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Rotorcraft

Hill Reveals More Features for HX50 Helicopter

Hill HX50 to have options including folding blades and landing gear skids.
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WAI Panel Highlights Need To Encourage Female Pilots

Boeings Jacqueline Davidson told a WAI conference session that scheduling, preconceived ideas, and lack of exposure keep down female pilot numbers.
Sustainability and Environment

Air Elite Member FBOs Become Carbon Neutral

World Fuel Services announced this week that 43 members of its sponsored Air Elite FBO Network achieved carbon neutrality in their operations for 2019.
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Rotorcraft

Hillsboro Aero Academy Keeps the Rotors Turning

Although flight hours dropped significantly during the Covid pandemic, Hillsboro Aero Academy has been able to keep its fleet busy.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Nears Milestones With 525, 505 Helos

Bell looks to wrap up certification flight testing of the 525 Relentless in the first half of 2021.
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Rotorcraft

U.S. AAM Market To Generate $115B Annually by 2035

The joint Deloitte/AIA study sees the AAM market, including flying taxis and cargo drones, to generate the equivalent of 0.5 percent of U.S. GDP by 2035.
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Airports

New Hotel To Land at London Biggin Hill Airport

London’s Biggin Hill Airport broke ground today on The Landing, an on-site luxury boutique hotel slated to open in 2022.
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Avionics

Mid-Continent Standby Unit STC'd for Falcon 900s

Mid-Continent Instruments’ Standby Attitude Module replaces the Falcon 900 series attitude horizon standby, altimeter, and standby Mach airspeed indicator.
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Sustainability and Environment

Another UK FBO To Offer Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Centreline Aviation at the UK’s Bristol Airport has inked a deal with Air BP to become the country’s first independent, non-network retailer of SAF.
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Airports

AOPA Unites Orgs in Push for Standard Airport Diagrams

AOPA, which brought together 300 groups in support of standard airport diagram parking labels, found 30 different references for the same type of ramp.
Aircraft

Broker Aerocor Unveils Annual Premier I/IA Fleet Update

Aerocor's Premier I/IA fleet update will be based in part on an annual survey of owners and operators of the out-of-production light twinjet.
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Regulations and Government

Treasury Outlines Steps for PSP3 Funding

NATA advised that the third round of the Payroll Support Program is available only to carriers who received the second round.
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Aircraft

Aerospace Partners To Test 100 Percent SAF in a Widebody

Airbus, DLR, Rolls-Royce, and Neste have launched a study into the benefits of flying a widebody airliner on 100 percent SAF.
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Donation Helps Launch RedTail Academy

An anonymous donation of a Sikorsky helicopter is helping a chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen to launch RedTail Flight Academy.
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Rotorcraft

HAI Salutes Michael Hynes for Lifetime Achievement

Michael Hynes, HAI's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, has had a 65-year career that has included Brantly helicopter production and as an educator.
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Rotorcraft

Used Helicopter Market Attains Shaky Hover

Pandemic, falling energy prices, overhang used helicopter market.
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FutureFlight

Leasing Group Backs Hybrid-Electric Regional Airliner Project

Falko says that it may include the 70-seat hybrid-electric aircraft in its leasing portfolio for airlines.
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FutureFlight

Community Air Mobility Initiative Expands Membership and Collaborative Efforts

CAMI seeks to engage with a broad cross section of stakeholders to support the development of advanced air mobility.
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Aircraft

Dassault’s Falcon 6X Business Jet Flies For the First Time

Dassault’s Falcon 6X Business Jet Flies For the First Time
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Airlines

U.S. Aviation Companies Can Get Help To Survive the Covid Pandemic

U.S. Aviation Companies Can Get Help To Survive the Covid Pandemic
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FutureFlight

New Advanced Air Mobility Association Will Focus on Electric Aviation

It is recruiting members among aircraft and systems manufacturers, finance groups, operators, and universities.
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Avionics

Garmin Adds FANS to G5000 Excel/XLS Upgrade

Garmin has added FANS 1/A+ and ACARS capabilities to its G5000 upgrade for the Citation Excel and XLS.
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Aircraft

ATR Deliveries Topple to 10 Aircraft in 2020

Along with a paltry delivery total, ATR ended last year with net orders for three airplanes.
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Aircraft

Combat Debut for Typhoon/Storm Shadow Pairing

The Typhoon has been cleared to launch the Storm Shadow stand-off precision attack missile since early 2019, and has now used it in combat.
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Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Insider, Portside Announce Partnership

The partnership allows Portside customers to quickly hail AOG services and scheduled maintenance requests for quotes through MRO Insider’s platform.
Airlines

Outgoing IATA DG Laments Covid-induced ‘Fragmentation’

IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac called for better coordination between governments in ensuring freedom of movement.
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Maintenance and Modifications

KCAC Reinforces Piper Services with Arapahoe

Arapahoe Aero is a Piper factory-authorized satellite service center for Colorado and western Kansas on behalf of long-time service provider KCAC Aviation.
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Regulations and Government

Lawmakers Urge Yellen To Release PSP Funds

Reps. Sam Graves and Garret Graves expressed concerns to the new Treasury Secretary that delays in PSP funding is hurting small operators.
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Aircraft

XOJet Aviation Enrolls CL300s in JSSI Engine Program

JSSI's hourly engine maintenance program will cover XOJet Aviation's fleet of 15 Challenger 300s.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Elbit and KAI Join Forces for Military UAS Collaboration

Links between Korean and Israeli industry are growing, particularly in the field of unmanned air systems.
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