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Airbus Says Ecosystem Needed To Meet 2035 Timeline for Hydrogen Airliners

France's Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport is hosting a pilot project to supply hydrogen fuel through a partnership with Airbus and Air Liquide.

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September 22, 2021

Northern Pacific Chooses 757s for New Transpacific Services

Alaska-based start-up Northern Pacific Airways is building its fleet around the Boeing 757-200 airliner as it prepares to launch services in 2022.

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September 22, 2021

DSEI Show Revives Physical Displays and In-Person Contacts

The biennial defense show in London was the first major international defense trade show to take place in Europe since the pandemic began.

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September 21, 2021

Foley: Annual Bizjet Deliveries On Pace To Top 900

Brian Foley believes the Covid pandemic could finally drag the new business jet market out of the doldrums it has seen since the global economic meltdown.

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September 21, 2021

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Brazilian Airline Gol To Operate Commercial eVTOL Flights

Gol will bring a fleet of Vertical Aerospace's VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft into commercial service from 2024 through a deal with leasing group Avolon.

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September 21, 2021

Airbus Unveils Plans for Larger, Fixed-wing eVTOL

Airbus has unveiled its fixed-wing CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL with a V-shaped tail and eight sets of electric motors and propellers.

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September 21, 2021

FAI Converts Global Express to Air Ambulance

FAI rent-a-jet's conversion of a Bombardier Global Express to an air ambulance comes after an increase in such missions requiring a long-range aircraft.

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September 21, 2021

Bombardier’s New Challenger 3500 Refreshes Its Super-midsize Business Jet Family

Bombardier’s New Challenger 3500 Refreshes Its Super-midsize Business Jet Family

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September 21, 2021

Airlines Welcome Lifting of U.S. Ban on Foreign Travelers

From early November, fully vaccinated passengers from multiple countries will be permitted to fly to the U.S., ending 18 months of Covid restrictions.

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September 20, 2021

Return of the Nighthawk: Now It’s Official

Two F-117s have deployed to Fresno to train with the California ANG, affording the public its first view of the aircraft since its 2008 "retirement".

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September 18, 2021

Lockheed Martin Unveils KC-Y Tanker Contender

The U.S. Air Force is gearing up to buy another fleet of tankers, which could pitch the A330 MRTT into battle again with the Boeing KC-46.

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September 17, 2021

Tradewind Aviation To Take More PC-12s, Expand Service

Tradewind Aviation aircraft and service expansion comes as the company marks 20th anniversary.

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September 17, 2021

Air New Zealand Joins Airbus's Hydrogen Airliner Project

The Asia-Pacific carrier will study how Airbus's planned Zero E hydrogen airliners could be integrated into its domestic and regional flight network.

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September 16, 2021

NBAA-BACE To Place Focus on Advanced Air Mobility

NBAA is hosting its largest cadre of AAM exhibitors yet at BACE and is bringing together a panel of government leaders to discuss emerging technologies.

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September 16, 2021

Duncan Expanding ACA Installs to Multiple Bizjet Types

MRO provider Duncan Aviation has increased its Aviation Clean Air ionization system installations to eight business jet types and will add more.

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September 16, 2021

ATR, Braathens Regional Airlines and Neste Accelerate Pure SAF Certification

The partners will operate a test flight with a ATR72 turboprop regional airliner early next year with one engine burning 100% SAF and the other one 50%.

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September 16, 2021

Jet Aviation Expands Gulfstream Mx Support in Europe

Jet Aviation's Vienna maintenance facility has now received EASA approval for the Gulfstream G500 and G600.

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September 15, 2021

Aerospace Industry is Largely Positive About Future Prospects

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics surveyed 1,000 professionals from 38 countries about the current and future state of the industry.

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September 15, 2021

Daher Receives French TBM Mx Contract Extension

The contract extension from the French Ministry for the Armed Forces is for maintenance and other support of its fleet of Daher TBM 700A/Bs.

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September 15, 2021

Boeing Shows Optimism in New Commercial Airplane Outlook

The U.S. airframer projects demand for more than 43,500 new airplanes valued at $7.2 trillion over the next 20 years in its new Commercial Market Outlook.

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September 14, 2021