Content Archive: May 2023

Charter & Fractional

Volato Offers Lifeline to Jet It HondaJet Owners, Pilots

Volato is working to accommodate aircraft, pilots, and customers from shuttered fractional HondaJet provider Jet It.
HondaJet pilot greets business passengers on airport ramp
ATC

En Route CPDLC to Reopen for New Business Jets

The FAA plans to allow business and general aviation aircraft to resume using enroute CPDLC by August 31.
Aerial view of Gulfstream G650ER in flight over ocean
Aircraft

VoltAero Wins Kawasaki Funding for Hybrid-electric Aircraft

Japanese light-engine maker Kawasaki Motors is making an undisclosed investment in the French start-up that is developing the Cassio family of aircraft.
VoltAero is developing the Cassio family of hybrid-electric aircraft.
Fuel

4Air: Tackling SAF Assurance and Contrails

Knowing where the SAF comes from and what its sustainability attributes are is an increasingly important requirement for operators.
Kennedy Ricci, 4Air
Fuel

Sustainability Leads See Hydrogen as SAF Future

Rather than develop new hydrogen-powered propulsion systems, the aviation industry should focus on using hydrogen to produce SAF, panelists contend.
Hydrogen
Cabin Interior and Electronics

SD Showcasing Plane Simple Antenna at EBACE

Satcom Direct's Plane Simple tail-mounted antenna system for business jets is on display at EBACE 2023.
Satcom Direct’s Plane Simple
Aircraft

Fokker Unveils New Widebody Hangar for Completions

Fokker Services Group unveils new widebody hangar at EBACE, as the Dutch firm prepares for anticipated surge in completion services.
new Fokker hangar
Maintenance and Modifications

Air Ambulance Outfitters Show Their Stuff

North Dakota based aero-medical outfitters Spectrum Aeromed and Fargo Jet Center show off their latest advances at EBACE.
Aeromedical aircraft outiftting from Spectrum Aeromed and Fargo Jet Center
Aircraft

LHT’s New BBJ 777 VIP Cabin Design Aims for Middle East

Lufthansa Technik Unveils at EBACE a Middle Eastern-flavored VIP cabin concept for the forthcoming BBJ 777-9
Lufthansa Technik 777 rendering
Engines

QTA Cures HTF7000 Thrust Reverser Door Corrosion

QTA has engineered a cure to corrosion problems with HTF7000 thrust-reverser doors at considerably reduced cost compared with replacing entire units.
The Quiet Technology Aerospace