aerospace is readying for a series of key milestones in 2026, including high speed wind tunnel tests of the aircraft’s low drag design....read more
Several new and upgraded business aircraft were certified in 2025, as the industry goes through its latest renewal cycle. Otto Aerospace entered the market with a novel laminar-flow jet, and fractional ownership company Flexjet set a new high-water mark for aircraft orders and raising investment....read more
Combining ample range, comfort, and bleeding-edge tech, the segment is punching well above its class....read more
Company aims to fly in 2027 and achieve certification in 2030...read more
At the 2025 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) Flight Deck, experts building the next generation of aircraft shared their visions for the future of airspace. The development of new vertical lift aircraft and autonomous capabilities mean streamlined door-to-door travel in urban areas has never been closer....read more
Otto Aerospace intends to begin taking customer deposits for its in-development Phantom 3500 later this decade following the super-midsize jet’s maiden sortie....read more
Cars looked better in the good old days. You had ridiculous tail fins, more chrome than in a professional kitchen and huge sticking-out ornaments on the bonnet. But road safety campaigners did not feel that exciting styling made up for the risk of jaywalkers being kebabbed. So they ended up looking the same. Exceptions, like Tesla’s Cybertruck, prove the rule....read more
A new, clean-sheet business aircraft design now in development by U.S. startup Otto Aviation aims to bring unprecedented efficiency and sustainability to the super-midsize segment, also while looking like nothing else on the airport ramp....read more
Flexjet, a fractional jet ownership and leasing company, is becoming Otto Aerospace’s launch customer for the Phantom 3500 business jet. The agreement consists of 300 firm orders for the aircraft, with additional options, with the first jet expected to be delivered in 2030. The contract also enables Flexjet’s in-house maintenance organisation to become an Otto authorised centre....read more
