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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation Geneva Receives Russian Part 145 Approval

Jet Aviation Geneva will provide line and base maintenance on Russian-registered Bombardier Global Express series, Gulfstream, and BBJ aircraft.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Adds Third Installation Site in South Carolina

The company's "Transformation Center" opens as demand for winglet installations is increasing.
Aircraft

Honeywell Bullish on Bizav Post-Covid

The company anticipates a return to growth of business aviation around 2022 and is developing new products to serve a growing market.
Engines

EAP Sees Double-digit Enrollment, Engine Growth

Engine Assurance Program said the majority of its new enrollments are from first-time aircraft owners.
Safety

Motive Learning Offering Covid-19 Compliance Training

Motive Learning, participating in its first NBAA convention as an exhibitor, has bundled the Covid-19 training program with its other training modules.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Announces Another King Air Refresh

The Beechcraft King Air 260 is the latest airplane to receive an upgrade at Textron Aviation, the Wichita airframer announced at VBACE.
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Collins Brings New Materials for Interior Veneers

Collins Aerospace's new PrecisionPlank lumber alternative can be accurately color-matched and better sized for business jet wood veneers.
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FBOs

Lynx To Build New FBO at FXE

Lynx FBO will break ground on a new multi-million dollar facility at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
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Airlines

Singapore-Hong Kong Travel Bubble Delayed until 2021

A rapidly deteriorating Covid situation in Hong Kong prompted authorities to delay implementation of a travel bubble for the second time.
Fuel

Infrastructure, Scaleability Make SAF an Expensive Option

Sustainable aviation fuel is still three to five times more expensive than fossil fuels.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gogo Completes Commercial Aviation Sale to Intelsat

Following the sale, Gogo will operate exclusively within the business aviation market.
Rotorcraft

Bell Moves Commercial Business into New Center

Formerly the American Airlines building, Bell's Commercial Business Center will house about 600 employees.
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Aircraft

Hackers Gain Access to Embraer IT Systems

Embraer IT specialists have isolated certain systems to protect the overall computer network after a cyberattack.
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Coleal To Head Up Incora as CEO

Coleal joins Incora just months after it formed through the merger of Wesco Aircraft and Pattonair.
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Rotorcraft

Airbus VSR700 Makes ATOLs from Moving Deck

Airbus's optionally piloted vehicle recently made fully autonomous takeoff and landing approaches to and from a moving deck simulator.
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Charter & Fractional

GrandView Looks to New Year with More Jets, Bases

Charter operator Grandview Aviation has taken delivery of three new Embraer Phenom 300 business jets.
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Safety

Torqued: Safety Culture Matters More than Ever in Aviation

Safety culture matters more than ever in aviation
Training and Workforce

People in Aviation: December 2020

SmartSky Networks, VIH Aerospace, Iris Automation, APP Jet Center, Greenpoint Technologies, and Carver Aero all have new CEOs.
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Accidents

Accidents: December 2020

Preliminary and final accident reports
FutureFlight

Samad Aerospace Begins Flight Testing of e-Starling Demonstrator

The company is seeking further investment in its eVTOL project and appears to be taking steps to relocate from its base in the UK.
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FutureFlight

Chinese Government Signals Acceleration of Plans for Urban Air Mobility

The country's eVTOL aircraft developer would appear to be the most immediate beneficiary of the new government policy, given its already close cooperation with the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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Aircraft

Global 6500: The All-Weather Performer

Global 6500: The All-Weather Performer
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FutureFlight

UK's Future Flight Challenges Prepares Path to Flight Demonstrations

In 2021, the Future Flight Challenge will launch a competition to select three aircraft types to participate in flight trials to be conducted in 2023.
FutureFlight On The Radar

Uber Elevate's 2020 White Paper Spells Out Next Steps For Urban Air Mobility

The document arrives four years after Uber's first urban air mobility white paper and with speculation building that it intends to sell the Uber Elevate division.
Avionics

Thales, StandardAero Fly AStar with 4-Axis Autopilot

Thales and StandardAero anticipate FAA STC approval of the four-axis AStar autopilot by mid-2021.
Fuel

Onsite Diesel Exhaust Fluid Test Kit Available Soon

New Jersey-based Acustrip has developed the first onsite test kit to detect the presence of DEF in jet-A.
Regulations and Government

Air Methods Settles Suit Over Crumbling Pitot Tubes

Air ambulance provider Air Methods will pay $825,000 to settle Justice Department suit alleging it flew a helicopter with crumbling pitot tubes.
Rotorcraft

Five-bladed Airbus H145 Gets FAA TC

Airbus’s new five-bladed H145 helicopter has received FAA type certification (TC) with the first U.S. delivery slated to occur early next year.
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Charter & Fractional

Charter Operator Ventura Air Adds Bizjets, Staff

Ventura Air Services CEO 'optimistic' about charter industry's and company's growth despite pandemic.
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Safety

American Airlines Begins Trials for Covid Vaccine Transport

Flights between Miami and South America conducted by American Airlines’ cargo operation to simulate Covid vaccine transport began in mid-November.
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