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Chinese Government Signals Acceleration of Plans for Urban Air Mobility

The country's eVTOL aircraft developer would appear to be the most immediate beneficiary of the new government policy, given its already close cooperation with the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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Aircraft

Global 6500: The All-Weather Performer

Global 6500: The All-Weather Performer
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FutureFlight

UK's Future Flight Challenges Prepares Path to Flight Demonstrations

In 2021, the Future Flight Challenge will launch a competition to select three aircraft types to participate in flight trials to be conducted in 2023.
FutureFlight On The Radar

Uber Elevate's 2020 White Paper Spells Out Next Steps For Urban Air Mobility

The document arrives four years after Uber's first urban air mobility white paper and with speculation building that it intends to sell the Uber Elevate division.
Avionics

Thales, StandardAero Fly AStar with 4-Axis Autopilot

Thales and StandardAero anticipate FAA STC approval of the four-axis AStar autopilot by mid-2021.
Fuel

Onsite Diesel Exhaust Fluid Test Kit Available Soon

New Jersey-based Acustrip has developed the first onsite test kit to detect the presence of DEF in jet-A.
Regulations and Government

Air Methods Settles Suit Over Crumbling Pitot Tubes

Air ambulance provider Air Methods will pay $825,000 to settle Justice Department suit alleging it flew a helicopter with crumbling pitot tubes.
Rotorcraft

Five-bladed Airbus H145 Gets FAA TC

Airbus’s new five-bladed H145 helicopter has received FAA type certification (TC) with the first U.S. delivery slated to occur early next year.
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Charter & Fractional

Charter Operator Ventura Air Adds Bizjets, Staff

Ventura Air Services CEO 'optimistic' about charter industry's and company's growth despite pandemic.
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Safety

American Airlines Begins Trials for Covid Vaccine Transport

Flights between Miami and South America conducted by American Airlines’ cargo operation to simulate Covid vaccine transport began in mid-November.
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Rotorcraft

Brazil's Federal Police Orders Six Leonardo AW119Kxs

Brazil’s Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF) has ordered six AW119Kx turbine single-engine helicopters.
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Charter & Fractional

Ascent Global To Expand Charter Biz with Acquisition

Ascent Global Logistics plans to start Rambler Air early next year to build on its charter brokerage in Alaska.

U.S. Bizav Flying Levels Off, but 2021 Climb Expected

Business aviation traffic in North America is expected to hover around 88 percent of normal over the next two months, but 2H21 is expected to be better.
Aircraft

First Praetor 600 Joins Flexjet's European Fleet

The super-midsize aircraft will be part of Flexjet's Red Label fractional ownership program in Europe.
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Charter & Fractional

Bizav Flight Activity Decline May Be Stabilizing

Latest data from WingX's Global Market Tracker shows recent flight activity to have been 19 percent down on 2019.
Airlines

Airlines and Airports Call for Extended Slot Rule Flexibility

The Worldwide Slot Board says air transport cannot recover from the Covid-19 pandemic without changes to "use-them-or-loose-them" slot allocation rules.
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Rotorcraft

HAI Commits To In-person Heli-Expo 2021

The Helicopter Association International said it will hold its annual Heli-Expo trade show next March in New Orleans.
Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Begins B-1B External Carriage Weapons Tests

Boeing B-1Bs bombers are slated to become carriers for large hypersonic missiles such as the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A ARRW.
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Aircraft

Brazil Follows FAA in Lifting 737 Max Grounding

Brazil's ANAC aviation authority is adopting FAA's airworthiness directive to allow the Boeing 737 Max airline to resume operations.
Rotorcraft

Germany Orders NH90 Sea Tiger Helicopters

The shipborne Sea Tiger helicopter will defend the German navy’s frigates against both submarine and surface attack.
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FutureFlight

EMEC Delivers First Mobile Hydrogen Refueling System

ZeroAvia is developing hydrogen propulsion technology to replace fossil-fuel engines on existing aircraft.
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FutureFlight

Ampaire's Electric EEL Demonstrator Set to Take Off in Hawaii Flight Trials

The so-called Hawai'i Bird test aircraft will be operated on market survey flights with local operator Mokulele Airlines.
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Avionics

Genesys Displays Approved for AStar Upgrades

The FAA has certified the Genesys Aerosystems IDU-680 and IDU-450 EFIS displays for AStar helicopters.
Avionics

BendixKing AeroCruze Autopilot Adds Further Approvals

Owners of aircraft equipped with BendixKing KFC 150 and 200 autopilots can upgrade to the AeroCruze 230 touchscreen autopilot.
Rotorcraft

Milestone Notes Firsts in S-92 Delivery to Caverton

The S-92 delivery marks the sixth helicopter Caverton is leasing from Milestone Aviation Group.
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Training and Workforce

CAE To Buy TRU's Canadian Operations

The agreement to purchase TRU Simulation + Training's operations in Montreal, France, and Malaysia marks CAE's second acquisition in two weeks.
Airlines

IATA Calls for Rapid Covid Tests as Europe Struggles

The association says the tests must replace quarantines and that slot allocation waivers must be extended to allow for a slow air transport recovery.

Dassault Partners in Regional AI Competition

Dassault Aviation hopes this year’s competition will enable it to optimize Falcon maintenance programs and develop lighter, fuel-efficient structures.
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Airlines

IATA Opens Aviation Carbon Exchange To Facilitate Offsets

JetBlue Airways is the first carrier to purchase carbon offset credits through IATA's new trading platform.
Regulations and Government

FAA, EC Sign New Pilot Licensing, Training Annexes

The agreements expand authorizations regarding pilot certification and flight simulation devices.