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Charter & Fractional

Jet Linx Opens New Private Terminal in San Antonio

The new facility replaces the company's facility which has been in operation at SAT since 2011.
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FutureFlight

Honeywell Will Demonstrate Higher-Power Turbogenerator This Year

The new system will be around two and a half times more powerful than a unit that the company rolled out in 2019.
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Aircraft

Elevate Your Business - Bombardier Corporate Fleet Solutions

Elevate Your Business - Bombardier Corporate Fleet Solutions
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Rotorcraft

Bell Moves To Remedy Cracked 505 Collectives, Restrictions

Bell said corrective actions for cracked collective sticks on its model 505 light single helicopter are currently in engineering review.

AINdebrief Episode 35 | March 5, 2021

DOJ Charges Aircraft Title Firm over Owner-trust Issue‪s‬

AINsight: Could There Be New Faces Popping Up?

New entrants in the business aircraft brokerage business cause concern that new buyers aren't getting the advice and wealth of expertise they require.
Avionics

West Star Now Offers Fusion Installs in Challenger 604s

West Star Aviation will perform Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion avionics installs on the Challenger 604 at all four of its full-service MRO locations.
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Aircraft

FAA Confirms Gulfstream G280 as Stage 5 Compliant

Gulfstream called the G280 Stage 5 acknowledgment important to ensuring continued operational flexibility at noise-sensitive airports.
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Aircraft

Dassault Deliveries Drop, but Future Falcon on Target

While Covid-19 is continuing to hamper Falcon deliveries, Dassault Aviation is still progressing on new products with the Future Falcon unveiling coming.
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Accidents

Dassault Falcon 6X On Track for First Flight This Month

First flight of the Falcon 6X is on track to take place by the end of this month, with service entry expected in late 2022.
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Safety

Medical Emergency Digital ID Simplifies Vaccine Records

ID-ME's new Covid-19 vaccine passport resides on a simple, secure smartphone digital wallet.
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Utah Broker Creates Business Aircraft Valuation Tool

Soljets' proprietary Soldata database aims to bring greater transparency and accelerate decision-making in the aircraft sales and acquisition process.

IAI Joins with KAI to Market Loitering Munitions in Korea

The Republic of Korea is in the market for loitering munitions that can be used in manned-unmanned teaming operations.
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FutureFlight

Merged Astro and Horizon Will Develop Three eVTOL Aircraft

Texas-based Astro Aerospace, which is already working on the Elroy and Alta designs, is acquiring Canada's Horizon Aircraft, which has the Cavorite X5 model in the works.
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FutureFlight

Miami Stakes Its Claim to an Urban Air Mobility Future

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says he wants eVTOL aircraft providing flights across the South Florida city by 2024.
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FutureFlight

Aurora Insists It Is Still an Advanced Air Mobility Contender with eVTOL Technology in the Works

Funding cuts at parent company Boeing have slowed the pace of some work, but the technology continues to mature behind closed doors.
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FutureFlight

Urban Air Mobility Start-up Pushes for Lower-cost Training eVTOL Aircraft 'Operators'

Varon Vehicles is partnering with Paladin AI to tap machine learning and artificial intelligence to train a new breed of flight crew for eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight

FAA Creates Advanced Air Mobility Council as eVTOL Type Certifications Increase

Almost one-fifth of the 37 aircraft that the FAA is evaluating for type certification are eVTOL designs.
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FutureFlight

AeroMobil 4.0 Meets Airworthiness Targets in Flight Tests

The Slovakian company says it is on track to achieve EASA CS-23 type certification by the end of 2023.
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Engines

Safran Gets €500 Million Loan for Clean Engine Development

The European Investment Bank will make available a 10-year credit line to Safran for the development of environmentally friendly engine technology.
Rotorcraft

Aero Asset: Heavy Twins Lead Used Helicopter Market Rebound

Consultancy Aero Asset said the used helicopter market showed "incredible resiliency" in the last half of 2020.
FBOs

Sun Air Jets To Boost VNY Presence

Aircraft management provider Sun Air Jets will more than double its existing space at the L.A. gateway with the lease of a new 62,000 sq ft hangar complex.
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Aircraft

Lufthansa Group Plans for Long-haul Fleet Cuts, Modernization

The Lufthansa Group intends to permanently ground all aircraft older than 25 years and decommission all its A380s.
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Avionics

ForeFlight Adds Turbine Aircraft Runway Analysis

ForeFlight's new runway analysis service adds new capabilities to the app's flight planning capabilities.
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Sustainability and Environment

North Carolina FBO Is Latest To Offer SAF

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) makes another rare appearance in the Eastern U.S.
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Bombardier Teams with Aston Martin on Design

Bombardier signed a letter of intent with Aston Martin to collaborate on custom design services for its Global and Challenger aircraft.
Aircraft

Bombardier: Global 7500 To Drive Profitability Jump

Bombadier said its Global 7500 has reaching the profitability point with the 50th copy to be delivered shortly.
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Charter & Fractional

Vista Global To Buy Apollo Jets, Stake in Talon Air

Vista Global has inked an agreement to acquire charter broker Apollo Jets and its share in aircraft charter, management, and MRO provider Talon Air.
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Aircraft

Jet Linx Unveils Owner Lifecycle Management Program

Through its new Complete Aircraft Transaction program, Jet Linx will help owners acquire, manage, and sell their business jets.
Engines

MTU Maintenance Weathers 2020 Largely Unscathed

The MRO arm of MTU Aero Engines saw the number of incoming engines decline only 18 percent compared with 2019.