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FutureFlight

SkyDrive Set For First Flight of Flying Car With 100 Corporate Backers

The Japanese eVTOL developer expects to make a first public flight during the summer of 2020.
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Charter & Fractional

XOJet Implements Full-scale Virus Countermeasures

XOJet Aviation has implemented a series of countermeasures to protect passenger and crew heath and safety as it has kept flying throughout the pandemic.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Honeywell Develops A/C System for Future Flyers

Honeywell's new MicroVCS offers lower maintenance and reduced weight for electric aircraft air-conditioning needs.
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Training and Workforce

NetJets Adopts Advanced Qualification Training Program

NetJets is the first charter provider and fractional-share operation to work with the FAA to launch an AQP.
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FBOs

Signature Buys Remaining Shares in Italian Subsidiary

Signature Flight Support has purchased the minority shares in its Italian operation, giving it 100 percent ownership of the division.
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Bombardier's Martel Lays Out Plan To Buoy Business

Recent production cuts and plans to go after aftermarket opportunities are part of a multi-pronged effort to improve the company's financial performance.
Regulations and Government

Northern Jet Picks Web Manuals for Digital Docs

Northern Jet Management looks to a leaner and more efficient operation with the addition of Web Manuals services.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

FAI Wraps Up Major Global Express Makeover

In addition to a new paint scheme, FAI Technik treated a customer Bombardier Global Express to a completely new interior designed by Tim Callies.
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Capacity is the key to delivering the connected experience that today’s business travelers demand.

The first question to ask isn’t about how fast its network is but about how much peak throughput capacity it can handle.
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Safety

Ergo 360 App Adds Flight Plan Integration

Knowing the location of shipping traffic when flying over the ocean could greatly increase the odds of survival in an emergency situation.
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Safety

Covid Cabin Cleaning Choices Confusing

Aircraft operators have much to consider when it comes to which methods they should use when it comes to Covid-19 disinfection.
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Rotorcraft

HAI Members Pledge 'Covid Clean'

The Helicopter Association International's "Covid Clean" program seeks to reassure rotorcraft customers.
Maintenance and Modifications

EASA Approves Five-blade Airbus H145

Customer deliveries of the new Airbus Helicopters H145 D3 will begin later this summer.
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Analyst: Bizav Recovery Shifts from U-shape to V-shape

Baird Equity Research senior research analyst Peter Arment is seeing a U-shaped recovery in business aviation shifting to a V-shaped one.
Regulations and Government

FAA Seeks To 'Unravel' Covid Exemptions

Another short-term extension of the medical deadlines is in the works, but FAA's Dan Elwell says the agency is hoping to "unravel" these leniencies soon.
Regulations and Government

AINsight: To Be Or Not To Be at NBAA-BACE 2020?

With 109 days left until the scheduled opening of NBAA-BACE 2020 in Orlando, Florida, many are trying to decide whether or not to go in this Covid era.
Regulations and Government

UK Bizav Steps Up Fight for Quarantine Exemption

BBGA says the UK goverment has ignored its proposals for safety measures it believes could avoid the need for a damaging quarantine.
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Aircraft

Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters

The Royal Canadian Air Force is upgrading nearly half of its Hornet fleet while it waits for a new fighter.
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FutureFlight

Honeywell Focuses New Unit on UAS and UAM Sectors

The new Honeywell business unit will offer avionics, power, air traffic management, and other systems for new aircraft in the UAS and UAM sectors.
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Aircraft

Flying the New Embraer Phenom 300E

Flying the New Embraer Phenom 300E
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Textron Aviation Hit With More Job Cuts

Textron Aviation is one of three units under Textron Inc. to undergo a restructuring that will eliminate 1,950 jobs.
Engines

GE Tackling Environmental Challenges with Affinity Engine

GE Aviation remains on track to meet the timeline for Aerion's AS2 supersonic jet, while also ensuring that its Affinity engine can run on biofuel.
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant Busts 200 Knots

The compound Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant helicopter broke the 200-knot speed barrier earlier this month.
Regulations and Government

Hawaii Pols Seek End to Part 135 Exemptions

Sens Schatz, Hirono introduce legislation to mandate 135 for air tour, skydiving ops.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

StormBreaker Set For Super Hornet

The GBU-53 is currently the only weapon in the U.S. inventory that can hit moving targets at night and in visually-obscured conditions.
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Regulations and Government

Under Continued Scrutiny, FAA Moves To Improve Cert

The FAA is moving forward on certification improvement efforts, including an ODA oversight office and the hiring of new technical staff.
Aircraft

HyPoint To Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cells for CityHawk eVTOL

Hydrogen fuel weighs less than jet fuel and for the CityHawk eVTOL it will deliver range of us to around 125 miles when it enters service from around 2028.
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Aircraft

Preowned Business Aircraft Values Fall 15% in Covid Era

Average preowned business aircraft values have fallen 10 to 15 percent so far during the pandemic, with some individual makes and models down 20+ percent.
Airlines

IAG Pulls Plug on Low-cost Subsidiary Level Europe

Level Europe operated low-cost short-haul flights from bases in Vienna and Amsterdam with Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Aircraft

GE Aviation Still Plans Denali Engine Delivery in 2020

GE Aviation still expects to deliver clean-sheet Catalyst turboprop engine for the Textron Aviation Cessna Denali this year.
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