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Jet Aviation adds automated drone + AI exterior aircraft inspections for U.S. customers, extending a 2023 Basel deployment

Jet Aviation has launched a service in the U.S. that uses automated drones and artificial intelligence to inspect aircraft exteriors for customers, building on a technology partnership started in 2023. The capability first rolled out from its Basel, Switzerland headquarters in 2023 and is now being extended across its global footprint.

Discovered 2026-05-19T10:45:28.552369-07:00 | 2026-05-19T10:45:28.552369-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

Jet Aviation is applying AI-enabled drone data capture to exterior inspection workflows, potentially changing how business-aviation operators execute and cost exterior checks (see also the push toward standardized inspection training in FlightSafety’s FAA-approved 3D virtual preflight inspections).
The move reinforces that inspection digitization is now expanding beyond training aids into on-equipment, automated collection—an operational shift aligned with earlier industry adoption of tech-based exterior-check processes such as Jet2’s regulator-approved VR walkaround training.
For providers and customers alike, extending the service from Basel to the U.S. signals confidence in repeatability and scaling of drone+AI inspection as a broader maintenance and safety-adjacent offering within FBO networks.

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