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FAA Names New Head of Aircraft Certification

Liro Liu is succeeding Earl Lawrence as executive director of the Aircraft Certification Service.
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Scheduling Manager Earns NBAA S&D Achievement Award

Francea Bolden, scheduling manager with Enterprise Holdings is the recipient of this year’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Outstanding Achievement Award.
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Aircraft

IADA Reports Jump in Completed Bizjet Deals, New Sales

Completed preowned business jet transactions jumped by 35 percent in the first quarter to 288 while acquisition agreements nearly doubled to 223.
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Regulations and Government

Dandelion-derived Rubber Promising for Aircraft Tires

Goodyear is joining a U.S. Department of Defense-led project to test a dandelion species as a natural rubber source for aircraft tires.
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Waguespack: Charter Consolidation Bringing Upside

Showing little sign of slowing down, consolidation of charter companies may help the industry keep up with the overheated demand.
Airlines

European Commission Blacklists 21 Russian Airlines

Aeroflot, S7, UTair are among 21 airlines added to the EU’s Air Safety List.
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Maintenance and Modifications

First Aviation To Buy Heliblade, Expand Helo Mx Service

First Aviation Services is acquiring Heliblade and forming a new rotary-wing maintenance division for rotor blades and dynamic components.
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Aircraft

Airbus Wins 80-aircraft A320neo Order from BOC Aviation

Singapore-headquartered leasing group BOC Aviation places the largest order in its history with an 80-unit deal for A320neo narrowbody airliners.
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Airports

Farnborough Airport Switches To HVO for Diesel Vehicles

Farnborough is expanding on its sustainable efforts through the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil for its diesel-powered cars on-site.
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Rotorcraft

Bestfly Expands Leonardo Fleet

Angolan operator Bestfly is expanding its fleet of Leonardo helicopters to support offshore energy.
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Rotorcraft

Bristow, Helicentre Formalize Training Partnership

Bristow Group has selected Helicentre as its preferred provider of ab-initio commercial pilot training.
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FBOs

Signature Hires IHG Leader for Customer-engagement Role

Signature Aviation is creating a dedicated customer engagement team and brought a senior IHG executive on board to lead it.
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FutureFlight

Preorder for 100 EHang eVTOL Aircraft Paves the Way for Urban Air Mobility in Indonesia

Indonesian company Prestige Aviation has agreed to add 100 of EHang's two-seat EH216 Autonomous Aerial Vehicles to its fleet to provide passenger transportation in the Southeast Asian country.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

New Concept of Operations Spells Out How Autonomous eVTOL Vehicles Could Operate Alongside Other Aircraft

Skyports and eVTOL aircraft developer Wisk say they have produced the first concept of operations to directly address the challenge of establishing autonomous advanced air mobility services using new and existing infrastrcture.
FutureFlight

Wisk and Skyports Issue Concept of Operations for Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft Flights

The concept of operations document spells out how autonomous aircraft could be safely integrated with new and existing vertiports and also with drones and piloted aircraft.
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FutureFlight

Developers of eVTOL Aircraft Resist the Safety Case for Parachutes

Parachutes can be deployed in seconds to allow aircraft to make a safe, soft landing if major systems like propulsion and flight controls fail, but are they suitable for new vertical takeoff and landing vehicles operating at low altitudes?
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Accidents

NTSB: LASD Super Puma Crashed In Brownout

'Rescue 5' was responding to an emergency call and attempting to land when the helicopter became engulfed in dust, contacted a tree, and rolled over.
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Regulations and Government

AINsight: FAA Letters, Part 2

There is no time for pilots to delay action if they receive a letter from the FAA asking for additional medical intervention. Act immediately!
Training and Workforce

United Aviate Academy Growing Fleet, Student Diversity

United Aviation Academy is paving a path for its parent company to hire 10,000 pilots by 2030 with half being minority or women.
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NBAA Wraps Successful Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference

NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference made its triumpant return as a live event this week in San Diego.
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Charter & Fractional

Volare Expands Helo Ops At London Oxford

Volare Aviation has opened a dedicated helicopter maintenance, management and refurbishment facility at London Oxford Airport.
Aircraft

FlyExclusive Launches Fractional Ownership Program

FlyExclusive's deal with Textron Aviation for up to 30 Cessna Citation CJ3+s will support the North Carolina-based company's new fractional program.
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Aircraft

Jetnet iQ Forecasts 1,100 Bizcraft Shipments This Year

Jetnet iQ’s newly released business aircraft forecast calls for 1,100 jets and turboprops to be delivered this year, up about 6 percent from 2021.

Tuskegee Legacy in Spotlight of Eyes Above Horizon Event

Legacy Flight Academy returned its Eyes Above the Horizon event to Tuskegee, AL, where 80 students were able to take a flight and learn about aviation.
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Aircraft

Responding To Demand, Flexjet Adding Pilots, Aircraft

Fractional provider Flexjet plans to hire 350 more pilots this year and will add 50 new jets.
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Flashback: Copter pilot turned businessman is Fedex prexy

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Satcom Direct Awarded FAA STC for Plane Simple Antenna

The multi-Gulfstream model STC builds on EASA STC approval of the Plane Simple antenna system for several Bombardier Global jet models.
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ACSF Forum Highlights Good Work Culture

Researcher, Kimberly Perkins discusses how interpersonal relations can effect safety outcome, and ERAU's Robert Joyce underscores need for positive dialog.
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Argus: Bizav Ops Continue Rise in March

European business aviation flight activity recorded a triple-digit increase in March, according to Argus International's TraqPak report.
Charter & Fractional

Russian Bizav on Verge of Collapse as Sanctions Bite

Ukraine-war related sanctions has led to the almost complete collapse of the Russian business aviation industry.