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Enstrom Expects a Stronger 2019 from Sales Outside U.S.

Enstrom Helicopters also continues certification testing on its delayed TH180 piston-training helo.
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Rotorcraft

Transformative New Rotorcraft Near Certification As Heli-Expo Approaches

The OEMs are ready with new products, but is the market robust enough to support them?
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Rotorcraft

Aerometals H130 Filters Represent New Step Forward

The company is using computational fluid dynamics to assess airflow characteristics, resulting in a lighter and more efficient design.
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Rotorcraft

Canadians Take Top Honors in AAMS Sim Cup Competition

Competitors were judged on communications, teamwork, troubleshooting, creativity, and time management, among other skills.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier To Quadruple Singapore Mx Center

Bombardier Business Aircraft's Singapore service cent will add 330,000 sq ft and double its employment.
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Aerion Adds More Leaders to Team

Aerion continues to recruit executives and engineers, as well as refine its board of directors, as it preps to bring the AS2 supersonic bizjet to market.

Long-time Galvin Flying Services Leader Anderson Dies

When he was a teenager, Anderson joined the business that his uncle Jim Galvin founded.
FBOs

Jet Aviation Completes Australia Rebranding

The Jet Aviation brand now extends to six FBOs in Australia.
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Aircraft

Air Vanuatu Signs For Four A220s

Airbus wins its first orders of the year for the former C Series jet.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

ST Engineering Gets BVLOS Approval in Singapore

ST's DroNet UAS system will be used to patrol the Lower Seletar reservoir
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Aircraft

Embraer Shareholders Approve Joint Venture with Boeing

More than 96 percent of participating shareholders vote in favor of the transaction between the Brazilian and U.S. airframers.
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Rotorcraft

Victoria Police Order Trio of Leonardo AW139s

The Victoria, Australia Police Air Wing have ordered AW139s as part of its fleet modernization program.
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Rotorcraft

Kopter SH09 Getting Bigger Cabin, Increased Mtow

Kopter SH09 will now be able to carry 8 passengers thanks to redesigned fuel tank system
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Charter & Fractional

Private Pilot Convicted of Operating Illegal Charter Flight

Charter association welcomes conviction of pilot of illegal charter flight which crashed following departure when 426 lbs overweight.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Expands Premiair's Service Authority

Premiair will provide authorized service to Textron Aviation's entire product line, including Hawker jets.
Airports

Chicago Mayoral Candidate Pledges To Reopen Meigs

Candidate sees possibility of $500 million in revenue generation from reopening of the airport.

Gulfstream Aerospace Expands Leadership Team

Gulfstream is promoting Colin Miller to senior v-p of innovation, engineering and flight, and Greg Collett to senior v-p of manufactucturing and completion
Aircraft

Beriev, Indian Airlines in Be-200 Talks

India’s Regional Connectivity Scheme sets aside 18 routes for seaplane operations.
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Aircraft

Piper Aircraft Marks 2018 as 'Exceptional Year'

The Florida-based airframer saw gains in certain billings and deliveries, as well as in backlog and employment.
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Airlines

Cambodia Weighs Commitment To Cape Town Convention

A Phnom Penh seminar on the Cape Town treaty’s benefits included the U.S. FAA and Boeing.
Accidents

Atlas Air 767 Entered Steep Dive Before Impact with Texas Bay

A low tide has hampered efforts to recover the FDR and CVR from the Boeing 767-300ER freighter that crashed Saturday near Houston.
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Rotorcraft

Turkey Launches Heavy Attack Helicopter

Drawing on its experience with the T129 Atak, Turkish Aerospace has officially launched development of a larger, heavier attack helicopter
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Airports

FAA: Jet Ban at LNA Violates Grant Agreements

The FAA was not convinced by the county's arguments that the jet ban was grandfather under ANCA.
Airlines

Sale of Flybe to Connect Airways Completed

The UK regional airline has struggled to find direction for years but new owners will give it access to Heathrow Airport.
Charter & Fractional

OJets Develops Global Reach Beyond Asia

Operating for a year now, OJets sees itself as a hawk whose wings can envelope the globe out of Asia.
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Rotorcraft

American Airlines Adds Private Aviation Touches

The airline's high-end customers will now be able to book private helicopter transfers at JFK and LAX, along with use of a private terminal at LAX.

More Features Added To Mars Aircraft Dashboard

Sutton has eased fligth and data importing to its Mars online aircraft dashboard, as well as added customizable owner's reports and a new calendar view.

CB SkyShare Adds Second FBO

With its base in Ogden, Utah, the company has acquired the lone FBO at Gnoss
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Aircraft

Autonomous Flight Ready To Build Flying Prototype Y6S

Start-up company’s Y6S eVTOL can already turn on its fans and rotate the rotor shrouds. Funding for a flying prototype is “almost finalized.”
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Rotorcraft

Genesys IFR Cockpit Approved for Metro's EC145e

Genesys Aerosystems and Metro Aviation have received FAA STC approval for a low-cost IFR capable cockpit in the Airbus EC145e helicopter
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