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Airlines

Creditors Reach Deal To Sell Avianca Brasil’s Assets

A plan to settle the debts of the bankrupt Brazilian airline calls for its partition into seven pieces.
Airports

FAA Proposes To Ease High-airport O2 Requirements

The FAA has proposed amending aircraft pressurization/oxygen systems to accommodate operations at airports with elevations at or above 8,000 feet msl.
Regulations and Government

New BACA Chair Outlines Priorities for Year

Growing BACA membership and keeping spotlight on illegal charters among Nick Weston's objectives.
Aircraft

Interjet Seeks Russian Help To Restore Superjet Fleet

New management at the Mexican airline has decided to concentrate on repairing its existing fleet of SSJ100s.
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Aircraft

Gulfstream Sets Longest Business Jet Flight Record

The G650ER covered the 8,379 nm between Singapore and Tucson, Ariz, at an average speed of Mach. 85.
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Aircraft

Gulfstream Sets Longest Business Jet Flight Record

The G650ER covered the 8,379 nm between Singapore and Tucson, Ariz, at an average speed of Mach. 85, to earn its 90th city pair speed record.
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Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Returns To Carlyle Portfolio

StandardAero's value is estimated to have grown eight-fold as revenues reached $3 billion last year.
Airlines

Singapore-Malaysia Settlement Allows Firefly Seletar Service

The Malaysia Airlines subsidiary plans to start flying from Seletar Airport in Singapore on April 21.
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FBOs

CAA Adds Four New Locations to Network

The organization was founded in 1995 to negotiate discounted fuel prices for its Part 91 membership.
Rotorcraft

Royal Navy’s New Crowsnest Completes First Flight

The Royal Navy's successor to the Sea King in the airborne early warning role has begun flight tests, with a view to entering service in 2020.
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Accidents

Boeing to Cut 737 Rate as Grounding Takes Still Heavier Toll

Muilenburg cites the need to prioritize more resources toward 737 Max software certification.
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Airlines

OPIC Extends $200 Million to Brazil’s Azul for GE Engine Care

The Brazilian airline becomes the first in the world to obtain OPIC financing.

Former Jet Aviation CEO Thomas Hirschmann Passes Away

The son of company founder Carl. W. Hirschmann, Thomas lead Jet Aviation from 1990 through 2003, and oversaw its expansion to Asia
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Charter & Fractional

Jet Aviation Invests In Staffing Tech Startup

Jet Aviation's investment and partnership with hullo Aircrew is expected to bring benefits to its own staffing arm.
FBOs

California Dreaming for Private Hangar Complex

Los Angeles-area Camarillo Airport will receive the first CloudNine private hangar complex after its developer secured a 50-year lease from Ventura County.
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Collins Aerospace Takes Steps Toward the Next Power Grid

The Grid will tackle issues critical to electrical propulsion, including weight, power density, thermal loss, and high-voltage distribution.
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GE Launches Asset Transfer System for Airlines and Lessors

AirVault ATS aims to simplify the process of sharing information.
Aircraft

UAC Undergoes Management Shuffle Ahead of Reorganization

Plans call for a former Trade Ministry official to run the United Aircraft Corporation's new civil aviation division.
Rotorcraft

More-powerful Russian Mi-171 Helo Certified In China

China has certified the Mi-171 with upgraded engines.
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Charter & Fractional

Flying Smarter: Bizjets for Everyone?

The company has changed its business model to keep up with an ever-changing industry.
Avionics

The Bombardier Global 7500 Needs Hardly Any Runway to Take Off

The Bombardier Global 7500 Needs Hardly Any Runway to Take Off
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Avionics

Airbus Updating A320 Flight Warning Software

A 2015 incident involving a Virgin Australia narrowbody prompts changes to the A320’s flight control systems.
Avionics

Airbus Updating A320 Software to Prioritize Stall Warning

A 2015 incident involving a Virgin Australia narrowbody prompts changes to the A320’s flight control systems.
Accidents

Fatal Mishap Mars 1Q19 U.S. Bizjet Accident Stats

The March 18 fatal crash of an IAI Westwind on final approach claimed the lives of its two pilots.
Aircraft

Airbus Sales Gain Momentum in March

The European OEM’s net order tally for 2019 remains negative in spite of a stream of new orders in March.
Aircraft

Aerion Plans For 100 Percent Biofuel on AS2

The manufacturer says its engine and fuel systems will be able to take any fuel blend up to 100 percent.
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Aircraft

Epic Remains on Course for E1000 Certification

Sunday’s crash of an Epic LT that killed the wife of Epic Aircraft owner and board member, won’t have any effect on certification of the Epic E1000.
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Aircraft

Citi Sees Potential for a Gulfstream G650 Follow-on

Given the backlogs for Bombardier's Global 7500 and Gulfstream's existing products, Citi sees solid market for more bigger aircraft.
Rotorcraft

Russian Mi-26T2V Completes Preliminary Flight Tests

Upgraded variant of Mi-26 features improved avionics, communications, and defensive systems.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Raisbeck Appoints New Dealer in Texas

Aerospace Instrument Support of Denton, Texas, specializes in maintenance and modifications of turboprops.