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FBOs

St. Thomas Gets New Service Provider

The operator is one of four at St. Thomas's Cyril E. King International Airport
FBOs

SEA Prime Offers Bizcraft OEMs Mx Space In Milan

SEA Prime has hangar space available at Milan Linate Airport and wants to boost available line maintenance service there.
Sea Prime Milano Linate FBO

Phillips 66 Adds Five New FBOs to Its U.S. Network

These FBOs will offer Phillips 66-brand products to customers in the private, commercial and military aviation industries.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Royal Australian Navy Orders Unmanned Schiebel Camcopter

The service earlier evaluated the 243-pound helicopter for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as well as forward observer missions.
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Charter & Fractional

Baker Aviation Approved for Worldwide Charter Ops

The charter company received its worldwide operations specifications and the "10 or more" passenger approval.
FBOs

Trip Planner Flightworx Creates Client Services Dept.

The UK-based company aims to provide more streamlined service to operators.
Aircraft

Embraer Cracks Open Bizjet Market in Argentina

The country is also a ripe replacement business aircraft market, as about 80 percent of the 170 Argentina-registered business jets are 10 years or older.
Safety

Limo Service Drivania Adds Chauffeurs to U.S. Locations

The new chauffeurs will work in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Rotorcraft

Bristow Secures New Financing as Helo Ops Losses Widen

Company's oil and gas business "continues to operate along the economic bottom" in a "dynamic and prolonged downturn."
Aircraft

Quest Delivered a Record 36 Aircraft in 2016

Other significant milestones at Quest last year included the completion of a 5,000-sq-ft research-and-development facility.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Pro Star Gets OK for King Air 350 Antenna Mount

The amendment states allows the service provider to install UAM and lower fuselage radome.
Sustainability and Environment

NBAA Backs EC's Continuation of EU-ETS Exemption

NBAA says the exemption of international operations supports the need for a global approach to emissions policy.
Charter & Fractional

Luxaviation Launches Helicopter Management Company

It will have a presence in “key locations” in Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.
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Airlines

Lifting of U.S. Travel Ban Normalizes Airline Ops, For Now

Passengers from seven countries on Trump’s list begin trickling into U.S.
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Sustainability and Environment

GAMA Releases Standard for Hybrid, Electric Propulsion

The standard comes as a number of manufacturers have hybrid and/or electric projects underway.

Used Bizcraft Pricing Still Soft, but Market Improving

Pre-owned business jet and turboprop inventory fell modestly at year-end 2016, but pricing stil remained soft, especially for light and midsize jets.
Accidents

Accidents: February 2017

Preliminary and final reports

Aviation Apps: New Features Make Mobile Devices Ever More Useful

Developers of aviation applications have been busy adding features and coming up with new ways to present information.
Avionics

Coming Soon: Crowd-sourced Wx Radar

Honeywell expects to debut its new EFB-based realtime weather reporting service this year.
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People In Aviation

GE Aviation Services has a new president and CEO and Kenn Ricci and Clay Lacy are honored.
Safety

Torqued: A Look Ahead at the Challenges of 2017

The aviation industry made some strides last year, but there remains plenty of room for improvement.
Aircraft

Pentagon: Latest Contract Drops F-35A Cost Below $100 Million

President Donald Trump's intervention helped expedite negotiations for the latest F-35 production lot, Lockheed Martin acknowledged.
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Airlines

U.S. Airlines Petition Trump Administration on Gulf Carriers

The CEOs of American, Delta and United airlines request a meeting with new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Rotorcraft

U.S. Cabri G2 Fleet Growing Rapidly

The French helicopter manufacturer is experiencing rapid growth following U.S. certification in 2015.
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Regulations and Government

Trump's Regulation Review Temporarily Slows FAA ADs

The presidential executive orders created some uncertainties over application to certain FAA safety regulations, such as Airworthiness Directives.
Maintenance and Modifications

Textron Aviation Ready for Game-day Support in Houston

Company covering customers with service center at Houston Hobby Airport and three mobile service units statoned in the Houston area.
Avionics

Dassault's FalconEye Nominated for Collier Trophy

Combined vision system in competition with the Blue Origin New Shepard, Boeing 737 Max and the USAF 212th Rescue/249th Airlift Squadrons.
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Airports

Proposed Boston Helipad Ops Outlined

The city said it will own the helipad, not use federal funding to build it, determine who can and cannot use the pad and what the user fees will be.
Aircraft

ZenithJet Launches Global Jet Acquisition Program

Covers market assessment; aircraft identification; purchase agreement negotiation; oversight of pre-purchase inspection and closing, among others.
Airlines

Airline Passenger Traffic Grew by 6.3 Percent, IATA Says

The growth in revenue passenger kilometers over 2015 outpaced the 10-year average annual growth rate of 5.5 percent.