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Paris Selects 30 Partners For Its Urban Air Mobility Initiative

Volocopter, Airbus, Ascendance Flight Technologies, Vertical Aerospace, EHang, and Pipistrel are the eVTOL aircraft developers that will participate in the Re.Invent Air Mobility Challenge.
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Security

TSA Asks GA To Be Its Eyes, Ears Around Inauguration

Operators who plan to be in the Washington, D.C., metro area in the next few weeks should expect airspace restrictions, NBAA says.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

AINsight: How Dry Leases Can Prevent Illegal Charter

Leasing enables a lessee to lawfully “operate” and thereby exercise “operational control” over an aircraft under the FARs.
Airlines

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Launches, Plans Tel Aviv Flights

The joint venture between Wizz Air and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ Holdings flies to Athens on its inaugural service.
Aircraft

Volocopter Moves To Enter U.S. eVTOL Air Taxi Market

The German company has applied for the FAA to concurrently validate its EASA type certification for the two-seat, all-electric VoloCity eVTOL aircraft.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Gama Aviation Acquires Jet East MRO

The combination of Gama Aviation and Jet East Aviation creates an MRO with coast-to-coast operations serving 65 cities in the U.S.
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Aircraft

U.S. Adds Comac to DOD Sanctions List

The maker of the C919 and ARJ21 could face divestment by U.S. partners due to a new Department of Defense ban.
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Rotorcraft

Australia Selects Apache Guardian for Recon Requirement

Slaying Vipers and culling Tigers, the Apache has been selected to answer the Australian Army Aviation Corps attack helicopter requirement.
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Aircraft

Indian Government Approves More Light Combat Aircraft

The approval covers 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk1A aircraft to join the 40 Mk1s already in service or delivery, plus 56 Airbus C295 transports.
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Aircraft

Exim Bank Praises Gulfstream Private Jet Financing Deal

The U.S. Export-Import Bank awarded its Deal of the Year recognition to Gulfstream for a sale of a G650 to a Czech customer.
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FutureFlight

Volocopter Makes a Move on the U.S. Urban Air Mobility Market

The German eVTOL developer is eyeing the launch of commercial services in U.S. cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC.
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Rotorcraft

Airbus Helicopters H160 Readies for ENG Duty in Japan

All Nippon Helicopters will add a new Airbus H160 to its electronic newsgathering fleet in Japan.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Takes Order for King Air with Cargo Door

St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Montana, ordered the Beechcraft King Air 250C with a factory-installed cargo door for air ambulance operations.
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FBOs

Signature Moves Into New Baton Rouge FBO Complex

Signature Flight Support has relocated its FBO at Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport/Ryan Field to a newly-renovated terminal and hangar complex
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Rotorcraft

HAI Doubles Down on In-person March Heli-Expo Show

The Helicopter Association International said it expects New Orleans to lift its Phase One covid restrictions in time for its annual trade show.
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Safety

Busy Charter Operator To Introduce New Covid Test Protocol

Arizona-based Worldwide Jets will soon begin testing its flight crews for Covid every 72 hours.
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Airlines

Norwegian To Shut All Long-haul Operations

A new business plan at Norwegian Air calls for a return to an all-narrowbody fleet.
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Avionics

Compact Cockpit Video Recorder Wins New Zealand Nod

Eye In The Sky approved for installation in Airbus and Robinson helicopters.
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Charter & Fractional

NATA Launching SMS Pilot for Charters, Repair Stations

The NATA project will gather data on practical ways to implement SMS for the Parts 135 and 145 communities.
FutureFlight

Walle Commits to Using Jaunt Journey eVTOL Aircraft For Italian Air Taxi Services

The startup is looking at starting operations in the Milan and Naples areas.
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FutureFlight

Aviation Gets a Voice In New French Government Hydrogen Council

Airbus engineering vice president Jean-Brice Dumont will represent the company and industry group GIFAS.
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FutureFlight

Aviation Takes a Low Profile At Virtual Consumer Electronics Show

General Motors hinted that it is working on a Cadillac-branded personal air vehicle.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Could Defense Exports Support or Disrupt Baykar's Plans For Personal Air Vehicles?

The Turkish company is looking to expand export sales of military equipment such as its TB2 tactical drones while also developing plans for personal air vehicles in consumer markets.
Aircraft

EU Aerospace Set To Benefit from Post-Brexit Deal with UK

A European Commission official applauds “asymmetries" between UK and EASA design certificate approvals.
Avionics

Safe Flight Buy Expands Loar Group's Aero Product Range

Loar Group has added flight instrumentation, guidance, and controls manufacturer Safe Flight Instrument Corp. to its aircraft component businesses.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan To Ramp Up Summer Intern Program

Duncan Aviation is looking to hire as many as 33 interns this summer at its trio of full-service aircraft maintenance facilities.
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Maintenance and Modifications

JetSupport Makes Tracks Outside the Netherlands

JetSupport Amsterdam has opened a maintenance facility at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport in southern Germany.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

NBAA Lauds IRS Rule Exempting Managed Aircraft from FET

NBAA is praising issuance of a pre-publication final rule by the U.S. IRS that clearly exempts managed business aircraft from federal excise taxes.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Consolidates MRO Sales Operations

The new organization joins the MRO sales operations of Dassault Falcon Service, TAG Maintenance Services, and the Falcon segment of ExecuJet MRO.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Honeywell Unveils Fourth-gen Cabin Pressure System

Piaggio Aerospace will use Honeywell's next-generation, digital Cabin Pressure Control and Monitoring System on its forthcoming P.180 Avanti Evo.