Content Archive: March 2021

Aircraft

FAA Awards Type Certification for King Air 260

With FAA type certification in hand, Textron Aviation says it looks to begin customer deliveries of the King Air 260 in the coming weeks.
Charter & Fractional

Jet It Founders Launch European Sister Jet Club

The European launch of fractional ownership program Jet Club comes after its U.S. sister brand recorded 400 percent year-over-year growth.

WAI Kicks Off Virtual Conference

WAI is bringing same conference content of its in-person event virtually with more than 100 exhibitors, 30 educational sessions, and scholarships.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stevens Aerospace Named Authorized Prizm LED Installer

The Prizm LED Cabin Lighting System provides business jet owners and operators a lower cost of ownership, Stevens Aerospace says.

Piaggio Draws Offers from Four Entities

Four of the five organizations invited to bid on Piaggio Aerospace had submitted their offers by the March 5 deadline.
Aircraft

First Flight for Dassault Falcon 6X

Dassault Aviation test pilots Bruno Ferry and Fabrice Valette took off for the first flight in Falcon 6X serial number 1.
Avionics

Land-DAR Eases Arrivals with Altitude Callouts

A new lidar-based altitude callout system is designed to help pilots know how high their aircraft is from the ground during landing.

EBAA Calls for Cooperation for Ops between EU, UK

EBAA is calling for national authorities to drop the administrative barriers for flights between the UK and EU, warning that operators are flux.
Aircraft

Lockheed Martin Flies First F-35 for Denmark

Denmark has 27 of the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing versions on order and expects to deploy them from 2023.
Rotorcraft

Leonardo Delivers First Trekker in Indonesia

Customer FlyKomala will use the aircraft there to carry out a range of missions including passenger transport.