A three-dimensional chemistry-general circulation model has been employed to estimate the impact of current aircraft NOx emissions on tropospheric ozone. The model contains a representation of higher hydrocarbon chemistry, implemented by means of the Carbon Bond Mechanism 4 (CBM4), in order to investigate the potential effect of higher hydrocarbons on aircraft-induced ozone changes. Aircraft NOx emissions increase background NOX (= NO + NO2 + NO3 + 2N2O5 + HNO4) concentrations by 50--70 pptv in the upper troposphere over the Northern Hemisphere, and contribute up to 3 ppbv to upper tropospheric background ozone levels. When higher hydrocarbon chemistry is considered in the simulation, the aircraft-induced ozone perturbations are higher by ~12% during summer and the aircraft-induced ozone production efficiency per NOx molecule increases by ~20%, when compared to a simulation without higher hydrocarbon chemistry.