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CrewBlast Launches To Quickly Fill Staffing Needs

The CrewBlast app will push notifications of staffing needs to registered pilots and flight attendants, enabling qualified, available crew to respond.
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Charter & Fractional

GrandView Looks To Increase Jet Card Sales by Year-end

GrandView Aviation is offering fixed rates on 70 routes for its Altitude Plus jet card membership program.
Airlines

Qatar Airways First To Use IATA’s Carbon Exchange Marketplace

The IATA Aviation Carbon Exchange has gained its first signatory, Qatar Airways.
Engines

Aussie Firm Picks P&WC PT6A for Modernized Albatross

Amphibian Aerospace Industries has selected the P&WC PT6A-67F engine for its modernized version of the Albatross amphibious twin.
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MyGoFlight CEO Charlie Schneider Dies after SR22 Crash

Schneider had been traveling on business in a Cirrus SR22 when the aircraft crashed in Knoxville, Tennessee, on December 16.
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FutureFlight

Archer Achieves First Flight with Maker eVTOL Technology Demonstrator

The company confirmed that the Maker's first hover flight was made at an undisclosed test site location on December 16, marking the start of a flight-test program that is due to culminate in type certification in 2024.
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FutureFlight

Ground Infrastructure Experts Wrestle With Vertiport Challenges

Commercial eVTOL aircraft services could require many thousands of vertiports in cities and communities around the world, and that will require a huge planning task, according to companies preparing the way.
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FutureFlight

U.S. Lawmakers Back Government Support for Advanced Air Mobility

A proposed bill in the House of Representatives has won support from industry groups including the National Business Aviation Association and the Helicopter Association International.
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FutureFlight

Bristow Evaluates Overair's Butterfly eVTOL for Advanced Air Mobility Plans

The helicopter operations group has made provisional commitments to add up to 250 eVTOL and eSTOL aircraft to its fleet through agreements with Overair, Eve Urban Air Mobility, Vertical Aerospace, and Electra Aero.
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FBOs

ASL Group Opens New Genav Terminal at Liege Airport

ASL Group, which is now the exclusive general aviation aircraft handler at Belgium’s Liege Airport, has unveiled its newly-built general aviation terminal.
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Rotorcraft

Bristow Teams With Overair on Butterfly eVTOL

Helo operator Bristow has launched a collaboration with Overair, marking its fourth such deal with an aircraft OEM in the advanced air mobility sector.
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ArcosJet: Used Bizjet Prices To Keep Rising in 1H2022

An ArocsJet survey in Europe revealed that the market does not anticipate preowned business aircraft inventory to grow until the second half of 2022.
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Maintenance and Modifications

AINsight: Are We Asking Mx Techs To Do Too Much?

As the list of tasks for aircraft maintenance technicians keeps growing, it might be time for a reboot of roles and responsibilities.
Sustainability and Environment

Sun Air Jets Self-certifies as NATA Green Business

The certification applies to the Part 135 operator's FBO at Camarillo Airport in California.
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Boom Sustainability Summit Eyes Future Paths

Encouraged by the success of its first sustainability summit that drew 50 leaders across the travel industry, Boom Supersonic is planning the next event.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Greenpoint Delivers First VIP 787-9 in Record Time

Greenpoint Delivers First VIP 787-9 in Record Time
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Aircraft

Aery Aviation Acquires 12 Special-missions Learjets

The additional aircraft will support Aery Aviation's U.S. Navy High Endurance Electronic Warfare Jet contract.
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FBOs

Jet Aviation Scottsdale Wins Top Flight Award for New FBO

Jet Aviation Scottsdale Wins Top Flight Award for New FBO
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Rotorcraft

Helicopter Association Int'l, USHST, and VAST Win Top Flight Award for Contribution to Safety

Helicopter Association Int'l, USHST, and VAST Win Top Flight Award for Contribution to Safety
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FBOs

San Francisco Bay Area FBO Adds New Hangar Complex

Five Rivers Aviation, the sole service provider at San Francisco-area Livermore Municipal Airport, has completed a new 43,000-sq-ft hangar complex.
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Aircraft

Air France-KLM Boosts Airbus’s Ample December Orderbook

Airbus signed its third major aircraft deal in two days following the Air France-KLM board’s approval of a contract for 100 A320/A321neos and four A350Fs.
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FBOs

Modern Aviation Closes on Puerto Rico FBO Acquisition

The deal includes FBOs in San Juan and Ceiba previously owned and operated by Million Air franchisee Hill Aviation.
Regulations and Government

NBAA Praises New Bill Supporting AAM Infrastructure

The Advanced Aviation Infrastructure Modernization Act (AAIM) would direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot grant program.
Accidents

Nine Killed in Dominican Republic GIV-SP Crash

Seven passengers and two crewmembers were killed yesterday evening when a GIV-SP crashed shortly after takeoff while attempting a diversionary landing.
ATC

Industry Awaiting Notam on 5G Ops Limits

The aviation industry is hopeful that through coordination and data-sharing that the FAA will develop a notam that will buffer operations from 5G limits.
Aircraft

Honda Aircraft Delivers 200th HondaJet

The HondaJet is certified in more than 13 countries and the fleet has accumulated more than 98,000 flight hours.
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Rotorcraft

Vertical Aerospace Makes $300M Wall Street Takeoff

Shares in eVTOL aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace began trading on the New York Stock Exchange and are expected to raise $300 million.
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Aircraft

Qantas Chooses to Rebuild Narrowbody Fleet With Airbus

The Australian carrier announced potential orders for up to 134 A321XLR and A220 airliners after a competition between Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Northrop Grumman To Repurpose EQ-4Bs as Range Hawks

The former BACN-carrying high-altitude UAVs will be outfitted to support hypersonic missile tests as part of the SkyRange initiative.
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FutureFlight

Vertical Makes Wall Street eVTOL Takeoff with $300 Million Flotation

The UK-based company's four-passenger VX4 eVTOL will have range of over 100 miles, and prospective launch customers have committed to buy up to 1,350 of the aircraft.
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