Content Archive: January 2022

Aircraft

FAA Clears Three More Altimeter Models for Use in 5G Areas

New approvals from the FAA allow for 62 percent of the U.S. commercial fleet to perform low-visibility landings at airports near 5G towers.

Asset Insight: Demand Favors Low-time Bizjets

Aging aircraft sellers are 'encountering remarketing' challenges.
Environment

Ross Aviation Joins the SAF Set

Ross Aviation's FBO at California's Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is now the latest to offer continuous supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
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FBOs

Cutter Aviation Consolidates at Texas Airport

Less than a month after purchasing an FBO at Texas' Georgetown Executive Airport, Cutter Aviation has done it again.
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Aircraft

Vertical Flight Society Grows Alongside eVTOL Industry

Growth in the emerging eVTOL industry is spilling over to the Vertical Flight Society, which saw its company membership increase by 20% last year.
Aircraft

Priester Adds Five Bizjets to Managed Fleet

The additional aircraft brings its managed and on-demand charter fleet to 75.
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Safety

Phoenix Air Gets First IS-BAO Remote-piloted A/C Nod

The International Business Aviation Council has issued its first IS-BAO Remote Piloted Aircraft System to Phoenix Air Unmanned.
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Airlines

U.S. Airlines Call for 'Immediate' Halt to 5G Rollout Plans

An Airlines for America letter to the FAA, FCC, and the White House warns of catastrophic consequences of 5G implementation on January 19.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy Sets Her Leadership Team

Dana Schulze, the former director of the Office of Aviation Safety for the NTSB, is now the agency's managing director.
Regulations and Government

FAA COO Bristol To Retire

Bristol has nearly 30 years of federal service and is retiring after serving as the FAA's COO for nearly eight years.