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Regulations and Government

FAA Issues New MMEL Relief Process Guidelines

With operators seeking MEL relief for STC components not yet evaluated through the required process, the FAA has issued new guidance.
Safety

AINsight: The Roadmap to Safer Part 91/135 Operations

This series will examine how bizav can benefit from the path airlines have laid out.
Aircraft

Pilot Report: Embraer Praetor 600

A flight in Embraer's new Praetor 600 super midsize jet reveals a host of new features.
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Accidents

Indonesia Seeks To Toughen Rules on Contracting Foreign Pilots

Indonesia's review follows last month’s Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 crash
Aircraft

Airbus and Red Wings Prepare for A220 Russia Introduction

Moscow Vnukovo-based Red Wings expects first of six A220s in May and eyes a further four examples.
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Accidents

Personal Helicopter Flying Posts Highest Accident Rate

The USHST reports that the overall accident rate is declining.
Avionics

AEA: Avionics Market Seeing Double-digit Sales Gains

The forward-fit avionics market is up 16.6 percent and retrofit sales have improved by 14.7 percent in the first nine months of the year.
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Regulations and Government

New PBN Routes Aim To Improve Flights to Florida, Caribbean

The FAA is rolling out 55 new PBN routes as part of its South-Central Florida Metroplex initiative.
Engines

GE's First Engine Test 747 Is Now a Museum Piece

In service with for 49 years, first as an airliner, then as a flying engine testbed, the four-engine jumbo was the world's oldest active 747.
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Safety

FAA Issues SAFO on Jet Fuel Contamination

After the FAA released a special airworthiness bulletin last year, more instances have occurred involving jet fuel contaminated with diesel exhaust fluid.
Aircraft

Cutter Accepts 20th HondaJet

The Arizona-based aviation services and sales company is now the world's top dealer of the light jet.
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Aircraft

EasyJet Tweaks Its Airbus Order

UK low-cost carrier firms purchase rights for 17 A320neos, postpones deliveries of 18
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Airlines

EU and Asean Head for New Round of Open Skies Talks

Block-to-block Open Skies negotiations will focus on 5th freedom rights, fair competition, and social issues.
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FBOs

APP Properties Adds Hangar Space on Both U.S. Coasts

The FBO operator and aviation real estate firm acquired 95,000 sq ft of hangars at California's Hayward Executive and Virginia's Manassas Regional Airports
Rotorcraft

Jetcopter Unveils Seven-seat VTOL Design

German firm finalizes design for roadworthy $350,000 VTOL.
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Aircraft

Skunk Works Cuts Metal on First X-59 Components

Lockheed Martin has started construction on the first parts of its Low Boom Technology supersonic testbed
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Aircraft

First Airbus ACJ320neo Takes Flight

“The ACJ320neo first flight heralds a new Airbus corporate jet era, delivering a range that enables nonstop travel between even more cities," said Airbus.
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Safety

Early IS-BAO Participants Reach Milestones

The SMS-based voluntary program, launched in 2002, is now seeing its first 15-year participants.
Rotorcraft

Russia Working On 378-knot Compound Helicopter

Proposed Russian helicopter's top speed would best Western rotorcraft by 100 knots.
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Rotorcraft

Russia Deals 20 Ansat Helicopters to China

The Russian light twin helicopter will fly EMS missions in China
Airports

GYY Books Out New Hangar Project

The Chicagoland airport has secured aircraft repo specialist Sage-Popovich as a tenant for at least the next decade.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Aviation Celebrates Chattanooga Expansion

The MRO provider has added more than 100,000 sq ft of space, including a state-of-the-art paint shop to its Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport location.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

FAA Processes More than 50,000 LAANC Drone Applications

The number of LAANC applications far exceeds FAA exceptions.
Rotorcraft

HAI Calls FAA Limits on ADS-B Rebates 'Unacceptable'

The association twice has been rebuffed in its attempt to convince the FAA to include rotorcraft in the ADS-B rebate program.
Aircraft

Latest Standard Rafale Gains Clearance; First Indian Aircraft Flies

The latest F3-R standard of the Dassault Rafale with Meteor missile, Talios pod, and other enhancements has received clearance from the DGA.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Australia Selects Reaper for Armed RPAS Requirement

Following a competition with the IAI Heron TP, GA-ASI's Reaper has been chosen by Australia to answer its armed RPAS needs.
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Rotorcraft

AVIC Provides First Glimpse of Sino-Russian Heavy-lifter

At the recent Airshow China held at Zhuhai, AVIC shoewd off a model of the Advanced Heavy Lift helicopter it is developing, based on the mighty Mi-26
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Resumes TDR-94/94D Transponder Mods

A software upgrade is available for Rockwell Collins TDR-94/94D transponders at Duncan Aviation facilities.
Charter & Fractional

Aircraft Management Industry Ripe for Consolidation

The challenge of finding good people, higher pilot salaries, and regulatory requirements will drive consolidation of aircraft management companies.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Luxaviation Criticizes Costs of EBACE and Geneva

CEO of leading European operator believes EBACE could be held in a less expensive European city than Geneva.
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