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Accidents

Crash Inquiry Prompts Gulfstream Service Letters

Gulfstream has issued maintenance and operations letters regarding ground spoiler checks as a result of a December 2021 fatal crash of a GIV-SP.
Avionics

FAA Eases Preflight Rules for Certain ADS-B Avionics

Operators with ADS-B Out receivers with selective availability are no longer required to perform a preflight performance availability prediction check.
Airports

NBAA Joins Motion To Halt KHTO Conversion

NBAA has joined with several other stakeholders in filing legal challenges to tomorrow’s planned closure of East Hampton Airport
Charter & Fractional

Elite Jets Recommits To Safety Focus

The Naples, Florida-based charter operator has re-certified as an Argus Platinum operator and earned IS-BAO Stage 2 certification.
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Airlines

JetBlue Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Spirit Airlines

New York-based JetBlue has filed a “Vote No” proxy statement for Spirit's upcoming special meeting.
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FutureFlight

Piaggio Makes Plans for Hydrogen-Electric Business Aircraft

The Italian company is in administration, awaiting possible acquisition by new owners, who would determine whether to invest in a new aircraft.
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Charter & Fractional

Surack Buys Enstrom Helicopter

Indiana-based Surack Enterprises bought Enstrom Helicopter Corporation after a previously-announced deal to sell the company collapsed.
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Rotorcraft

Embraer’s Eve Boosts Plans For Urban Air Mobility Revolution With Wall Street Cash

Embraer’s Eve Boosts Plans For Urban Air Mobility Revolution With Wall Street Cash
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Bolen Calls for 'Bold Actions' To Address Aviation Workforce

NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen warned that workforce shortages could 'destabilize operations' and urged Congress to support collaborative initiatives.
Aircraft

AINsight: Timing Counts in Buying, Financing Bizjets

With preowned business jet inventory low and demand at record highs, speed is important to successfully purchase an airplane using either financing or cash
Regulations and Government

AviationManuals Issues Updated Flight-planning Guide

Flight department manual and safety services specialist AviationManuals has issued an updated version of its flight planning guide.
FBOs

Modern Aviation To Acquire Three California FBOs

Modern Aviation will expand its network with the purchase of California-based Superior Aviation Company’s (SACJet) trio of Sacramento-area facilities.
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Aircraft

Turkey Orders Citations for Flight Inspection

Turkey has used Cessna Citation twinjets for flight inspection since 1993.
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Airlines

Eurocontrol Sees CO2 Measures Costing €29 billion by 2030

In its 16th in a series of “think papers,” Eurocontrol examines cost of emissions reduction measures.
Sustainability and Environment

Phillips 66 To Establish Large Renewable Fuels Plant

Phillips 66 has decided to begin conversion of its major San Francisco area petroleum refinery into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities.
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FutureFlight

Joby Sees No Delay to Approval of eVTOL Aircraft From FAA Rule Changes

Operating losses for the first quarter of 2022 increased as the company has almost doubled its investment in research and development work, but it still holds $1.2 billion in cash and other capital on its balance sheet.
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FutureFlight

Ampaire Says Caravan Conversion Represents Fast-track to Viable Electric Aviation

In addition to Textron's Grand Caravan, the company says it could convert models such as the Twin Otter, the SkyMaster, and ATR's regional airliners.
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FutureFlight

Battery Supplier Amprius To Boost Electric Mobility Ambitions with Equity Flotation

The company is combining its business with special purpose acquisition company Kensington Capital and hopes to raise $430 million with a New York Stock Exchange flotation.
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FutureFlight

Hawaiian Airlines Agrees to Invest in Regent’s Monarch Seaglider

Along with its equity investment, Hawaiian Airline agrees to support the initial design of the 100-passenger Monarch.
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FutureFlight

With Cash Reserves Boosted, Eve Says It's Ready to Accelerate Plans For Advanced Air Mobility Market

The company raised $377 million from an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, with dented trading conditions resulting in less than the anticipated $500 million plus return.
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FutureFlight

Archer Poised To Resume Flight Testing of Its Maker eVTOL Technology Demonstrator

The company reported rising operating costs related to increased expenditure to build and certify its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Residco Adds To Leasing Pool with Brown Asset Buy

Leasing company Residco is making a move into the light aircraft leasing business and plans to serve flight schools and university flight programs.
Charter & Fractional

Wheels Up Reports Record Revenues, Large Losses in 1Q22

Wheels Up Q1 revenues topped $325 million, but it lost $89 million in the process.

Embraer Looks To Add 1,000 Workers to Payroll

Embraer is hiring as it eyes growth in aircraft deliveries.
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Safety

Baldwin Integrates JumpSeat Crowdsourced App into FRAT

Introduced last year and now with several thousand users, JumpSeat's crowdsourced app enables pilots to share and access operational information.

WingX: Bizav Soaring in May

For the first part of May global business jet activity was up by 23 percent compared with the same period last year and 9 percent over pre-pandemic 2019.
Accidents

Tail Contamination, W&B Eyed in PC-12 Fatal Crash

Accumulated snow/ice, excessive gross weight, and out-of-limit center of gravity are among factors eyed by investigators of a Pilatus PC-12 crash.
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Raytheon Invests in Hermeus as Avionics Testing Begins

Raytheon's RTX Ventures is making a strategic investment in Hermeus as the hypersonic technology developer begins avionics testing.
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Aircraft

Signature TechnicAir MRO Approved for HondaJet Mx

Signature TechnicAir’s line maintenance and mobile service units based at four other London-area airports also will provide HondaJet support.
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FBOs

Sheltair Expands Savannah FBO

Sheltair broke ground this week on a new hangar project at its Savannah Hilton Head International Airport FBO.