Content Archive: June 2020

Aircraft

Bombardier's Global 5500 Enters Service

The 5500 is the last and smallest of the Bombardier Global range of aircraft to enter service
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FBOs

ExecuJet Paris Joins Paragon Network

Through the newly-acquired ExecuJet FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport, the Paragon Aviation Network has gained a foothold at the key European destination.
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Maintenance and Modifications

UK Man Pleads Guilty To Aircraft Parts Fraud

Richard Paul Harper admitted in a plea agreement to switching the fuselages and data plate of a damaged helo and trying to resell it.
Aircraft

Korean Start-up Airline Hi Air Orders Two ATR 72-500s

Hi Air, which started operations in February 2020, is doubling the size of its fleet following South Korea's emergence from Covid-19 lockdown.
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Accidents

AAIB Releases Preliminary Report on PK8303 A320 Crash

For unknown reasons, the pilots of Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK8303 took off after landing with the gear retracted.
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Avionics

Vu Systems Completes Development Testing

Vu Systems is working with avionics and aircraft manufacturers and airlines on certification of its Vu Cube passive millimeter wave sensor.
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Airlines

IATA Presses For Alternatives to Quarantines and Travel Bans

Travelers are as concerned about being quarantined as they are about catching the Covid virus, according to new IATA research.
Rotorcraft

Kopter Resumes Flight Testing of SH09 Helicopter

Leonardo subsidiary Kopter said flight testing of the third SH09 light helicopter prototype restarted in Pozzallo, Italy, after a Covid-incuded pause.
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Charter & Fractional

XOJet Flexes With Pandemic's Effects, Avoids Layoffs

Part 135 operator XOJet Aviation avoids layoffs and furloughs despite Covid-19 crisis by refocusing priorities.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Avant Aerospace Relocates Near Sibling West Star MRO

Avant Aerospace's move from Dallas to St. Louis gives it 20,000 sq ft of hangar space, enabling it to consolidate its expanding inventories.
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