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Spirit AeroSystems Extends Furloughs At More Sites

Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing's largest supplier, is also shortening work weeks and cutting executives' pay.
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Embraer's New Phenom 300E

The new Phenom 300E adds safety, performance, and comfort features to a best-selling light jet.
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Airlines

Lufthansa to Close Germanwings, Slash Group Capacity

The Covid-19 epidemic has prompted Lufthansa Group to retire several aircraft and close bases.
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Wheels Up Launches 'Meals Up' Covid-19 Response

Private aviation operator Wheels Up has pledged along with its members to provide 10 million meals through food charity Feeding America.

Textron Aviation Begins Mask, Face Shield Production

Textron Aviation said it is collaborating with Wichita State University to manufacture face shields from optically clear PET film.
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North Atlantic Datalink Mandate Waived through June 30

The FAA and international partners agreed to waive the North Atlantic datalink requirements through June 30 to ease flow of traffic through the region.
Charter & Fractional

XO Launches Supply Flights for NYC Med Providers

XO, an online charter platform, will make all of its inbound New York City flights available for transport of medical equipment and products.
ATC

Eurocontrol States Defer Air Traffic Management Fees

Europe’s ATM providers have agreed to postpone payment of €1.1 billion in air traffic control fees.
Regulations and Government

FAA Extends, Adds Req To NBAA Small Aircraft Exemption

NBAA members who take advantage of the NBAA Small Aircraft Exemption must file a "Notice of Joinder."
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Navy Orders More Test Stingrays from Boeing

With three more MQ-25As being ordered, Boeing now has seven of the unmanned carrierborne tankers on contract.
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Aircraft

Sustainable Aviation and Urban Air Mobility Experts To Meet Virtually

Foresight Aerospace's Sustainable Aviation and Urban Air Mobility conference will include eVTOL program leaders, regulators and technology specialists.
Aircraft

Boeing To Suspend Production in South Carolina

Production activities at the site of Boeing 787 manufacture in Charleston will stop on April 8 until further notice.

Former CAN Exec Director Peter Fleiss Flies West

Peter Fleiss, the executive director of the Corporate Angel Network until 2016 and highly regarded executive in the bizav industry, died on April 4.
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Aircraft

Airbus Extends Production Pause to German, U.S. Plants

Europe’s dominant aerospace company halts production activities in Bremen, Stade, and Mobile.
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Aircraft

EasyJet Founder Amplifies Calls To Nix Airbus Order

Stelios Haji-Ioannou said he wants EasyJet’s CFO removed as part of an effort to abandon an A320neo order.

Avionics Firm Sets Up Protective Gear Assembly Line

Universal Aviation is accommodation a local charity's efforts to manufacture face masks and shields.
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Aircraft

Hexcel-Woodward Merger Called Off

Deteriorating market conditions due to the Covid-19 crisis prompted Hexcel and Woodward to terminate their merger agreement.
Regulations and Government

CBAA Urges Government Relief for Canadian Bizav

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic's effect on business aviation, the CBAA is urging help from Canada's government.
Regulations and Government

FAA Proposes Another Enforcement for Illegal Charter

The FAA proposed a $1.5 million civil penalty agains B E L Aviation for conducting 114 illegal charter flights in a Piaggio Avanti.

Patriots Owner Taps Universal for Delivery of 1M Masks

Universal Weather and Aviation once again assisted in the delivery of masks from China, this time using the NFL Patriots Boeing 767 team airplane.
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Training and Workforce

CAE Expands Temporary Layoffs

CAE is temporarily laying off 2,600 of its 10,500 employees, and placing another 900 on reduced workweeks.

CAE To Produce Ventilators, Offer Healthcare Training

CAE, which designed an easy-to-manufacture ventilator prototype in 11 days, hopes to produce some 10,000 of them over the next three months.
FBOs

Atlantic Expands in Connecticut with Volo Buy

Atlantic Aviation has expanded its footprint at Connecticut's Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport, with the purchase of the Volo Aviation FBO there.
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Rotorcraft

EASA Issues Covid-19 Guidance for Helo Ops

EASA has issued guidance for continued helicopter operations in the face of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic.
Aircraft

Boeing Extends Production Halt in Washington State

“Essential” national defense and customer operations activity continues at Boeing’s Puget Sound and Moses Lake facilities during the plant closures.
Aircraft

Dornier Seastar 'New Generation' Completes First Flight

New Seastar starts test flight campaign in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
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Aircraft

KC-46 Fix Agreed but Production Goes on Hold

While production of the U.S. Air Force’s tanker is on hold due to Covid-19, engineers are working on a fix to refueling vision system issues.
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Airlines

UK Airlines Start Using Government Loan Arrangements

With aviation in the UK all but grounded, the government is addressing emergency loan applications on a case-by-case basis.
Aircraft

Asia-Pacific Addresses Post-Covid Landscape

Business aviation remains an important element of many Asia-Pacific economies
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AINdebrief Episode 2 | April 3, 2020

AINdebrief looks at Covid-19's impact on bizav, CARES Act, 2020 AIN FBO Survey, and Appareo Insight app.