Chad Trautvetter
Online Editor
Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group. He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion, the student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot magazine, he joined AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.
Latest from Chad Trautvetter
Charter & Fractional
VistaJet Aims To Be Carbon-neutral by 2025
VistaJet is aiming to be the first carbon-neutral business aviation operator by 2025 and is also pushing the broader industry to step up its climate goals.
Avionics
Collins Aero Tests Iridium Certus High-gain Antenna
Collins Aerospace's higher-bandwidth Iridium Certus satcom system will be ready to enter service next year after reaching another critical milestone.
Rotorcraft
UK Rotorcraft Show Gets Refresh for 2021
Helitech 2021 is set to return to the ExCeL convention center on October 5 and 6, featuring more than 300 exhibitors, a live fly-in, and some 100 seminars.
Beroe: Bizjet Shipments To Climb at 6% CAGR this Decade
The Global Business Jet Industry Outlook released by data intelligence firm Beroe projects deliveries of 8,750 business jets over the next 10 years.
2021 Aero Friedrichshafen Show Now Canceled
The Aero 2021 show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, that was rescheduled from this month to July has been canceled due to pandemic travel restrictions.
Aircraft
Daher Projects 40% Climb in 2021 Aircraft Deliveries
Daher expects to deliver 75 aircraft—50 TBMs and 25 Kodiak 100s—this year, which would be a 41.5 percent increase over 2020 shipments.
Aircraft
Piper Displays Milestone Seminole, Pilot 100i at SNF
Piper Aircraft is displaying the 1,000th Seminole piston twin this week at the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo, as well as the Pilot 100i and M600.
Avionics
Avidyne Plans To Certify First AI Avionics in 2022
Avidyne partnered with Daedalean, a Swiss company focused on artificial intelligence applications for aerospace, to develop AI avionics to assist pilots.
FutureFlight
AMPERe Developing Hydrogen-powered VTOL for UAM Market
The zero-emissions, ducted-fan Scapha VTOL aircraft is expected to fly in 2022.
Charter & Fractional
Wheels Up, Bell Collaborate on First Step Toward UAM
The companies are working together to usher in what they claim will be the first step toward urban air mobility (UAM) operations.
FBOs
Sheltair Named Official Fuel Supplier at SNF Expo
Sheltair has formed a partnership with the organizer of the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo and will be the official fuel supplier for the 2021 airshow.
EBAA Ambassador Program To Elevate Bizav
EBAA has launched a peer-networking program that brings industry leaders together to address the biggest challenges and opportunities in business aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Tamarack Begins Winglet Installs at New Aiken Center
Tamarack performed the first three active winglet installations—one on a CitationJet and two on Citation CJ2s—at its new Aiken, South Carolina facility.
Charter & Fractional
Jet It Partners with Charity HeartGift
Jet It, which offers fractional shares in HondaJets, has partnered with HeartGift to help provide heart surgeries to children worldwide.
Environment
Signature Flight Support Pumps 1M Gallons of SAF at SFO
Signature Flight Support has pumped more than one million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel at San Francisco International Airport.
Aircraft
Embraer Offers Tips on Covid Vaccine Transport by Bizjet
Embraer has released technical information to help operators of its Phenom, Legacy, Praetor, and Lineage business jets safely transport Covid-19 vaccines.
Aircraft
Piper Aircraft Plans Safe Exhibit Experience at Sun ‘n Fun Expo
Piper Aircraft said it will exhibit next week at the 2021 Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland, Florida.
Aircraft
Gulfstream Delivers Special-missions G550 'Oron' to Israel
Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered a special-missions G550 to the Israeli Air Force for surveillance operations.
Flight Pro Emerges from Ashes of Air Routing Intl
Flight Pro International, a full-service international flight planning company focused on the business aviation segment, has started up.
Aircraft
Daher Unveils More Upgrades for Kodiak 100
Daher announced the Series III version of the Kodiak 100 that adds more enhancements and standard features to the utility turboprop.
Charter & Fractional
New Jet Card Expands NetJets' CAN Do Attitude
NetJets is offering a new 25-hour jet card that includes one company-donated flight hour to Corporate Angel Network.
Aircraft
Fujino To Receive AIAA Award for HondaJet Innovations
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will present its 2021 Reed Aeronautics Award to Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino.
Regulations and Government
EBAA: EU Must Prepare for Post-Covid Bizav Ops
EBAA is urging EU institutions and member states, as well as other stakeholders, to develop harmonized rules for the safe reopening of air travel.
Training and Workforce
Study Predicts Pilot Shortage Will Return by 2022
While the pandemic alleviated the pilot shortage, it could reemerge within nine months and grow worse over the decade, according to an Oliver Wyman study.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Alto Intros Challenger 601/604/605 Audio Upgrade
Alto Aviation has introduced a seamless retrofit cabin audio upgrade for Bombardier Challenger 601, 604, and 605s.
Charter & Fractional
Company Puts 'People First' in Shared Charters
A new Boca Raton, Florida-based company led by AvWeb co-founder Carl Marbach aims to make the sharing of charter flights easier and more seamlessly.
Regulations and Government
ICAO Launching Campaign To Improve Notam Quality
ICAO is launching a campaign to improve Notam quality by pushing nations to purge ones that are more than three months old.
Maintenance and Modifications
Honeywell Recognizes Gulfstream's APU Repair Facility
Gulfstream Aerospace’s APU repair facility at the company’s Savannah, Georgia headquarters service center has been recognized as a center of excellence.
Rotorcraft
U.S. AAM Market To Generate $115B Annually by 2035
The joint Deloitte/AIA study sees the AAM market, including flying taxis and cargo drones, to generate the equivalent of 0.5 percent of U.S. GDP by 2035.
Avionics
FlightAware, Synoptic Team on Mode-S Weather Data
FlightAware and weather data aggregator Synoptic Data are partnering to deliver real-time Mode-S-derived aircraft weather data via Synoptic’s API.
