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AOPA Notches 200th You Can Fly Flying Club

Over the past decade, AOPA has provided resources to and supported the formation of 200 flying clubs as part of an effort to foster the GA community.
Charter & Fractional

Summer Charter Inquiries Heat Up at Luxaviation

Luxaviation is seeing 1,000 or more charter inquiries a day from clients seeking summer travel.
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AINsight: Forecasting Wx Easier Than the Aircraft Market

Forecasting the weather is more accurate than trying to predict the future of the preowned business aircraft market.
Airports

AEPM Seeks To Turn Red Carpet into a Flying Carpet

AEPM's investment at Guarulhos Airport could signal a move to accommodate eVTOL operations.
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Aircraft

Plane Aviation Back at LABACE, and So Is Cirrus

Among the returning LABACE exhibitors this year is Cirrus Aircraft distributor Plane Aviation.
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Manufacturer Focus Shifts To Sustainable Aviation Imperative

Companies such as Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, Collins, and CAE, to name a few, are forging ahead with sustainable technologies.

ABS Jets: Veni, Vidi, and Arriving at LABACE 2022

After years of visiting the show, ABS Jets is exhibiting at LABACE for the first time.
ATC

Supply Issues Prompt Delay in Canada ADS-B Mandate

Nav Canada has rolled back the implementation date for mandatory ADS-B Out in Canadian Class A and B airspace.
Avionics

Astronautics Completes Headquarters Relocation

All of Astronautics divisions are now co-located at the same facility for the first time in the company's more than 60 year history.
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Aircraft

Business Jet Performance Boosts Embraer 2Q Results

Embraer's business jet division shined in the second quarter of 2022, the OEM noted in its earnings call.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Challenger 3500 Deliveries To Begin Shortly

Bombardier's president and CEO Eric Martel said deliveries of the Challenger 3500 is on pace for this quarter with all key certifications in hand.
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Avionics

Elliott Aviation Retrofits Autoland into TBM 940s

Under the HomeSafe retrofit program, Elliott Aviation completed autoland installations into 29 TBM 940s.
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Rotorcraft

China Certifies AC352 Super-Medium Twin Helo

The AC352—the Chinese-manufactured variant of the Airbus Helicopters H175—has been awarded airworthiness certification from the CAAC.
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Rotorcraft

XTI Pushes Back TriFan 600 Service Entry

Colorado-based XTI has slipped the entry-into-service schedule for its under development TriFan600 into 2027.
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Aircraft

Orders Boost Bombardier Backlog to $14.7 Billion

Bombardier is planning for a 15 to 20 percent increase in production next year, but Martel says ramp-up will be a caution pace given supply chain concerns.
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Argus: Europe Saw July Bizav Record, North America Down

North America's July business aviation activity saw its first year-over-year decline since February 2021 according to the latest data from Argus TraqPak.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Delivers 400th Model 505

With deliveries of the first Bell 505 beginning in 2017, the company has announced the milestone 400th delivery of the model to a customer in the UK.
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Airlines

IATA Sees Airline Passenger Traffic Bouncing Back Strong

June 2022 showed strong recovery in international revenue passenger kilometers, even though staff shortage disruption has hit markets such as the UK.
Aircraft

American Airlines Plans Hydrogen-powered Regional Fleet

American Airlines is investing in hydrogen pioneer ZeroAvia and may buy up to 100 of its hydrogen-electric propulsion systems to convert regional jets.
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LABACE Returns To the World Stage

With the 2020 and 2021 editions canceled due to the Covid pandemic, Brazil's LABACE is back, now in improved facilities at São Paulo's Congonhas Airport.
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Maintenance and Modifications

With Bizav Growing in Brazil, Embraer Expands Sorocaba MRO

Embraer has added more space to its Sorocaba maintenance facility to handle more business aviation as well as military and commercial customers.
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Charter & Fractional

Flashback: Santulli Resigns from NetJets; Changes Ahead at Fractional

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.
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FutureFlight

XTI Pushes Back TriFan 600 Service Entry with Xeriant Merger Still Pending

XTI now claims to have "qualified preorders" valued at $3 billion for its turbine-powered TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft, for which it recently completed an FAA preliminary design review.
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FutureFlight

Eve Commits to Long-term Investment in Urban Air Mobility

The company says it now has more than 2,000 eVTOL provisional orders in its backlog.
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FutureFlight

American Airlines Commits to Hydrogen-powered Regional Fleet with ZeroAvia Investment

ZeroAvia aims to bring a hydrogen-powered 19-seat airliner into commercial service by 2024, with larger aircraft, carrying up to 80 passengers, set to use its powertrains by 2026.
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FutureFlight

Robotic Skies Deploys Corridor Software to Support Drones and eVTOL Aircraft

Robotic Skies is teaming up with Continuum Applied Technology, the company behind Corridor aviation service software, to create maintenance technology solutions for next-generation uncrewed aircraft systems and advanced air mobility aircraft.
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FutureFlight

Infrastructure Could Be Advanced Air Mobility's Greatest Challenge, Say Experts

Experts caution about the ability to fundraise and accommodate infrastructure demands for AAM
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Aircraft

Falcon 8X and 2000LXS Fly into LABACE

Dassault is bringing a Falcon 8X and 2000LXS to the LABACE 2022 static display.
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Sustainability and Environment

Signature Location Earns 1st NATA Sustainability Tier 3 Nod

Signature's Vail Valley Jet Center is the first aviation facility to receive Tier 3 recognition under NATA's new sustainability standard.
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Charter & Fractional

Wheels Up Sees Flight Hour Increase, Leads Part 135 Ops

Wheels Up Part 135 operations led all others in the the first half of the year, but EJM, Solairus, and Jet Aviation each saw significant gains, Argus said.
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