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Aircraft

Pilatus Aircraft Hands Over 1,800th PC-12

Pilatus Aircraft last week handed over the 1,800th PC-12 turboprop single, just three months after delivering its 100th PC-24 twinjet.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Deliveries Flat but Revenues Up in Q1

Earnings increased, but the company faces a debtor complaint over the sale of non-core units.
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Aircraft

Egypt Orders 30 More Rafale Fighters

The new deal will bring Rafale deliveries to Egypt from France to 54 aircraft, making it the most important export customer to date.
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FBOs

Ross Aviation Acquires Nebraska FBO

Ross Aviation has expanded with the purchase of the Silverhawk Aviation FBO at Nebraska’s Lincoln Airport.
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Charter & Fractional

Jet Aviation Secures FAA Part 125 Certificate

The FAA Part 125 certificate enables Jet Aviation to operate aircraft seating more than 20 passengers for charter.
Airlines

IATA’s Walsh Calls for End to ‘Price Gouging’ on Covid Testing

An IATA study shows that cost of an air ticket could almost double due to Covid testing requirements.
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UK Carrier Strike Group Begins Deployment

An operational aircraft carrier capability is being restored to the Royal Navy after more than a decade with the deployment of the Queen Elizabeth.
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FutureFlight

Safran Plans Fire Protection System for Electric Aircraft

The electric-motor manufacturer is partnering with pyrotechnic specialist Pyroalliance to bring equipment to market by 2023 that could provide instant protection against electric arcs.
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FutureFlight

ZeroAvia Says Flight Test Accident Will Not Delay Hydrogen Aircraft Service Entry

The company has released a longer statement on the April 29 off-airport landing of its flight test aircraft and set up an internal investigation team.
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Aircraft

Lufthansa Resolves To Buy 10 More Airbus, Boeing Widebodies

Five Airbus A350-900s and five Boeing 787-9s will effectively replace Lufthansa's A340 quadjets.
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Airlines

EU Seeks To Relax Restrictions for Travel into the Bloc

The European Commission has recommended easing border restrictions on non-essential travel for fully vaccinated individuals.
Charter & Fractional

Amidst Covid, Journey Grows Charter Biz

Journey Aviation adds seven large-cabin, super-midsize and midsize jets in the 12 months since March 2020.
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Regulations and Government

NFPA Rejects NATA Proposal for 407 Overfill Standard

The standards council of the National Fire Protection Association has denied NATA’s suggested amendment for overfill protection systems.
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Rotorcraft

Robinson Helicopter Logs 13,000th Delivery

Robinson has been manufacturing helicopters since 1979.
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Airports

NBAA's Advanced Air Mobility Roundtable Lifts Off

NBAA has formed a new Advanced Air Mobility Roundtable as a forum to chart a course for the integration of AAM technologies into U.S. airspace.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gogo Unveils Unlimited Streaming, Data Plan

Gogo is also offering to Avance L5 customers two new high data plans.
FBOs

Avfuel Gains First Central American FBO Customer

Avfuel announced that LAATS FBO, at Guatemala’s La Aurora International Airport is first Central American FBO to join its branded dealer network.
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FBOs

UK's Farnborough Keeps Top Spot in AIN FBO Survey

London-area Farnborough Airport continued its decade-plus reign as the top FBO outside of the Americas according to the results of AIN’s annual FBO survey.
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Nominations Open for 2021 Top Flight Awards

AIN is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Top Flight Awards.
FBOs

FBO Survey Report: 2021 The Rest of the World

Customer service matters, and the top FBO's among AIN's readers know how to deliver.
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Aircraft

Cessna Citation Longitude: Pilot Report

The Cessna Citation Longitude is an excellent performer in the super-midsize business jet market.
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Engines

Aircraft Engine Makers Mostly Agnostic on Hydrogen

Pratt & Whitney, along with rivals such as GE, Rolls-Royce, and MTU, see multiple paths to air transport's green future, with hydrogen only one of these.
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Engines

The Case For Hydrogen Powered Aircraft Gains Momentum

Pioneers are working on plans for hydrogen-powered aircraft, ranging in size from 6 to 200 seats, some of which could enter service as soon as 2025.
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Accidents

Accidents: May 2021

Preliminary and final accident reports, May 2021
Engines

Dubai Conference Considers Hydrogen's Pros and Cons

Major technical, safety, and prototype challenges need to be overcome to establish the feasibility of hydrogen fuel for aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Aviation Commemorates Its 100th API Falcon Winglet Installation

Duncan Aviation Commemorates Its 100th API Falcon Winglet Installation
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FutureFlight

Vertiport Plans Support Singapore's Case To Be World's First eVTOL Air Taxi Market

Ground infrastructure provider Skyports sees Asia and the U.S. being early-adopter markets for urban air mobility services, with Europe following soon after.
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FutureFlight

Astro Aerospace Set To Complete Acquisition of Horizon Aircraft

Astro, which is preparing to be listed on the Nasdaq market, will give Horizon's owners five million common shares in return for full control of the company.
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FutureFlight

EHang Adds Fourth Spanish Partner to Urban Air Mobility Development Network

In addition to a new partnership with the Catalan region's airports group, EHang says it will work with local officials to make the city of Zaragoza an aerial transportation hub following test flights of its EH216 eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight

No Injuries as ZeroAvia's Piper Testbed Lands Off-Airport in Test Flight

The Piper M Series aircraft sustained some damage when its crew had to land in a field near Cranfield Airport in the UK, where ZeroAvia is doing development work on its hydrogen propulsion system.
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