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Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier's Biggin Hill Site Adds Mx Apprenticeships

The first class of 16 students began their apprenticeships in March at Bombardier Biggin Hill.
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Aircraft

New Aircraft Programs Aim for Improving Market

New aircraft from Dassault, Gulfstream, and Textron Aviation should be ready by the time the business aviation market takes off again.
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Aircraft

Airbus Resumes Work on New A320 Line in Toulouse

A modernized assembly line will allow for more capacity flexibility for the Airbus A320 and A321.
Maintenance and Modifications

Constant's Orlando Paint Ops To Tackle More Jets

The facility will now be able to accommodate business jets as large as the Gulfstream G650 and Dassault Falcon 7X.
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Avionics

Collins Delivers Avionics for NASA's Supersonic X-59

Based on the Collins Proline Fusion, the X-59 avionics were designed to account for the aircraft's lack of forward-looking windows.
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Safety

Collins Aerospace Building Ram Air Turbine Wind Tunnel

The company is expected to complete the $18 million facility in 2022.
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FBOs

Rise Aviation Breaks Ground on Texas FBO

Rise Aviation, the lone FBO at North Texas Regional Airport 60 miles north of Dallas, has broken ground on its new terminal.
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Engines

Duncan Expands Engine Mx Capabilities in Lincoln

Duncan Aviation's expanded engine maintenance capabilities come with the addition of Honeywell TFE731 Heavy and HTF7000 Series Minor authorizations.
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Accidents

Airbus To Appeal New Charges Stemming from 2009 A330 Crash

The Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday referred the case stemming from the 2009 Air France crash of an Airbus A330 to the French criminal court.
Sustainability and Environment

Another California Destination Opens the SAF Tap

California’s Truckee Tahoe Airport District is the latest location in the state to offer a continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Delivers 300th Jet Ranger X

The first Bell 505 was delivered in 2017. Today 300 aircraft are in operation across six continents.
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Maintenance and Modifications

True Blue Inverters Approved for Select Gulfstreams

The True Blue Power TI1204 1,200-watt inverter provides 400 Hz of power to emergency systems in the event of an aircraft power failure.
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Aircraft

Hermeus Lines Up HQ, Assembly Factory in Atlanta

After receiving agreements from the U.S. Air Force and NASA, Hermeus has secured a facility to be the site of assembly of hypersonic aircraft.
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Aircraft

Airshare Moving Upmarket with Challenger 350s

Kansas City-based Airshare today placed a firm order for three super-midisize Bombardier Challenger 350s, with options for 17 more.
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Aircraft

Alaska Airlines to Add E-Jets, Maxes for Post-Covid Expansion

Seventeen E175s will enter service with partners Horizon Air and SkyWest starting in 2022 and 13 more 737 Max 9s will enter the mainline in 2023 and 2024.
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Aircraft

Covid Creates Conditions for Aircraft Brokers to Prosper in Africa

Late 2020 and early 2021 see significant uptick in activity, as first-time buyers enter the market.
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Charter & Fractional

Philippines Hospital Launches Medical Flight Service

With local operator Inaec Aviation, Ascent is providing The Medical City hospital group in the Philippines with flights for patients, staff and cargo.
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Airlines

Dubai South Sees 236% Rise in Bizav Movements in Q1

Lack of commercial carrier movements serving India and Europe has increased Dubai's attractiveness as a business aviation hub.
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Rotorcraft

Airbus Helicopters H145 Simulator Lands in U.S.

A Thales Airbus Helicopters H145 simulator has been installed at Helisim’s simulation center on the Airbus campus in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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Aircraft

ST Engineering, Temasek To Form Freighter Leasing JV

The 50-50 joint venture between ST Engineering and Tamasek will focus on narrowbody P2F conversions.
Charter & Fractional

Jet Linx Plans Private Terminal at Miami-Opa Locka

The Jet Linx private terminal at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport will be its 20th such terminal in the U.S.
FBOs

Colonial Pipeline Attack Spurs Bizav Concerns

The continuing cyberattack on the Colonial Fuel Pipeline is raising some concerns among the business aviation industry.
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Aircraft

Max Delivery Halt Tempers Boeing’s April Total

Along with delivering 17 airplanes during April, Boeing saw its third straight month of positive net order totals.
Regulations and Government

NBAA, GAMA Caution Treasury Dept on Bizav Privacy

NBAA and GAMA submitted joint comments to a Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposal on reporting rules for LLCs.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Collins Upgrades Venue Cabin Management System

Collins Aerospace's graphical user interface on the Venue cabin management system has been simplified through a new upgrade.
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Avionics

AEA: Avionics Sales Soften, but Recovery Underway

Worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales in the first quarter fell 13.9 percent year-over-year, to about $568.8 million, AEA said.
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Rotorcraft

Rotor Leaders Stress Digital, Performance Advances

Tomorrow's rotorcraft could have systems updated in flight.
Airports

Munich Airport Greenlights Green Fuel

Starting on June 1 sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be available at Germany’s Munich Airport.
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Sustainability and Environment

Neste Going Forward with SAF Refinery Expansion

Major sustainable fuel producer Neste has finally greenlit a long-discussed quarter-billion-dollar expansion project at its Rotterdam refinery.
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Charter & Fractional

Asia Flight Services Learns To Be Flexible

Asia Flight Services has had to respond to changes to its core business from outside forces including military coups and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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