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Rotorcraft

Leonardo Helicopters Rebrands Kopter SH09 as the AW09

With AW09 service entry projected for early 2024, Leonardo is making plans to work on a hybrid-electric helicopter in the second half of the decade.
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Aircraft

Singapore’s A330 MRTT Achieves Full Operational Capability

The introduction of the Airbus tanker/transport has greatly enhanced the RSAF’s capabilities, notably in the fields of medevac and fighter deployment.
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Aircraft

Singapore’s A330 MRTT attains Full Operational Capability

The introduction of the Airbus tanker/transport has greatly enhanced the RSAF’s capabilities, notably in the fields of medevac and fighter deployment.
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FutureFlight

Leonardo Confirms New Plans For a Hybrid-Electric Helicopter

The Italian rotorcraft group is expected to develop a technology demonstrator for an aircraft that could lead to a new model being ready to enter service in the second half of the 2020s.
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FutureFlight

Harbour Air and MagniX Strengthen eBeaver Team With Solar Impulse Battery Expertise

H55, a spin-off venture from the Solar Impulse electric aircraft program, will provide battery packs to support conversion of the Beaver utility aircraft to electric propulsion.
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FutureFlight

Oxis Is Close to Delivering Higher-energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries for Electric Aircraft

By the fall of 2021, the UK company expects to be making its solid-state Li-S battery cells available for trial applications in aviation and other sectors.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Very Light Jet Air Taxis Were Advanced Air Mobility 1.0 Until the Hype Got Seen as Hubris

Veterans of the VLJ wave in the 2000s urge today's eVTOL pioneers to learn from the trend that failed to change the private aviation game as promised.
Fuel

Microbial Fuel Contamination Test App Released

Fuel test provider Conidia Bioscience has launched a mobile app that will work alongside its FUELSTAT microbial contamination test kit.
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Sustainability and Environment

EBAA Holds First Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit

EBAA today hosted its first Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit with a slate of industry experts, regulators, aircraft operators, and fuel companies.
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Airlines

Eurocontrol Outlines Means To Cut CO2 by 25 percent by 2030

A new paper published by Eurocontrol asserts that through collaborative efforts, aviation can cut emissions by a quarter with existing technology.
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Regulations and Government

Sen. Lee Moves To Open Door for Flight Sharing

Sen. Lee introduced bills that would enable pilots to fly for compensation and/or share expenses without having to comply with common carrier regulations.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Edge Chooses Gogo for Fleet Connectivity

Los Angeles-based Jet Edge expects to complete installation of Gogo's Avance L5 by the end of the third quarter.
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Sustainability and Environment

Fortune 500 Companies Back New SAF Group

Environmental groups and Fortune 500 companies join forces in the launch of the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance.

IADA Survey Shows Increasing Broker Optimism for Sales

International Association of Aircraft Dealers members are expecting light and mid-size business jets to lead transactions in the next six months.
FBOs

AOPA's FBO Fee Transparency Crusade Grows

AOPA’s Know Before You Go initiative, aimed at promoting transparency in FBO ramp fee pricing, is expanding.
Aircraft

Bombardier Global Aircraft - Get Speed and Range, Not Tradeoffs

Bombardier Global Aircraft - Get Speed and Range, Not Tradeoffs
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FutureFlight

MightyFly Cleared to Start Autonomous Cargo Drone Services

The start-up's hybrid-electric MF-100 aircraft is expected to have a 100-pound payload and a range of up to 600 miles.
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FBOs

New Café Takes Flight at UK's Farnborough Airport

London-area Farnborough Airport has announced the opening of a new food establishment.
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Sustainability and Environment

Renewable Aviation Fuel Hub Expands in California

Tanker trucks can now directly load Neste sustainable aviation fuel at the Selby fuel distribution terminal near San Francisco, improving its distribution.
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Aircraft

Airbus Conducts Helicopter Refueling Trials with A400M Airlifter

The latest test campaign has achieved most of the objectives required to clear the A400M to refuel helicopters in flight.
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Aircraft

UK CAA Issues Foreign Carrier Permit to JetBlue

Planning to start transatlantic service this year, JetBlue becomes the first carrier to win a UK foreign operators’ certificate since Brexit.
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Bizav Activity Strengthens in North America, Europe

Business aviation picked up 46.2 percent year-over-year in March in North America and 15.8 percent in Europe.
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Regulations and Government

NASA Helicopter Flies on Mars

Ingenuity becomes the first aircraft to conduct controlled, powered flight on another planet.
Aircraft

Daher Projects 40% Climb in 2021 Aircraft Deliveries

Daher expects to deliver 75 aircraft—50 TBMs and 25 Kodiak 100s—this year, which would be a 41.5 percent increase over 2020 shipments.
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Charter & Fractional

Public Air Charter Aero Looks To Expand Destinations

Aero operates as a public charter provider serving leisure travelers and using Embraer ERJ-135s with 16 seats in a first-class configuration.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

First Global Hawk UAV for Japan Takes to the Air

Tokyo has ordered three examples of Northrop Grumman's high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle, along with associated ground equipment.
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FutureFlight

Volocopter Steps Up Chinese Urban Air Mobility Plans Through Geely Joint Venture

Chinese automotive group Geely Technology is among the largest investors in the German eVTOL aircraft developer.
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FutureFlight

Lilium Partners With Airports to Build Regional Air Mobility Network in Bavaria

From Nuremberg and Munich airports, Lilium intends to offer flights to cities across the large and economically vibrant German state.
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FutureFlight

With Astro Acquisition Looming, Horizon Says Investors Still Bullish On eVTOL Air Taxis

Astro says it plans to acquire Horizon Aircraft as it seeks a Nasdaq listing to support plans for a trio of eVTOL designs, the Cavorite X5, the Alta and the Elroy.
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FutureFlight

EHang Confirms Plans For VT30 Longer-Range, Lift-plus-Cruise eVTOL Aircraft

The Chinese company is also seeking an experimental certificate for a new piloted version of its fully-autonomous EH216 eVTOL aircraft.
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