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Thales Sees Asia-Pac as Fertile Ground for UAM Development

The Asia-Pacific region’s vast population, huge cities and poor road systems make it ripe for UAM market development, says Thales.
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Airlines

Bolloré Logistics Adds Aerospace to Consumer Goods Offering

Based in Paris, Bolloré Logistics sees Singapore as Asia-Pacific’s undisputed regional MRO hub.
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Aircraft

ST Engineering Gets Major Boost from P2F Work

The freighter conversion business of ST Engineering represented a bright spot in 2021.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

For Singapore, the Path to Urban Air Mobility Could be Paved With Gold

In its new Roadmap document, Volocopter says the introduction of eVTOL aircraft passenger and freight flights could boost the Singapore economy to the tune of S$4.18 billion ($3.1 billion) by 2030.
FutureFlight

Eviation Co-founder and CEO Leaves Company Before Alice's First Flight

Omer Bar-Yohay co-founded the company and has led its efforts to bring the nine-passenger, all-electric, fixed-wing aircraft to market.
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Aircraft

Malaysia and India Eye Sukhoi Fighter Upgrades

The start of shipments of the Su-30SM2 to the Russian Air and Space Force is sparking interest in new variants from Malaysia and India.
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Aircraft

Chinese Companies Dominate Asia-Pac Aircraft Leasing Space

Chinese lessors have learned the trade enthusiastically and show strong international ambition.
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Aircraft

Small Narrowbodies a Natural Fit for Asia-Pacific

Embraer and Airbus reckon carriers’ post-pandemic efforts to adjust capacity to reduced demand represents a key Asia-Pacific sales opportunity.
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Airlines

Spirit AeroSystems Touts Expanding Aftermarket Business

Spirit AeroSystems is on a push to market its aftermarket business to commercial customers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Aircraft

Sino-Russian CR929 Takes Shape

CR929 partners UAC and Comac have set a first flight target of 2025 amid questions about engine availability.
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Aircraft

Boeing Sees Dramatic Rise in Asia's Traffic Share by 2040

China will account for nearly half of the 18,000 new aircraft required in the region in the next two decades, according to Boeing.
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Aircraft

Taiwan’s Viper Upgrade Fuels F-16 Resurgence

Taiwan led the effort to upgrade its F-16s in place of new aircraft procurement, and the idea has caught on, including in Singapore and South Korea.
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Aircraft

Russia’s Aurus Bizjet More than a Warmed-over SBJ

Developers expect to win Russian certification for the Aurus business jet later this year.
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Aircraft

Taiwan’s Brave Eagle Leaves the Nest

Based on the design of the F-CK-1 fighter, the T-5 is now in the early days of its service with the Republic of China Air Force.
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Aircraft

Korea's New Hunting Hawk Readies for First Flight

KAI expects to fly the prototype of its KF-21 Boramae multirole fighter this year.
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Aircraft

Led by China, Asia-Pac MROs Look Toward Covid Recovery

China's domestic market and maintenance demands buoy that country's MRO providers while other Asia-Pac players work to emerge from Covid stagnation.
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Aircraft

Indonesia Modernizes Airlifter Fleet

The TNI-AU expects to receive C-130Js and A400Ms to expand and modernize its vital airlift capacity, as well as to upgrade some existing aircraft.
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Avionics

Asia-Pacific To Drive Strong Demand for Bizav Avionics

Three major avionics manufacturers expect strong Asia-Pacific market demand for business aviation equipment, and for a variety of reasons.
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Sustainability and Environment

LanzaJet To Partner on Second SAF Plant

LanzaJet will partner with Marquis Sustainable Fuel to build an integrated fuel plant with a capacity of 120 million gallons a year in Hennepin, Illinois.
Avionics

Expanded Engine Monitoring Available for Select PC-12s

Garmin's release of the TXi Engine Indication System is available for select PC-12/45 and PC-12/47 turboprop singles.
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WingX: Bizjet Demand Continues To Rise

The first week in February showed the year-over-year upswing in private jet activity continuing according to data analyst WingX.
Regulations and Government

AINsight: FAA Aeromedical Letters, Part 1

Not all letters from the FAA are bad. Many of the medical-related ones the agency sends are approvals after a condition has been reviewed.

Aircraft Suppliers Share $771k in Job-protection Grants

The federal Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection program has supported 52 Kansas companies with more than $111 million in grants.
Aircraft

Leonardo To Make Fuselage for Vertical VX4 eVTOL

Helicopter manufacturer Leonardo will support Vertical Aerospace in developing the fuselage for its VX4 eVTOL.
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Airlines

Aviation Alliance Expands Reach, Adding Grange President to Board

Betsy Huber, president of the National Grange, is eyeing issues where rural and farming communities can collaborate with aviation.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Resumes Turbo Skylane Production

After a nine-year hiatus, Textron Aviation announced it will resume production of the Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane piston single.
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Engines

Honeywell Engines Selected for Defiant X

Honeywell’s new HTS7500 turboshaft has been selected to power the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Nordam, China Airlines JV Establishes Taiwan MRO

The Taiwan operation replaces Nordam's more than two-decade-old MRO in Singapore.
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Aircraft

OEMs See Many Asia-Pac Roles for Utility Aircraft

Textron, Viking Air and Britten-Norman outline widely differing Asia-Pacific mission opportunities for their utility aircraft types.
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Aircraft

China Plays Long Game on C919 Development

Chinese leadership appears undeterred by persistent roadblocks to the C919's certification.
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