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Rotorcraft

CHC Buying Babcock's Offshore Aviation Unit

CHC is purchasing Babcock's offshore aviation business in the UK, Denmark, and Australia.
Aircraft

Wideroe Goes Electric with Tecnam's P-Volt

Norway-based regional airline Wideroe is to start operating Tecnam's nine-passenger P-Volt powered by a Rolls-Royce electric propulsion system.
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FBOs

Fort Lauderdale FBO Breaks Ground on New Home

Jetscape, one of four service providers at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, broke ground this week on a major new FBO complex.
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Charter & Fractional

Fly Lindy Plans Per-seat New York City-D.C. Helo Service

Fly Lindy plans to offer per-seat, scheduled helicopter charter shuttle service between New York City, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore starting in June.
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Airlines

DOT Clears Neeleman’s Breeze Airways for Launch

Breeze Airways will begin service by the middle of the year flying Embraer E-Jets.
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Rotorcraft

Leonardo Delivers First Trekker in Indonesia

Customer FlyKomala will use the aircraft there to carry out a range of missions including passenger transport.
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Aircraft

Lockheed Martin Flies First F-35 for Denmark

Denmark has 27 of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing versions on order and expects to deploy them from 2023.
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EBAA Calls for Cooperation for Ops between EU, UK

EBAA is calling for national authorities to drop the administrative barriers for flights between the UK and EU, warning that operators are flux.
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Avionics

Land-DAR Eases Arrivals with Altitude Callouts

A new lidar-based altitude callout system is designed to help pilots know how high their aircraft is from the ground during landing.
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Aircraft

First Flight for Dassault Falcon 6X

Dassault Aviation test pilots Bruno Ferry and Fabrice Valette took off for the first flight in Falcon 6X serial number 1.
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Piaggio Draws Offers from Four Entities

Four of the five organizations invited to bid on Piaggio Aerospace had submitted their offers by the March 5 deadline.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stevens Aerospace Named Authorized Prizm LED Installer

The Prizm LED Cabin Lighting System provides business jet owners and operators a lower cost of ownership, Stevens Aerospace says.
Avionics

SmartSky Grows Patent Portfolio as Service Launch Looms

SmartSky Networks has now amassed more than 200 patents as the company prepares for commercial launch of its air-to-ground broadband connectivity service.
Aircraft

New Irkut Management Sends MC-21 into Colder Climes

The MC-21 narrowbody gets set for cold-weather trials in northern Russia.
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Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Notches AFAC Approvals in Houston, East Alton

With the recent recertifications of its Houston and East Alton locations, West Star has repair station approvals at four locations from the Mexican AFAC.
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Maintenance and Modifications

C&L Launches Aircraft Maintenance Apprenticeships

C&L Aviation Services' first class of six apprentice maintenance technicians will start in April.
Aircraft

Air Force Awards Gulfstream $696M in Support Contracts

The contracts will support the fleet of C-20G, C-37A, and C-37B Gulfstream aircraft used by the U.S. military.
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Aircraft

GE Reaches $30 billion Deal To Sell Gecas to AerCap

A Gecas-AerCap combination would result in a combined portfolio of more than 2,000 aircraft, 900 engines, and 300 helicopters.
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Charter & Fractional

UK Bizav Provider Looks for Second-half Charter Rebound

Dominvs Aviation also noted a strong start to 2021 in business aircraft sales.
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FutureFlight

Existing Power Grids May Struggle to Support New Electric Aircraft

Experts are calling on the advanced air mobility sector to urgently address how it will meet its power needs at existing airports and new urban vertiports.
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FutureFlight

U.S. Air Force Contracts with Jump Aero for Navaid/ILS Calibration Tasks

The company will use its JA1 sub-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator to calibrate navigation aids and instrument landing systems at airports.
FutureFlight On The Radar

SEC Filing Spells Out the Basis for Archer's $1.1 Billion Merger with Atlas SPAC

S-4 form filed a month after the deal's announcement gives clues regarding the valuation of the eVTOL aircraft developer.
FutureFlight On The Radar

Joby and Xwing Make the Cut In Fast Company's Ranking of Most Innovative Companies

The eVTOL aircraft developer and autonomous flight technology pioneer respectively took the number six and eight slots in the transportation category.
FutureFlight

Whole Aircraft Recovery Parachute Tested for Bye's eFlyer 2 Model

Parachute developer Aviation Safety Resources used barrels of water to simulate the eFlyer's weight in drop tests from a helicopter.
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FutureFlight

Rolls-Royce to Provide Propulsion for Vertical's Improved VA-X4 eVTOL

The renamed model is expected to have increased range of 120 miles and faster speed of over 200 mph.
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FutureFlight

Archer Confirms Miami Mobility Plans, Recruits Uber Elevate Pioneers

The eVTOL aircraft developer says urban air mobility services are set to launch in the South Florida city in 2024 with flights priced at rates comparable to those for ridesharing car service.
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FutureFlight

EHang Says Longer-Range eVTOL Aircraft Could Fly Soon

Meanwhile, the Chinese company is facing at least four class-action lawsuits in the U.S. from disgruntled investors.
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Rotorcraft

Babcock Offshore Posts Larger 2020 Loss

Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore said it had a pre-tax loss of $30.285 million.
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Obit: Michael O'Leary, AEA's Longest Serving Chairman

Michael O'Leary, who served as AEA chairman from 2002 to 2009, died at the age of 69 from Covid-19 complications.

UK Bizav Hits the Skids, but Outlook Bright

The UK’s business aviation sector is experiencing the most challenging period in its history due to the impact both of the pandemic and Brexit.
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