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Security

Securing Your Operation and Being Ready for 'Crazy'

Many flight departments are not prepared for security breaches
Safety in business aviation
Charter & Fractional

Atlantic Jet Partners Aims To Be 'One Stop Shop'

'There definitely seems to be an optimism'
Atlantic Jet Partners mx
Accidents

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: February 2025

Preliminary and final accident reports, February 2025
rural runway
Rotorcraft

VAST Effort Explores Helicopter Safety Rating System

System would encourage operators to add equipment to prevent accidents
Airbus H160
Fuel

NASA Proposes Cryogenic Hydrogen Test Facility for Aeronautics

NASA's Glenn Research Center issues RFI on hydrogen aviation programs
NASA Glenn Cryogenic Propellant Tank Facility
Accidents

Medevac Learjet Crashes after Takeoff in Philadelphia

All six aboard—four crewmembers and two passengers—were killed in the accident
Jet Rescue Air Ambulance Lear 55 on ramp
FBOs

Signature Institutes KTEB Reservation Mandate

Notice involves all transient aircraft movements at its four FBOs on the field
Signature South FBO at KTEB
FBOs

Odyssey Aviation U.S. Locations To Start New FBO Chain

The three locations will be the nucleus of a new service platform
Odyssey Aviation FBO at KYIP
Maintenance and Modifications

Brazil’s Lider Pivots at Congonhas, Expands at Sorocaba

Business aircraft services company has to move from its longtime hangar at the São Paulo airport
Líder Aviação
Training and Workforce

AINsight: Private Aircraft Broker Career Pathways

Exploring pathways in aircraft brokerage for the NextGen
The first Learjet
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Pipistrel Flies Nuuva V300 Multi-role Drone for the First Time

Remotely monitored autonomous aircraft will have a payload of 600 pounds and range of 300 nm
Pipistrel Nuuva V300 autonomous drone
Aircraft

EBACE Show Will Not Feature Aircraft on Static Display

EBAA says all exhibits will be indoors and with an improved conference schedule
EBACE show static display
Regulations and Government

Trump Appoints Chris Rocheleau Acting FAA Administrator

Rocheleau was formerly COO of NBAA
Chris Rocheleau © NBAA
Training and Workforce

SkyAlyne Secures Textron Contract for 7 King Air 260s

Deliveries of the aircraft are expected in 2028
A King Air 260 in flight
Aircraft

Epic Aircraft Embarking on Second E1000 GX Demo Tour

Some 75 stops are planned and more will be added
Epic Aircraft E1000 GX
Charter & Fractional

Copenhagen Helicopter and Crisalion Plan Island-hopping eVTOL Flights

Companies are preparing a business case and infrastructure for services in Denmark
Crisalion Mobility's Integrity eVTOL aircraft
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Dufour Set To Ship Aero2 Drones to Customers for Real-world Feedback

Swiss company has completed an initial round of test flights with the hybrid-electric tiltwing
Dufour Aerospace Aero2 hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft
Charter & Fractional

Flying Privately: Chartering for the First Time

Here are the basics to consider when you want to start flying privately.
Skyshare Cessna Citation jet on the ground at NBAA 2024
Accidents

American Airlines Flight and Army Helicopter Collide

First major airline accident in U.S. in 16 years closes Reagan National Airport
EarthCam crash DC
Regulations and Government

House T&I Dems Call on Duffy To Explain Funding Halts

Entire contingent on T&I committee warned that executive actions are causing chaos
U.S. Capitol Building (Photo: Fotolia/trekandshoot)
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aircraft Management Digitizes Records with Bluetail

Bluetail’s cloud-based solution streamlines operations and maintenance
Bluetail
Maintenance and Modifications

Aviation Partners’ Winglet Installation Network Expands

Three MRO providers join the Aviation Partners network
Aviation Partners Falcon 2000LX Blended Winglets
Aircraft

Gulfstream Hopeful for G800 Certification by Midyear

Both the G800 and G400 programs are going ’very nicely’
Gulfstream G800
Maintenance and Modifications

Atlantic Jet Partners Buys Component MRO Specialist

Plans call for growing the services provided by the combined companies
Great Lakes Aerospace & Machine
Engines

Pratt & Whitney Hydrogen Engine Project Shows Promise of Steam Injection

Results of ARPA-e program showed 35% more efficiency and nearly elimination of nitrogen oxides
Pratt & Whitney depection of its Hydrogen, Steam Injected, Inter-cooled Turbine Engine (HySITTE) architecture (Image: Pratt & Whitney)
Aircraft

Gulfstream Deliveries Soar Despite Lingering G700 Delays

Gulfstream delivered 136 aircraft in 2024 and is expected to ramp up to 150 in 2025
Gulfstream G700
Accidents

Inquest Rules Fatalities in AW169 Crash Were Accidental

Jury and coroner find no grounds to dispute accident investigation findings
AW169 that crashed in UK
Regulations and Government

Europe’s Economy Faces Big Hit from Green Limits on Bizav

EBAA and GAMA say new report shows true costs of environmental restrictions
ExecuJet FBO at Paris Le Bourget Airport
Fuel

U.S. Treasury’s SAF Production Tax Rules Face Doubt

Detractors say longer span on tax incentives is needed
rendering of sustainable fuel production facility
FBOs

Dallas FBO Completes Interior Renovation Project

Ambassador Jet Center gave its lobby a glow up
Ambassador Jet Center lobby