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How New eVTOL Aircraft Could Expand Business Aviation’s Horizons

How New eVTOL Aircraft Could Expand Business Aviation’s Horizons
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Maintenance and Modifications

FlightSafety International Wins Top Flight Award for Maintenance Innovation

FlightSafety International Wins Top Flight Award for Maintenance Innovation
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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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Avionics

Mexico ADS-B Mandate Takes Effect January 1

Following a one-year delay from the originally scheduled date, ADS-B requirements in Mexico go into effect on January 1.
FBOs

EBAA Postpones AIROPS to April, Citing New Covid Wave

With Covid infection rates again on the rise in Europe, EBAA announced today that it is postponed its annual two-day AIROPS conference to early April.
Charter & Fractional

Jet Edge Adds Transcontinental Challenger Flights

Jet Edge is expanding its transcontinental program for Reserve members who want to fly on its fleet of Bombardier Challenger aircraft.
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Aircraft

Qatar Airways Takes Airbus to Court over A350 Dispute

The High Court in London will hear Qatar Airways’ complaint against what the airline characterizes as lack of response by Airbus to safety concerns.
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Airports

Canada’s TSB Addresses Hazards During Runway Construction

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has issued a recommendation that Nav Canada publish notams with graphic depictions of runway closures.

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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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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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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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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FutureFlight

Vermont Stakes Its Claim as a Launch Pad for Aerospace Innovation

The Hula technology campus and business accelerator vertical capital fund is looking to attract start-ups in the advanced air mobility sector to Burlington, where Beta Technologies' Alia 250 eVTOL is taking shape.
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FutureFlight

Tailwind Signs for 20 Airflow Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft

Airflow and Tailwind Air are partnering on the world’s first amphibious seaplane to use distributed electric propulsion.
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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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