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Training and Workforce

Agreement Could Help Diamond Aircraft's Worker Pipeline

Diamond Aircraft Industries and Centennial College have agreed to collaborate in several areas such as student work placements.
Rotorcraft

Covid Taking Toll on Rotorcraft Employment

An HAI webinar with JSFirm highlighted the job losses that has come from the Covid-19 crisis in the rotorcraft industry, but offered tools for job seekers.
Rotorcraft

Bell 525 Edges Closer To Certification

Bell recently completed noise testing on its 525 super-medium twin.
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Regulations and Government

IBAC Urges ICAO To Adjust Corsia Emissions Baseline

IBAC fears use of an average of 2019 and 2020 emissions levels will skew the baseline for Corsia at a much greater cost to operators.
Accidents

Huey Crash Kills Former L.A. Newscopter Pilot

Chip Paige was killed when a 1969 Bell UH-1H crashed into a Mesa, Arizona park.
FBOs

Hawaii Traffic Hard Hit During Covid Crisis

Like most places, aviation traffic to Hawaii's main gateway of Honolulu has dropped preciptiously over the past month.
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Aircraft

Airbus to Furlough 3,200 UK Workers at Broughton Plant

Airbus’s furloughed Broughton workers will benefit from the UK government’s Job Retention Scheme.
Airlines

Argentina Shuts Down Air Travel Until September

Airline and airport groups decry the Argentine government’s decision to close the country to air travel for another four months.
Aircraft

China’s Comac Applies Remote Test Platforms for C919

Comac looks to 5G to boost aircraft development amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Aircraft

C-390 Joint Venture Scrapped, Millennium Joins the Covid Effort

Despite the ending of the Boeing-Embraer JV to oversee development and marketing of the tanker-transport, the original marketing agreement remains.
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Aircraft

Boeing Pulls Out of Planned Embraer Tie-up

A master transaction agreement that laid out contract terms for the creation of Boeing Brasil expired on Friday.
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Aircraft

Embraer Fires Back after Boeing Nixes Merger Deal

Embraer and Boeing face a legal battle over the U.S. company’s decision to terminate its takeover of the Brazilian manufacturer's airliner business.
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Avionics

Saab Flies New GaN Fighter Radar

The new radar is available as an upgrade for Gripen fighters, and can also be tailored to other types and for other missions.
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Charter & Fractional

Tighter Requirements Put Pressure on Bizav in Russia

Bizav operators in Russia are facing difficulties in conducting their flights to and from the country due to a significant tightening of requirements.
Airports

ACI Issues Best Practices for Parking Grounded Aircraft

Travel restrictions introduced in response to the pandemic have made finding locations to park overflow aircraft a challenge.
Airports

Stevens Plans Move from Nashville to Nearby Smyrna

Stevens Aerospace move to Smyrna Airport offers the MRO provider the ability to expand in the future.
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Regulations and Government

Industry Leaders Praise Passage of More Relief Funding

The replenishment of the PPP fund was welcomed by industry groups, seeing small aviation businesses continue to struggle.
Aircraft

Aerion Supersonic Chooses Florida's MLB Airport for New HQ

Aerion Supersonic is moving its headquarters from Reno, Nevada, to a new $300 million campus at Florida’s Melbourne International Airport (MLB).
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Aircraft

Has Business Aviation Reached Its Low Point in the Covid-19 Crisis?

Has Business Aviation Reached Its Low Point in the Covid-19 Crisis?
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Safety

AINsight: Step Up Pilot Skills During Covid Grounding

Professional pilots can take advantage of this Covid-19-induced downtime to “reset” and re-engage to be better on the backside of this crisis.
Aircraft

Why Expert Aircraft Management Matters in a Crisis

Why Expert Aircraft Management Matters in a Crisis
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Airports

Biggin Hill Airport Presses Ahead with Long-term Growth Plans

Biggin Hill Airport's new CEO wants to develop a complete business aviation ecosystem that will drive long-term growth for business aviation in London.
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Aircraft

U.S. Air Force F-35 Fighters Arrive in Alaska

The 354th Fighter Wing has become the first wing in Pacific Air Forces to receive the Lockheed Martin F-35A.
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Aircraft

Comlux Making Aircraft Available in Crisis for At-cost Charter

Comlux is a VIP transport specialist but is currently making its aircraft available for at-cost charter to help in the present crisis.
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Aircraft

Honeywell Discusses Aircraft Downtime Optimization

In dozens of sessions with customers over the past few weeks, Honeywell offers operators tips on how to get the most of the time their aircraft is down.
Aircraft

Alafco Sues Boeing for Non-delivery of Max Jets

Kuwaiti leasing company Alafco claims Boeing owes it $336 million in advance payment for undelivered 737 Max 8s.
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ATC

FAA To Adjust Hours at 100 Air Traffic Towers

The FAA is temporarily reducing operations at ATC towers where traffic has dropped off significantly, particularly at night.
Aircraft

AvioInteriors Seating Innovation Addresses Covid Concerns

Italian cabin supplier AvioInteriors has designed a seating configuration with transparencies meant to mitigate the spread of germs.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Textron Offers Financing for Citation Upgrades, Mods

Textron Aviation financing program is limited to U.S.-registered Cessna Citation jets that have work performed in U.S. service centers.
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Airlines

IATA Seeks Pan-European Approach to Post-Covid Air Travel

The International Air Transport Association acknowledges that a coordinated relaxation of lockdowns could prove difficult given “different realities.”