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People in Aviation: August 2020

Martin Thomsen is CEO of Air bp, Jeff Lake is president of Duncan Aviation, and Mark London is president of Elite Jets Charters.
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Accidents

Accidents: August 2020

Preliminary and final reports
Rotorcraft

Torqued: It Shouldn’t Take an Act of Congress To Mandate Safety Improvements

Changing regulations takes a long time, and there ought to be a simpler way to create mandates for safety improvements.

Business Aviation Bounces Back, Showing Resiliency

Business aircraft utilization has made a recovery from its Covid-19-induced low in April that can best be described as a reversed square root symbol.
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Airports

Austin-Bergstrom Intl Sees Secondary Runway Closure

Due to a runway repair, relighting, and renaming project, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has closed its secondary runway through October 31.
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Accidents

AINsight: Do I Need To Go Around?

NTSB docket on a 2019 crash of a Citation Latitude paints a detailed account of an unstable approach that led to a botched landing and runway excursion.
Regulations and Government

FAA Grants New Extension on Crew Training and Checks

The FAA's move to approve a new extension on existing crew training and checking will help charter pilots and operations.
Accidents

EASA Reports No Bizjet Fatal Accidents in 2019

There were no fatal accidents involving EASA-member-state-registered, non-commercial complex (NCC) business airplanes last year, according to a study.
Airlines

United To Consolidate All ERJ145 Flying with CommutAir

The move by United Airlines to sever ties with its ExpressJet partner will result in a boon for its CommutAir affiliate.

Exim Backs $97.2M Working Capital Loan for Embraer

The Exim-guaranteed loan, for Embraer's business jet facility in Melbourne, Florida, will support $211.4 million in export sales.
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Aircraft

Japan’s ‘Super Interceptor’ Takes a Step Forward

After the 2019 announcement of Japan’s decision to upgrade half of its Eagles, the program has advanced with the signing of the first agreement.
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Aircraft

PC-12 NGX Gets Canadian Nod, Deliveries Start in UK

The upgraded Pilatus PC-12 NGX has received type certification from Transport Canada, and dealer Oriens handed over the first NGX in the UK.
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Aircraft

ATAC, Draken, Tactical Air Secure ‘Red Air’ Work

The U.S. Air Force is rolling out its CAF/CAS program to provide contractorized adversary air services across its fighter bases.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

GECAS Slashes Milestone's Value by $729M

GECAS has written down the value of its Milestone Aviation helicopter leasing unit by $729 million.

AINdebrief Episode 19 |July 31, 2020

NetJets Expanding Fleet, FXAir Launches, OEMs Release Q2 Results, Cyberattack Downs Garmin Data Services
Training and Workforce

SimVenture Flyers Get a Taste of Oshkosh Operations

While this year's EAA AirVenture show was canceled, there was a way for pilots to try their hand at flying into a simulated version of the iconic airfield.
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Rotorcraft

Pandemic Pounds New Helicopter Deliveries

While deliveries of new civil helicopters collapsed, OEMs were buoyed by their military business.

Textron Aviation Posts Loss, Delivery Drop During Covid

Textron Aviation reported a $66 million loss and 50 percent drop in Citation deliveries to 23 in the second quarter.
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Aircraft

Boom, Rolls-Royce Ink Overture Collaboration Pact

Teams working on the proposed Boom supersonic airliner have begun studying whether they can apply an existing engine architecture from Rolls-Royce.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

IRS NPRM To Clarify Aircraft Management Taxes

The much-anticipated IRS proposal follows directives from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which exempted certain management fees from commercial FETs.
Regulations and Government

Swiss Air Traffic Down Nearly 60 Percent in 1H 2020

Statistics released today by Switizerland's air navigation service provider reveal the impact of the Covid pandemic on the country's air travel.
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Aircraft

EHang Selects Main eVTOL Factory Site

The city government of Yunfu in Guangdong province is investing $6 million in EHang's factory, which will open with annual capacity to build 600 aircraft.
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Aircraft

Airbus Aims To ‘Significantly’ Cull Aircraft Inventory by Year-end

Europe's dominant OEM counted 145 unshipped airplanes in inventory at the end of June because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Charter & Fractional

Partners in Aviation Offers Shared Ownership Option

Partners In Aviation, which matches potential private aircraft owners, has seen its business rebound as part of a "Covid bump."
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FutureFlight

EASA Launches Research on Safe Use of Artificial Intelligence in Aviation

Further study will lead to new guidelines, to be published in early 2021, on how to certify AI-based technology.
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FutureFlight

EHang Selects Main eVTOL Factory Site

The city government of Yunfu in Guangdong province is investing $6 million in EHang's factory, which will open with annual capacity to build 600 aircraft.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Comments on Future Technology Proposals

Stakeholders have until September 28, 2020, to comment on proposals published in the U.S. DoT's Pathways to the Future of Transportation document.
Aircraft

NASA X-Plane Provides New Vision

The NASA X-59 will fly with an eXternal Vision System in lieu of a forward-facing window.
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Regulations and Government

FAA Striving For Balance in Supersonic Regs

A key FAA official said the agency calls supersonic technologies a priority but said that noise, emissions, and harmonization issues need to be addressed.
Airlines

JetBlue Applying UV Light To Help Kill Covid Virus in Cabins

Honeywell has delivered eight of its new UV Cabin System to New York-based LCC JetBlue.