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Embraer Expands NE Service Center Network Capabilities

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services and Jet East Aviation can now provide service on the complete Embraer business jet range.
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Senate Measure Seeks Report on GPS Vulnerabilities

The Senate Intelligence Authorization Act is seeking an evaluation of the vulnerability of GPS to hostile actions.
FBOs

Carver Aero Makes Inroads in Illinois

Iowa-based Carver Aero has acquired two businesses at Illinois’s Aurora Municipal Airport: LumanAir Aviation Services and ATS Illinois.
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Rotorcraft

Lockheed Shuttering Sikorsky Coatesville

Lockheed Martin says it is closing Sikorsky's Coatesville, Pennsylvania plant early next year.

NBAA Releases Full Schedule for Las Vegas Convention

The 2021 edition of BACE, to be held October 12-14 in Las Vegas, will include many of the same features that have characterized the event in past years.
Aircraft

Russia Embarks On New R&D Path to a Supersonic Transport

With Russian government funding, the country's aerospace sector wants to take supersonic technologies to new levels to make a new generation SST viable.
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Airlines

Floatplane Operator Tailwind Air Launches NYC-Boston Harbor Service

Floatplane Operator Tailwind Air Launches NYC-Boston Harbor Service
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Airlines

U.S. Airliners Activated for Afghanistan Airlift

The U.S. Defense Department has activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) for the third time in its 70-year history.
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FBOs

Signature Aviation Sees Change in Leadership

Days after Signature Aviation was acquired by a consortium of private equity firms, CEO Mark Johnstone was replaced by president and COO Tony Lefebvre.
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Aircraft

Jet Edge Adding 27 Super-Large, Super-Mid Jets to Fleet

The business jets that Jet Edge is acquiring are a mix of new and used Bombardier Challenger 300/350s and Gulfstream G450s.
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Jefferies: Preowned Market Continues To Shrink

Available preowned inventories are down 43 percent from a year ago with younger aircraft in particularly short supply, Jefferies reports.
Aircraft

Grob G109B Joins Aerobility Aviation Charity Fleet

Aerobility, a UK-based charity offering disabled people the opportunity to fly, has added its fifth aircraft, a two-seat Grob G109B motor glider.
Rotorcraft

Heli Yachting: Taking Your Airport with You

Like private aviation, large, oceangoing yachts carrying their own helicopters are seeing strong use during the pandemic.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Indian Aircraft Lessor Taps General Aviation

Mumbai-based Vman Aero Services aims to be among the first companies entering the general aviation aircraft leasing market in India.

AOPA Foundation's You Can Fly Program Grows Nationwide

The AOPA Foundation You Can Fly curriculum is expanding rapidly with 300 education institutions in 44 states set to teach it this upcoming school year.
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Training and Workforce

AINsight: ‘Build It and They Will Come’

Hiring low-time pilots and mentoring them offers flight departments a path to avert the pilot shortage while attracting new people to the bizav industry.

LABACE Now Set for Return in 2022

LABACE, which organizers delayed until November in hopes of the pandemic’s passing, will now happen only next year on the traditional August timetable.
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Airlines

Alitalia Successor ITA Moves Closer to Mid-October Launch

Italy’s new national airline this week obtained its air operator’s certificate and license and will fly with the ITY ICAO code.
Airlines

Russia Offers To Fly Afghans Out of Kabul with Airliners

The Taliban grants Russian airliners access to Kabul Airport to evacuate Afghan asylum seekers.
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Aircraft

Nextant Offers Free Fusion Software Upgrade for CL604s

An FAA STC permits Nextant Aerospace to offer the software upgrade to Challenger 604 operators using Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics.
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Avionics

EASA Grants Garmin Approval for Mustang Upgrade

Garmin has received EASA approval for G1000 NXi updates on the Citation Mustang.
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Safety

ACSF Rolls Out ASAP Courses

The ACFS has designed free online ASAP courses to educate members on the use and benefits of the voluntary, self-reporting program.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation, Honeywell Partner on Datacom Upgrades

Textron Aviation and Honeywell Aerospace are partnering on datacomm upgrades for Citation Sovereigns and Hawker 4000s with Primus Epic flight decks.
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Regulations and Government

NBAA Resource Details PRD Requirements

NBAA released a guide for members to navigate through the recently released PRD rule and reminded of the September 8 registration deadline.
Airlines

EU, UK Digital Covid Certificates Recognized by IATA Travel Pass

Airline passengers carrying the European Union Digital Covid Certificate and UK NHS Covid Pass now can upload Covid information to IATA’s Travel Pass.
Regulations and Government

CDC Eases Mask Requirements for Open Hangars

The CDC, which in June lifted mask requirements in outdoor areas at transportation hubs, has now included open hangars as an outdoor area.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Launches Mx App for Smart Link Plus Users

Bombardier released the myMaintenance app that allows Smart Link Plus users to track, troubleshoot, and manage aircraft service via smartphones and tablets
FutureFlight

Indian Start-up Prepares To Unveil Hybrid-Electric eVTOL Aircraft

Vinata Aeromobility is raising funds to bring a two-seat vehicle to market by the end of 2023 and expects to unveil a scale model at London's Helitech show in October.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Lufthansa Research Shows How Advanced Air Mobility Startups Hogged Available Capital

So far in 2021, aviation companies drew as much as 65 percent of investments made in the wider travel and mobility tech sector, according to a report from the Lufthansa Innovation Hub.
FutureFlight

Electra Begins FAA Type Certification Process for eSTOL Aircraft

The company has recruited an experienced director of certification and is now working with the FAA's Center for Emerging Concepts and Innovations unit, as well as the agency's Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office.
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