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SETOps Event To Probe Market Opportunities in Europe

Experts explain how Europe could more fully exploit EASA rules allowing single-engine turbine aircraft to fly commercially at night and in IMC conditions.
Daher Kodiak 900
Aircraft

VietJet Expands Service to Australia amid SE Asian Rebound

VietJet A330-300 debuts in Sydney as Vietnamese authorities project traffic recovery to 2019 levels by year-end.
VietJet's expansion into Australia has seen its Airbus A330-300s debut in Sydney.
Aircraft

SkyDrive Signs First Preorder for Private-use eVTOL

SkyDrive opened the order book to private individual customers for its SD-05 two-seat eVTOL, and Drone Fund director Kotaro Chiba was the first to order.
Venture capitalist Kotaro Chiba (left) views a model of SkyDrive's SD-05 eVTOL aircraft.
Aircraft

Boeing Confronted with Another Max Delivery Disruption

Aft fuselages for the 737 Max supplied by Sprit Aerosystems are the source of another delivery disruption.
Boeing 737 Max family on airport ramp
Aircraft

Gulfstream G400 Cabin Tour Launches, First Flight Nears

Gulfstream is launching a G400 cabin mockup tour in the U.S. as it prepares to fly the first of the twinjets later this year.
Gulfstream G400 cabin
Maintenance and Modifications

Aerocare Completes First Embraer Praetor 600 Repaint

Aerocare Aviation Services Limited completed its first full repainting of an Embraer Praetor 600 aircraft at its expanded paint facility in Chester, UK.
Embraer Praetor 600 repainted by Aerocare Aviation Services Limited in hangar
Avionics

Options Grow for Civil Black Hawks

Remote piloting and HUMS join list of capabilities available for civil Sikorsky UH-60 helicopters.
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter in flight
Aircraft

Dutch Start-up Maeve Unveils All-Electric Regional Airliner

The company claims battery technology will be sufficient to carry 44 passengers over 250 nm by 2029, with range and payload to increase in the future.
Developers expect the Maeve 01 all-electric regional airliner to enter service in 2029.
Avionics

Proposed AD Expands Limits on Helo Radio Altimeters

The FAA is proposing stricter limits on helicopters with a radio altimeter operating in the presence of possible 5G C-band radio frequency interference.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

JetMS Opening Aircraft Interiors Facility in Lithuania

JetMS Holdings is opening a more than 75,000-sq-ft aircraft interior fabrication and installation facility in Kaunas, Lithuania.
JetMS Holdings new aircraft interiors facility in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Summit Aviation Breaks Ground on Yellowstone Facility

Summit Aviation will soon begin construction on its complex at Montana's Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
Artist rendering of Summit Aviation's new headquarters at KBZN
Sustainability and Environment

EBACE Keynoters To Mix Racing, Bizav, and Sustainability

F1 executives Toto and Susie Wolff will highlight sustainability in racing and business aviation during the keynote session at EBACE 2023 in Geneva.
Susie Wolff and Toto Wolff
Fuel

ATP, Fuelerlinx Partner on System Integration

ATP has integrated its Flightdocs Operations platform with Fuelerlinx's fuel purchasing and consumption planning product.
 Flightdocs Operations platform with Fuelerlinx's fuel purchasing and consumption planning product displayed on MacBook
Rotorcraft

Blade Launches Seasonal Hamptons Pass

Blade Air Mobility its offfering a seasonal pass for New York City to Hamptons flights on Sikorsky S-76s helicopters.
Blade Sikorsky S-76C+
ATC

Controller Hiring on Track but New York Tracon Far Understaffed

Despite meeting its hiring goals, the FAA continues to suffer air traffic controller shortages at the New York Tracon.
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Charter & Fractional

Flexjet Scraps IPO, Continues Growth Plans

Flexjet plans to remain "opportunistic" in the capital markets and continue growth after terminating an agreement to go public through a SPAC merger.
Flexjet is moving forward with plans to add aircraft, staff, and infrastructure after terminating its SPAC agreement to go public.
Regulations and Government

NATA, NBAA Urge More Flexible, Scalable SMS Rules

NBAA and NATA are concerned that the current SMS proposal may be too rigid for a large swath of operators and are asking for more time and flexibility.
pilots reviewing checklist in flight deck
Aircraft

Demand for Business Jets of Sanctioned Russians Remains High

Demand for Russian business jets remains high despite sanctions.
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Aircraft

Honda Aircraft Settles Lawsuit Against Jet It

Honda Aircraft and business jet operator Jet It have reached a confidential resolution in their legal dispute.
Jet It HondaJet on display
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Milestone Leases Five S-92s to North Sea Operator

Milestone is extending existing leases, placing more Sikorsky S-92s with Offshore Helicopter Services.
Milestone Aviation Group has signed lease agreements with Offshore Helicopter Services UK Limited for five Sikorsky S-92 helicopters.
FBOs

Milwaukee Airport Now Offers Three FBOs

The new $11 million Jet In FBO at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee will also serve as a home for sister aircraft operator Jet Out.
The new Jet in FBO at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rotorcraft

Bell Adds Pratt, SNC to HSVTOL Team

Buoyed by V-280 win, Bell presses ahead with high-speed VTOL concept.
Bell HSVTOL
Aircraft

Liebherr Developing Air Supply System for Airbus ZeroE Program

Toulouse-based Liebherr-Aerospace has entered the second phase of study into an air supply demonstrator for Airbus’s hydrogen fuel-cell system.
Airbus ZeroE fuel cell
Cabin Interior and Electronics

PWI Gets FAA PMA for Falcon 900B LED Cabin Light Upgrade

Aircraft lighting specialist PWI earned parts manufacturer approval from the FAA for LED Cabin Lighting upgrades on Dassault Falcon 900B business jets.
Falcon 900B aircraft cabin equipped with PWI's LED lighting system
Maintenance and Modifications

C&L Aerospace Named Securaplane Products Dealer

C&L Aerospace signs on as a Parker-Meggitt Securaplane products dealer for main ship batteries, emergency batteries, and business jet camera product lines.
The Parker-Meggitt battery 43 Ah mainship battery for King Airs
Airports

Colorado Airport's Remote Tower on Life Support

A remote tower project at Northern Colorado Regional Airport is in limbo after the FAA changed the process to certify the equipment.
remote tower at Northern Colorado Regional Airport
Airports

Jetex Wins Concession To Operate Al Bateen FBO

With the concession to operate the FBO at Al Bateen Executive, Jetex now has the chance to operate at three key facilities in the UAE’s two main cities.
Jetex and Abu Dhabi Airports representatives at table during signing ceremony for concessionary agreement
FBOs

Skyservice Opens Vancouver FBO

Skyservice has added Vancouver to its network giving it locations in all three of Canada's largest cities.
Passenger lounge in new Skyservice FBO at Vancouver International Airport
Rotorcraft

Avic's AC332 Light Twin Helicopter Makes First Flight

Avic's AC332 helicopter—designed specifically for high/hot operations—made its first flight on April 7 in Tianjin, China.
AVIC's AC332 helicopter in flight on April 7 in Tianjin, China.