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Airlines

IATA Sees Recession Resulting in Slow Airline Recovery

The International Air Transport Association calls for so-called confidence-boosting measures to attract passengers.
Aircraft

Textron Marks Citation CJ4's 10th Anniversary

Textron Aviation delivered the first Citation CJ4 light business jet on April 20, 2010.
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Rotorcraft

Air Tour Pioneer Elling Halvorson Flies West

Elling Halvorson, who died on April 16 at the age of 88, founded Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters in 1965, a business that flies 600,0000 pax a year.
Airlines

Virgin Australia Enters Voluntary Administration

The International Air Transport Association points to a failure of governments to provide financial support as a reason for Virgin Australia’s insolvency.
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Security

Business Aircraft Operators Need to Pay Attention to Covid-19 Security and Medical Concerns

Business Aircraft Operators Need to Pay Attention to Covid-19 Security and Medical Concerns
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Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Offers Crisis Pricing on Winglet Upgrade

Tamarack Aerospace will waive the installation fee on its Active Winglet Technology for CitationJets through June 30.
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Rotorcraft

U.S. Air Ambulance Industry Asks for Another $816M

Air ambulance bailout would cover estimated losses for the next six months.
FBOs

Dallas Metroplex To Receive New Hangar Complex

Aeroplex/Aerolease Group will build a new hangar complex on the Signature Flight Support FBO leasehold at Dallas Love Field.
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Regulations and Government

FAA Hits Jem Air with $220K Penalty for Crew Issues

The FAA is proposing a $220,000 penalty against Jem Air for allegedly using unqualified pilots in late April and early May of 2019.
Airports

Luminaerospace Lights Make Taxiway Edges Easy To See

Following FAA approval, Luminaerospace hopes to ramp up production of replacement taxiway light covers that help pilots interpret taxiway boundaries.
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Charter & Fractional

Citing Covid-19, JetSuite Grounds Fleet, Furloughs Crew

Dallas-based bizjet charter operator JetSuite has grounded its all-Embraer fleet and furloughed most of its crewmembers as the Covid-19 crisis drags on.
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Training and Workforce

CAE Recalls Canadian Workers

CAE credited a government relief program in assisting with the recall of 1,500 of its workers temporarily laid off in Canada.
Airlines

Four Norwegian Air Crew Units Declare Bankruptcy

Some 4,700 pilots and cabin crew at Norwegian Group subsidiaries risk losing their jobs.
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Angel Flight Orgs Create Distribution Network for PPE

Angel Flight West and Central are coordinating with the Colorado Hospital Network to ensure PPE reach remote hospitals.

Boeing Joins Covid-19 Relief Effort Using Its Own BBJ

Boeing plans additional transport missions for Covid-19 relief using its Dreamlifter and ecoDemonstrator aircraft.
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Aircraft

CDB Leasing Axes Orders for 29 Boeing Max Jets

China Development Bank Aviation has restructured its Max backlog to include a cancellation of 29 deliveries.
FutureFlight

Hyundai and Uber Announce eVTOL Air-taxi Partnership

Hyundai Motor Company and Uber are developing a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to be used for rideshare air-taxi service.
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AINdebrief Episode 4 | April 17, 2020

AINdebrief looks at flight planning during Covid-19, U.S. airline aid, keeping bizjets airworthy, jet-A glut, the FAA's proposed supersonic noise rules.

AINsight: Finding the Silver Lining in Covid-19 Crisis

Business aviation will bend but not break—and come out the other end of the Covid-19 crisis even stronger.
Airports

DOT Designates $10B in Relief Funding for U.S. Airports

The U.S. Department of Transportation has encouraged small and large airports alike to spend $10 billion in relief funding immediately.
Aircraft

Gecas Cancels Orders for 69 Boeing Max Jets

Boeing’s 737 Max orderbook has shrunk to just over 4,000 since its grounding in March last year.
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Boeing Supplier Spirit To Power Wichita Plant with Wind

Spirit AeroSystems has signed a 10-year agreement with utility provider Evergy for its Wichita plan to receive all its electricity from a Kansas wind farm.
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky HH-60W Emerges From Climate Testing

The Air Force tested its rescue helicopter in extreme temperature regimes.
Charter & Fractional

First Half of April Sees Further Steep Falls in Bizjet Flights

The U.S. and Europe saw the steepest traffic decline in the first half of April and this is reflected in falling charter flight hour rates.
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Aircraft

Boeing To Restart Commercial Airplane Production

Some 27,000 Boeing employees in the Puget Sound region will return to work starting on April 20.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Transforms GIV Shuttle Interior

With a client unhappy with the cabin configuration on its GIV-SP shuttle, Duncan designed and installed a new set-up when it arrived for inspection.
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FBOs

Ross Aviation Begins Aircraft Disinfection Services

FBO chain Ross Aviation has rolled out aircraft disinfection services at some of its FBOs.
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FBOs

Avfuel Waives Fuel Training Subscription Fee

To help support its network Avfuel has waived the initial subscription fee for its online Avfuel Training System through the end of June.

NBAA Works with Hospital Org To Coordinate HERO Support

NBAA's HERO database compiles information on people, aircraft, and other resources available to assist in disaster-response.
Engines

GE, Brightwater UAG ink T700 engine support agreement

GE Aviation also announces availability of its TrueChoice Commercial Services maintenance plan for the T700.