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Atlas Air Service, Helsinki Citycopter Celebrate CJ4 Acquisition

Acquisition marks the Finnish charter company's entry into fixed-wing operations
Aircraft

Leonardo Flies AW609 In Navy Aircraft Carrier Sea Trials

The aircraft has not yet received a civil type certificate
Leonardo AW609 tiltrotor operates on an Italian Navy aircraft carrier
Maintenance and Modifications

Heritage Aviation Gains Authorization as a Garmin Service Center

This development allows Heritage Aviation to offer a wider range of service and support activities from Garmin
Heritage Aviation in Burlington, Vermont
Maintenance and Modifications

Comlux Malta Wins EASA Part 145 Certification

MRO can now provide line maintenance services for EASA-registered Airbus A320s and A220s
Comlux Malta vp accepts EASA Part 145 certificate
Charter & Fractional

EHang Conducts More Passenger Flight Demonstrations in China

Pilotless sightseeing trips were conducted at a resort in Wencheng County in China’s Zhejiang province
EHang flight in Wencheng County, China
Airports

Ferrovial Teams with eVTOL Operator UrbanLink To Develop Florida Vertiports

The infrastructure group will make the facilities available for multiple eVTOL air services
Ferrovial is developing vertiports for eVTOL aircraft
Charter & Fractional

Wheels Up Lays Off 11% of Its Pilot Staff

Headcount reduction was concentrated to its King Air pilots
Wheels Up King Air in Las Vegas
Aircraft

Sirius Rebrands Planned Hydrogen Business Aircraft

Swiss startup announced the CEO Jet and the Adventure Jet
Sirius Aviation Adventure Jet
Charter & Fractional

Airbus Study: Fleet Upgrades Motivated by Sustainability, SAF

79% of polled execs cited sustainability as factor
David McIntosh/AIN
Rotorcraft

Airbus Delivers 1st ACH160 Helicopter in North America

Chartright Air Group will start flying charters in the ACH160 in the third quarter
Airbus ACH160 for Chartright Air Group
FBOs

Bizav Industry Mourns Loss of James T. Wilson

Wilson was a senior associate of logistics, FBO management, mentoring, and coaching at FBO Partners
Jamie Wilson
Aircraft

Leonardo To Assemble AW609 at Grottaglie Facility

The company is suspending production of airliner fuselages for Boeing for four months
Leonardo's Grottaglie production line for Boeing 787 airline fuselages
Rotorcraft

Hoper Launches Aegean Islands Helicopter Service

The move signals that there is a market for regional mobility that helicopters can serve
Hoper helicopter flights in Greece
Engines

MagniX Enters Energy Storage Race with Samson Batteries

The new batteries will work with multiple electric propulsion systems for aircraft
MagniX Samson electric batteries for aviation
Rotorcraft

EASA Starts Flight Tests on AW09 Helicopter

The Leonardo subsidiary is aiming to certify the single-engined rotorcraft in 2025
EASA and Kopter test pilots with AW09 helicopter
Aircraft

Airbus's ACJ TwoTwenty Airliner-Sized Business Jet Has All the Space You'll Ever Need

Traverse the globe in luxury with seventeen of your closest friends
Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty in Geneva
Aircraft

Bombardier Global Production Stops as Workers Strike

Both parties continue to hold contract negotiations
Bombardier Global 7500 in Toronto Pearson production facility (Photo: Ian Whelan)
Charter & Fractional

Volato Begins Equipping Its HondaJets with SmartSky

Volato has a total fleet of 26 HondaJets
Volato HondaJet
Training and Workforce

AINsight: Sharpening Your Axe

Taking time off is crucial to mental health and productivity
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Jefferies: Used Bizjet Inventory Climbs 18% YOY

But overall inventory is still low compared to pre-pandemic times
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Training and Workforce

Summit Aviation's Cancer Survivor Flight Camp Returns

The donor-funded program is now in its 10th year
Participant in Summit Aviation's/Eagle Mounts annual Cancer Survivor Flight Camp
Airports

Archer Plans eVTOL Air Taxi Routes in San Francisco

Vertiports may be coming soon to Oyster Point, Napa, San Jose, Oakland, and Livermore
A digital rendering of the Archer "Sea Portal" at Oyster Point in South San Francisco
Security

Two Bizjets Spray-painted at London Stansted

Two protestors breached airside security at the UK airport
Just Stop Oil at Stansted Airport
Charter & Fractional

Spanish Business Aircraft Operator Commits to Crisalion's eVTOL Model

Málaga-based iJet Aviation said it plans to buy 10 of the five-passenger Integrity aircraft
Crisalion Integrity eVTOL aircraft
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Arc Aerosystems Lands Saudi Backing for New Aircraft

The UK start-up is working on a jump takeoff gyroplane and a pair of eVTOL aircraft
Arc Aerosystems Linx P9 aircraft
Security

Olympic Games To Bring More Bizav Traffic to Paris

Those heading to the summer games should expect long lines and lots of security
Paris
Engines

GE Teams with NASA on Hybrid-electric Passport Engine

Hybrid-electric, high-bypass turbofans could power the next generation of airliners
GE's Passport 20 engine is pictured at Peebles
Environment

DAWN Rises on World's First Solar-powered Fuel Refinery

The initial pilot plant will demonstrate the technology on an industrial scale
Synhelion's DAWN solar fuel plant
Training and Workforce

CAE Dedicates Gulfstream Training Center in Savannah

Training center began operations with G280 and G450/G550 simulators
CAE Savannah, Georgia center (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)
Avionics

Garmin GI 275 Approved for MD Helicopters MD500/530

The approval expands installation options for Garmin's electronic flight instrument
Garmin GI 275 electronic flight instrument