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Charter & Fractional

Russian Bizav on Verge of Collapse as Sanctions Bite

Ukraine-war related sanctions has led to the almost complete collapse of the Russian business aviation industry.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Satcom Direct Awarded FAA STC for Plane Simple Antenna

The multi-Gulfstream model STC builds on EASA STC approval of the Plane Simple antenna system for several Bombardier Global jet models.
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Aircraft

FlyExclusive To Purchase Up to 30 Citation CJ3+ Twinjets

FlyExclusive's deal with Textron Aviation calls for five Citation CJ3+s to be delivered in 2023 with options for up to 25 more for delivery through 2025.
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Airlines

JetBlue Offers to Buy Spirit Airlines for $3.6 billion

Offer from JetBlue would represent a 50 percent premium on Spirit’s stock price and bring between $600 and $700 million in synergies.
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Safety

ACSF Adding Programs To Cast Wider Safety Net

ACSF is adding a flight data monitoring program, working with academia to develop industry reports, and planning regional roundtables.
Environment

SkyVector Helps Find SAF

Global aeronautical charts and online mapping provider SkyVector has added sustainable aviation fuel locations to its online flight planning map.
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FBOs

Brazilian FBO Operator Makes NBAA SDC Debut

Brazilian FBO operator TAM Aviação Executiva is exhibiting at NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference for the first time.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

LCI Doubles Helicopters in Joint Venture

Helicopter lessor LCI now has 38 aircraft in a joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company.
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Details Progress On Army Programs

Sikorsky Raider and Defiant prototype rotorcraft programs mark milestones.
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Rotorcraft

Super Puma Operator Lands Navy Contract

Texas-based Air Center Helicopters has landed a vertical replenishment contract with the U.S. Navy to provide services.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Nomad Completes Milestone Mx Check on Global 5000

Nomad Technics's completion of its first 120-month inspection on a Bombardier Global 5000 could lead to additional work for the company.
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Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Revamps Mobile App for Mx Customers

West Star Aviation's revamped mobile phone app is designed to improve communication with its aircraft maintenance customers.
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Fuel

GA Leaders Optimistic about Unleaded Avgas by 2030

General aviation association leaders expressed optimism about the industry finding a drop-in unleaded aviation fuel solution during a session at SNF.
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Airlines

Staff Shortages Prompt UK Flight Cancellations as Demand Rises

British Airways and EasyJet face short-term staffing shortages caused by high levels of Covid and lengthy security procedures for hiring new employees.
Accidents

Av Groups Respond To Canada's Flight Recorder Proposal

The proposed amendment would require the installation of lightweight flight data recorders on nearly all Canadian-registered general and business aircraft.
Environment

Flashback: Volcanic Ash Cloud Paralyzes Swath of European Airspace

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

WAI/King CFI Scholarship Awarded to Charnell Walls

Charnell Walls wants to use her CFI scholarship as a springboard into teaching young girls to fly.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Volare Aviation Opens Helicopter Maintenance Facility at Oxford

The opening of a dedicated helicopter maintenance, management, and refurbishment facility will help Volare Aviation keep up with demand growth, it said.
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Aircraft

Daher Launches Upgraded TBM 960 at Florida Airshow

Daher took the wraps off its latest-generation TBM turboprop single—the TBM 960—at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Florida.
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Environment

Neste Teams With Avfuel at SDC

For the first time, major SAF producer Neste is exhibiting along side fuel distributor Avfuel at an industry event.
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Rotorcraft

Leonardo Adds To March Bookings

Leonardo booked orders for 23 helicopters worth $281 million in March.
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Safety

ACSF Looks for Expanded Outreach with Symposium Venue

ACSF kicked off its annual Safety Symposium at Daytona Beach, Florida after hosting the previous 13 editions at the NTSB training center in Virginia.
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Avionics

TailBeaconX ADS-B/navlight Transponder Receives FAA STC

The supplemental type certificate for the uAvionix tailBeaconX ADS-B transponder offers a lower-cost way to achieve ADS-B Out compliance.
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FBOs

Italy's SEA Prime Sees Bizav Bounce Back

SEA Prime says business traffic at Milan's Linate and Malpensa International airports is up 60 percent in Q1 2022 compared to last year.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Delivers 100th Global 7500; Milestone Jet Goes to VistaJet

Bombardier Delivers 100th Global 7500; Milestone Jet Goes to VistaJet
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Avionics

Bell 212 Gets Archangel Upgrade

Central American Aviation Services has completed the first Bell 212 upgrade with the Archangel air data attitude/heading reference system.
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FBOs

Survey: Most FBOs Saw Fuel Sales Bump in 2021

Nearly three-quarters of the FBOs in the U.S. and Canada saw higher fuel sales last year than they did in 2020, according to ABSG's annual industry survey.
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Aircraft

NATO Awards Contracts for AWACS Replacement Studies

In the mid-2030s NATO’s current fleet of aging E-3 AWACS will be retired, to be replaced by a system-of-systems combining aircraft with other assets.
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Accidents

Cockpit Voice Recorder from China Eastern 737 Sent to U.S.

U.S. accident investigator NTSB confirms it has received the CVR from China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 for downloading.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Updates Beechcraft, Cessna Pistons

Textron Aviation is offering standard upgrades to new production Beechcraft Barons and Bonanzas as well as Cessna high-wing pistons.
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