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Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Expanding Aircraft Mx Second Shifts

West Star Aviation aims to reduce aircraft maintenance turn times by double-digit percentages with expanded second shifts.
Airlines

U.S. Airlines Commit to Carbon Neutrality by 2050

As part of its environmental commitment, A4A has called for a rapid expansion of SAF production.
Sustainability and Environment

SAF Flow in California Grows Stronger

Atlantic Aviation has become the latest FBO chain to begin offering permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Aircraft

Daher Unveils More Upgrades for Kodiak 100

Daher announced the Series III version of the Kodiak 100 that adds more enhancements and standard features to the utility turboprop.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Enhancements Coming to Corridor Service Center Software

Aviation service centers and operators are expected to benefit from more integration and mobility capabilities with Corridor software enhancements.
Aircraft

Gulfstream Reveals Numerous G280 Upgrades in Works

Emphasizing that Gulfstream is committed to the G280 program, president Mark Burns discussed a range of product development underway for the model.
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Sustainability and Environment

NBAA Supports GAO SAF Study

NBAA today applauded a bipartisan congressional request for the Government Accounting Office to launch a study on measures to increase SAF use.
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Charter & Fractional

New Jet Card Expands NetJets' CAN Do Attitude

NetJets is offering a new 25-hour jet card that includes one company-donated flight hour to Corporate Angel Network.
Aircraft

Airbus’s Faury Pushes for Coordinated Sustainability Efforts

While Airbus pursues a hydrogen-powered airplane design, creating the conditions for its application must take priority.
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Mike Nichols To Retire from NBAA

Mike Nichols, who is leaving NBAA at the end of April, has had his hand in everything from tax issues, strategy, and management of ABACE.
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Charter & Fractional

Hadid Rides Out Pandemic with Charter and Scheduled Cargo

Dubai-based Hadid is looking to set up three new FBOs in Asia and Africa in 2021.
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Aircraft

$830M IPO To Fund Lilium's Seven-seat eVTOL

Lilium is pursuing a Nasdaq listing through a merger with special acquisition company Qell as it works to launch commercial services from 2024.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Saab Flies Gripen Fighter With 3D-Printed Replacement Part

3D printers could be deployed in the field to manufacture spare parts rather than rely on a sizeable spares pack or time-consuming deliveries.
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Rotorcraft

Neo Aik Sia Honored for Excellence in Safety

HAI's Excellence Safety Award recipient Neo Aik Sia helped bring SMS to the Republic of Singapore Air Force and a number of other organizations.
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Rotorcraft

Covid Couldn't Stop Direct Helicopter's Shipping Business

While people may not have been traveling the globe over the past year due to the Covid pandemic, used helicopters certainly were.
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Rotorcraft

HAI Selects Sikorsky's Jeanette Eaton for Comms Award

HAI called Jeanette Eaton, who has spent more than 23 years with Sikorsky and another nine with Bell, a “natural communicator" in presenting comms award.
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Airlines

MEBAA Chairman Predicts Tough Year

After cancellation of postponed MEBAA Show in February, November's Dubai Airshow becomes next focus
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FutureFlight

Lilium to Fund Seven-Seat eVTOL Through $830 Million SPAC Flotation With Qell

The German company has confirmed that its series production Lilium Jet will carry a pilot and up to six passengers when it enters service in 2024.
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FutureFlight

Wisk Prepares for Next Phase of Cora Flight Trials in New Zealand

The all-electric, two-seat eVTOL aircraft will conduct the testing in the city of Canterbury in the second half of 2021.
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FutureFlight

Airbus Remains Committed to eVTOL Technology, But Says Commercial Returns Will Take Longer

CEO Guillaume Faury told a webinar organized by Eurocontrol that his company still see great value in advancing electric aviation projects.
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Aircraft

Flight Testing a Dassault Falcon 7X with Rafale Fighter Tech

Flight Testing a Dassault Falcon 7X with Rafale Fighter Tech
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Maintenance and Modifications

Falcon 7X C-Check | Experience and Capabilities Matter at Duncan Aviation

Falcon 7X C-Check | Experience and Capabilities Matter at Duncan Aviation
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FutureFlight

Business Aviation Group Creates Safety Certification for eVTOL Aircraft Operations

New IS-BAO safety standards could be available for unmanned aircraft by January 2022, and for piloted and passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft around 12 months later.
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Avionics

CCX Tech Cybersecurity Device STC’d on Gulfstream V

CCX's AP-250 cybersecurity router can also serve as an in-line cybersecurity device to protect airborne connectivity data.
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Airports

London Biggin Hill Airport Joins SAF Set

London Biggin Hill Airport is the latest to offer continuous supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Delivers 50th Global 7500

The milestone Bombardier Global 7500 delivery comes a little more than two years after the aircraft entered service at the end of 2018.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Des Moines Aircraft MRO Provider Opens New Facility

Long-time aircraft sales, parts, and maintenance provider Des Moines Flying Service last week opened its new facility at Des Moines International Airport.
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Rotorcraft

Airbus Delivers First H225M Helicopter to Singapore

Singapore is receiving a batch of the latest Puma derivative as part of a rotary-wing fleet modernization that also includes new CH-47F Chinooks.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Starts Work on First UltraFan Engine

Planning to complete its UltraFan demonstrator by year-end, Rolls begins to build the engine’s first example in Derby, UK.
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Training and Workforce

U.S. Air Force Graduates First Class of XPW Pilots

As part of its efforts to streamline the training system, the USAF is now training some multi-engine pilots using the T-1 Jayhawk entirely.
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