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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Viasat To Acquire Inmarsat in $7.3B Deal

Satellite communication giants Viasat and Inmarsat would become one company under a $7.3 billion deal expected to close in second-half 2022.
FBOs

Universal Aviation Expands in Dominican Republic

Universal has established three new ground handling offices in Dominican Republic, ahead of an anticipated busy private aviation travel season.
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Regulations and Government

Risky Aircraft Deals Spurring Legal Cases

Aircraft transaction attorney Paul Lange said his office is seeing a "fair amount" of cases surrounding risky deals from overheated market.
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Accidents

Latin Grammy Winner Dies in King Air Crash

A chartered Beechcraft King Air 90 crashed Friday in Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing 26-year-old Latin Grammy winner Marília Mendonça and four others.
Regulations and Government

Infrastructure Bill Draws Praise for Aviation Support

Infrastructure bill provides support for airports, workforce, AAM, and other key aviation issues.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Elit’Avia, Satcom Direct Expand Commercial Agreement

Elit’Avia has selected Satcom Direct as its preferred supplier under a three-year agreement.
Aircraft

Embraer Plans Net Zero Carbon Path with New Energia Family

The Brazilian airframer is proposing four aircraft concepts, with hybrid, electric, and hydrogen propulsion systems, seating nine to 50 passengers.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gogo, Duncan Partner on Amended 5G STCs

Duncan Aviation is providing the engineering and certification of the first article STC for Gogo's 5G system.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Gremlins UAV Demonstrates First Mid-Air Recovery

After a series of unsuccessful attempts, DARPA’s Gremlins recoverable UAV program has launched and snagged an X-61A air vehicle in flight.
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Long-time HAI Flight Ops Director Hal Summers Dies

Harold “Hal” Summers, who served as director of flight operations for HAI and had an aviation industry career spanning six decades, died October 20.
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Aircraft

Fleet Expansion and MRO Complicate Emirates' Future Plans

Emirates believes most of its A380s will be flying again by next summer.
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Engines

Mubadala’s Aerospace Portfolio Hits at Least $8 Billion in Value

Mubadala unit Sanad sees the size of its own portfolio increase to $1.2 billion.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Flydubai Renews Cost-per-hour Contract with AAR

A five-year agreement extends AAR's rotable component services for Flydubai, which began in 2016.
Aircraft

Storm Warning Comes from UK in Form of Project Tempest

The Tempest fighter is just part of a Future Combat Air System being designed by an international team led by BAE Systems.
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Aircraft

Russia Sees Middle East as a Primary Market for New Airliners

Continuing economic sanctions by the West has raised the possibility of Russian aircraft sales to Iran and Syria, in particular.
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Aircraft

Dubai Airshow Points to Industry Resuscitation

The 2021 Dubai Airshow is the first major international airshow calendar event to take place since 2019.
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Aircraft

Will Dubai Get Back On the Advanced Air Mobility Map?

New eVTOL aircraft could enter service from 2024, but cities like Los Angeles and Singapore appear to be ahead of Dubai in adopting electric aviation.
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Regulations and Government

After Early Covid Hit, Business Aviation Became a Big Part of the Solution

After Early Covid Hit, Business Aviation Became a Big Part of the Solution
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Aircraft

Embraer E2: Profit Hunter

Embraer E2: Profit Hunter
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Watch Gogo Experts Install the First Gogo 5G Tower

Watch Gogo Experts Install the First Gogo 5G Tower
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FutureFlight

Private Flight Booker Flapz Pitches for Role in eVTOL Air Taxi Market

Online charter booking portal Flapz is partnering with urban air mobility infrastructure developer Varon Vehicles to promote the new mode of transportation across Latin America.
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FutureFlight

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Advanced Air Mobility Act

The new legislation was welcomed as a boost for the new sector by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
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FutureFlight

Veteran Airframer Seeks Leading Role Weaning Airliners Off Fossil Fuel

The team that built the CRJ regional jet family is now focused on how legacy aircraft can be converted to hydrogen propulsion through partnerships with innovators like ZeroAvia.
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FutureFlight

Air Traffic Management Specialist D3 Rebrands as Skyroads

The German start-up has been demonstrating a prototype of the traffic management system it is developing to support various advanced air mobility applications, including eVTOL air taxi services.
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FutureFlight

Overair Expands Headquarters for Next Stage of Butterfly eVTOL's Metamorphosis

The California company has doubled the size of its facilities near John Wayne/Orange County Airport to make space for construction of a full-scale prototype that will start flight testing in 2023.
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FutureFlight

UK Consortium Proposes Ammonia-based Propulsion System for Aircraft

Reaction Engines and the Science and Technology Facilities Council have venture capital backing for the project announced during the United Nations COP26 climate change conference.
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Safety

BACE Helped BBD Leaders To Resume In-person Standdown

Bombardier's 2021 Safety Standdown—the 25th edition—attracted 200 in-person attendees and another 1,100 participants from 20 countries via webcast.
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Aircraft

AINsight: Aircraft Buying Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Aircraft buyers should be focused on finding the right aircraft and doing proper due diligence instead of racing to meet a deadline to capture a tax play.
Accidents

Tamarack Disputes NTSB Accident Report

Tamarack Aerospace is disputing the NTSB’s final report on fatal crash of a Citation CJ2+ which went down soon after takeoff in Indiana in November, 2018.
Regulations and Government

U.S. House Passes Advanced Air Mobility Bill

The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act would establish an interagency government working group to help facilitate AAM.