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Airlines

JetBlue Pledges to Offset Carbon Emissions for All U.S. Flights

Air France and British Airways last week started compensating for CO2 emissions from flights within France and the UK by investing in green projects.
Rotorcraft

Bell AerOS Shows How Urban Air Mobility Flies

Bell is demonstrating how a smart city of the future could incorporate urban air mobility vehicles running under autonomous control.
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Aircraft

NetJets Receives Its First Citation Longitude

Fractional provider NetJets has agreed to take up to 175 Cessna Citation Longitudes, the first one of which has been delivered.
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Airlines

Airline Concerns Grow over Brazil Consumer Lawsuits

Brazilian websites are "weaponizing" jurisprudence of the airline industry.
Maintenance and Modifications

New SierraTrax Service Shops Mx Rates for Customers

SierraTrax's Maintenance Marketplace service aims to find the lowest maintenance rates for its customers.
Avionics

Feds Approve AEA's Avionics Tech Apprenticeship

The program is "another tool" for AEA member repair shops to train their own avionics technicians.
Rotorcraft

HAI Names Senior FAA Safety Exec Viola as CEO

Viola, who becomes the next HAI CEO on January 16, helped launch the USHST and was a former special ops MH-6 and MH-47 pilot.
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Aircraft

Turkish Police Confirm Arrests in Ghosn Escape Case

Turkish police have arrested a fifth MNG Jet employee over the escape of fugitive Carlos Ghosn using two aircraft operated by the company.
Airlines

Suleimani Killing Raises Security Fears Over Iraq Flights

Three airlines have already suspended flights into Iraq after U.S. forces killed Iranian general Qassem Suleimani at Baghdad Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Unveils Eye-catching Paint Job

Duncan Aviation refurbished one of its company-owned jets from the inside out. The result: an eye-popping airplane that serves as a flying billboard.
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Accidents: January 2020

January Accidents column
Rotorcraft

Erickson Flying Six Air Cranes on Australian Fires

Erickson is flying six of its S-64 Air Cranes on Australia's record-setting wild fires.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Airbus Teams with Aston Martin on Special-edition ACH130

Airbus Corporate Helicopters revealed its ACH130 Aston Martin Edition at Courchevel in the French alpine skiing region.
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Aircraft

Russian Government Bank Funds SSJ100 Shipments to Aeroflot

After the Kremlin loosened purse strings, an initial batch of Sukhoi SSJ100s is on its way to entering service with Russia's Aeroflot.
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Airports

FAA To Hold Info Session on New TEB RNAV Approach

The FAA is looking to implement a new offset RNAV approach to Teterboro Airport's Runway 19, to ease noise impact.
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Regulations and Government

FAA Releases Plans for Super Bowl Flight Restrictions

The FAA is planning flight restrictions and a reservation program in the South Florida area for Super Bowl LIV.
Maintenance and Modifications

Berry Aviation Expands Mx Capabilities with New Hangar

The Texas company opened a 31,000-sq-ft maintenance hangar following FAA and EASA Part 145 repair station certification.
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Aircraft

Piaggio Wins Avanti Evo+ Order for the Italian Air Force

The nine-aircraft Avanti order from the Italian air force is a major boost for the financially-troubled aircraft manufacturer.
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Aircraft

MNG Jet: Employee Acted Alone in Arranging Flights for Fugitive Ghosn

MNG Jet alleges that one of its employees acted alone in falsifying records to conceal that Carlos Ghosn used two of its jets to escape from Japan.
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Aircraft

F-35 Deliveries Exceed 2019 Target

2019 saw a considerable ramp in F-35 production compared with 2018 as the program works towards hitting its peak delivery rate in 2023.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Indonesia Launches Domestically-built Armed UAV Program

Indonesia’s first large UAV is due to fly for the first time this year, with production planned to get under way in 2024.
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New Tech Will Take Center Stage at Singapore

The 2020 Singapore Airshow will focus on innovation and new technology, including urban air mobility.
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Aircraft

Wichita 737 Max Supplier To Work Around Production Halt

HM Dunn AeroSystems, which supplies the bulkhead and other parts for Boeing's grounded 737 Max, doesn't plan to furlough workers.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

AINsight: Constituent Parts

A webinar hosted last month by AIN gave participants a road map for a successful business aircraft transaction. If you haven't viewed it yet, you should.
Aircraft

MiG-27 Bows Out of IAF Service

India was almost certainly the last user of the MiG-27 ground-attack derivative of the MiG-23 “Flogger” fighter.
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Aircraft

More 'Thunder' in China's Air

The latest Block III variant of the PAC/CAC JF-17 has made its first flight, while the factory in Pakistan has completed a batch of eight two-seaters.
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FBOs

AOPA Pans GAO's FBO Pricing Report

AOPA found faults with a congressional report on FBO pricing from the Government Accountability Office.

Latécoère To Buy Bombardier's Mexico Wiring Systems Biz

Latécoère has inked a definitive agreement to acquire Bombardier’s electrical wiring interconnection system business in Querétaro, Mexico, for $50 million.
Rotorcraft

Erickson Delivers Sixth Air Crane to Korea

The twin-engine heavy lift helicopter is used for firefighting by the Korean Forest Service.
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Aircraft

Pilots Arrested In Connection with Ghosn's Escape from Japan

Turkish police are investigating the apparent use of a private jet to help indicted former auto executive Carlos Ghosn to escape from Japan to Lebanon.