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Charter & Fractional

NovaJet Adds Waterloo Charter Base

NovaJet's new base at Waterloo International Airport in Canada will be served by a Learjet 45XR.
FBOs

Titan Aviation Fuels Breaks Out of Its Shell

Titan Aviation Fuels will officially rebrand its 550-member Shell FBO network to its own independent, full-service Titan Fuel brand.
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Airlines

Singapore Airlines To Pioneer IATA Travel Pass Deployment

SIA passengers flying from Singapore to London from March 15 to 28 can opt to use Travel Pass to verify health status.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Lufthansa Technik Suffers Steep Losses on Pandemic Woes

The MRO arm of the Lufthansa Group attributes its product and customer diversity and investments in digital platforms for its ability to counter Covid-19.
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Garmin Autoland Joins Finalists for NAA Collier Trophy

NAA has selected seven finalists for the 2020 Collier Trophy, including the Garmin Autoland systems, as well as the Bell V-280 Valor.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation's King Air 90, Citation Sovereign End Their Rule

Waning demand and new models and variants prompt Textron Aviation to end the production runs of the King Air C90 GTx and Citation Sovereign+.
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Regulations and Government

NBAA, AOPA Raise Concerns about Intentional GPS Jamming

NBAA and AOPA asked the FAA and DOD to update them on efforts to mitigate the impact of intentional GPS jamming events.
Regulations and Government

Covid Aid Bill To Provide Billions in Aviation Relief

Set for final passage this week, the $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan includes $26 billion in aviation-targeted measures and billions in general aid.
Accidents

Olivier Dassault Killed in Helicopter Accident

Dassault Aviation board member Olivier Dassault was the son of the company's former chairman and CEO Serge Dassault and grandson of founder Marcel Dassault
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Aircraft

U.S. and EU Declare Truce over Boeing and Airbus Subsidies

U.S. and European Union trade representatives have been given four months to try to find compromise in the long-running dispute over aerospace subsidies.
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Charter & Fractional

Jet Linx Opens New Private Terminal in San Antonio

The new facility replaces the company's facility which has been in operation at SAT since 2011.
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FutureFlight

Honeywell Will Demonstrate Higher-Power Turbogenerator This Year

The new system will be around two and a half times more powerful than a unit that the company rolled out in 2019.
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Aircraft

Elevate Your Business - Bombardier Corporate Fleet Solutions

Elevate Your Business - Bombardier Corporate Fleet Solutions
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Rotorcraft

Bell Moves To Remedy Cracked 505 Collectives, Restrictions

Bell said corrective actions for cracked collective sticks on its model 505 light single helicopter are currently in engineering review.

AINdebrief Episode 35 | March 5, 2021

DOJ Charges Aircraft Title Firm over Owner-trust Issue‪s‬

AINsight: Could There Be New Faces Popping Up?

New entrants in the business aircraft brokerage business cause concern that new buyers aren't getting the advice and wealth of expertise they require.
Avionics

West Star Now Offers Fusion Installs in Challenger 604s

West Star Aviation will perform Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion avionics installs on the Challenger 604 at all four of its full-service MRO locations.
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Aircraft

FAA Confirms Gulfstream G280 as Stage 5 Compliant

Gulfstream called the G280 Stage 5 acknowledgment important to ensuring continued operational flexibility at noise-sensitive airports.
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Aircraft

Dassault Deliveries Drop, but Future Falcon on Target

While Covid-19 is continuing to hamper Falcon deliveries, Dassault Aviation is still progressing on new products with the Future Falcon unveiling coming.
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Accidents

Dassault Falcon 6X On Track for First Flight This Month

First flight of the Falcon 6X is on track to take place by the end of this month, with service entry expected in late 2022.
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Safety

Medical Emergency Digital ID Simplifies Vaccine Records

ID-ME's new Covid-19 vaccine passport resides on a simple, secure smartphone digital wallet.
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Utah Broker Creates Business Aircraft Valuation Tool

Soljets' proprietary Soldata database aims to bring greater transparency and accelerate decision-making in the aircraft sales and acquisition process.

IAI Joins with KAI to Market Loitering Munitions in Korea

The Republic of Korea is in the market for loitering munitions that can be used in manned-unmanned teaming operations.
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FutureFlight

Merged Astro and Horizon Will Develop Three eVTOL Aircraft

Texas-based Astro Aerospace, which is already working on the Elroy and Alta designs, is acquiring Canada's Horizon Aircraft, which has the Cavorite X5 model in the works.
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FutureFlight

Miami Stakes Its Claim to an Urban Air Mobility Future

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says he wants eVTOL aircraft providing flights across the South Florida city by 2024.
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FutureFlight

Aurora Insists It Is Still an Advanced Air Mobility Contender with eVTOL Technology in the Works

Funding cuts at parent company Boeing have slowed the pace of some work, but the technology continues to mature behind closed doors.
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FutureFlight

Urban Air Mobility Start-up Pushes for Lower-cost Training eVTOL Aircraft 'Operators'

Varon Vehicles is partnering with Paladin AI to tap machine learning and artificial intelligence to train a new breed of flight crew for eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight

FAA Creates Advanced Air Mobility Council as eVTOL Type Certifications Increase

Almost one-fifth of the 37 aircraft that the FAA is evaluating for type certification are eVTOL designs.
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FutureFlight

AeroMobil 4.0 Meets Airworthiness Targets in Flight Tests

The Slovakian company says it is on track to achieve EASA CS-23 type certification by the end of 2023.
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Security

U.S. Government Indicts Aircraft Title, Trust Company Owner

The U.S. government accuses the owner and others involved with a well-known title company of drug charges, money laundering, and more.