Content Archive: January 2021

Charter & Fractional

New Broker RightJet Focuses on Environmental Progress

Dubai-based business aviation services group RightJet has been launched by industry veteran Mark Hardman.
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Accidents

CVR, FDR Signals Detected from Doomed Sriwijaya Air 737

Authorities expect to find no survivors from the Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the Java Sea Saturday.
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Rotorcraft

Leonardo Helicopters Makes Fresh Latin American Inroads

Leonardo Helicopters reports new AW139 and AW169 sales in Colombia, Mexico.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Delivers 505 to Fort Worth PD

More than 300 Bell 505s are currently operating.
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FBOs

Missouri FBO Alpha Air Calls it Quits

Missouri’s Joplin Regional Airport has been reduced to a single FBO with the shuttering of Alpha Air Center.
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Aviation Expands MRO Footprint with Acquisition

Elliott Aviation has acquired The Maintenance Group, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
FBOs

GIP Set To Acquire Signature Aviation in $4.6B Bid

Signature Aviation may soon be under new ownership with news of a cash deal worth more than $4.63 billion from Global Infrastructure Partners.
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Rotorcraft

Blade To Start Westchester County-NYC Helo Service

Helicopter rideshare service Blade partnering with Ross Aviation to build a vertiport at Westchester County Airport in New York.
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Aircraft

IADA Sees Late 2020 Surge in Biz Aircraft Sale Closings

More than half of the 1,011 sales transactions closed by IADA members occurred in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Accidents

Indonesian Air Safety In Spotlight Again After Crash

While authorities caution against speculation about the cause, the crash of Sriwijaya Flight 182 raises the specter of past accidents in Indonesia.