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Could Defense Exports Support or Disrupt Baykar's Plans For Personal Air Vehicles?

The Turkish company is looking to expand export sales of military equipment such as its TB2 tactical drones while also developing plans for personal air vehicles in consumer markets.
Aircraft

EU Aerospace Set To Benefit from Post-Brexit Deal with UK

A European Commission official applauds “asymmetries" between UK and EASA design certificate approvals.
Avionics

Safe Flight Buy Expands Loar Group's Aero Product Range

Loar Group has added flight instrumentation, guidance, and controls manufacturer Safe Flight Instrument Corp. to its aircraft component businesses.
Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan To Ramp Up Summer Intern Program

Duncan Aviation is looking to hire as many as 33 interns this summer at its trio of full-service aircraft maintenance facilities.
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Maintenance and Modifications

JetSupport Makes Tracks Outside the Netherlands

JetSupport Amsterdam has opened a maintenance facility at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport in southern Germany.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

NBAA Lauds IRS Rule Exempting Managed Aircraft from FET

NBAA is praising issuance of a pre-publication final rule by the U.S. IRS that clearly exempts managed business aircraft from federal excise taxes.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Consolidates MRO Sales Operations

The new organization joins the MRO sales operations of Dassault Falcon Service, TAG Maintenance Services, and the Falcon segment of ExecuJet MRO.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Honeywell Unveils Fourth-gen Cabin Pressure System

Piaggio Aerospace will use Honeywell's next-generation, digital Cabin Pressure Control and Monitoring System on its forthcoming P.180 Avanti Evo.
Aircraft

DHL Orders Eight Boeing 777 Freighters

First deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled for 2022.
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Regulations and Government

CDC Calls for Negative Tests for Pax Flying to U.S.

The CDC order signed on January 12 is calling for passengers flying into the U.S. to show proof of a negative test taken within three days of travel.
Regulations and Government

Report Targets Means To Reduce Leaded Avgas

The congressionally-mandated National Academies report says a multi-pronged effort is necessary to reduce reliance on leaded avgas.
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Embraer Celebrates Founder Silva in Animated Film

With light-hearted animation, “The Flight of the Impossible” film celebrates Embraer founder Ozires Silva, who turned 90 on January 8.
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FBOs

Colorado Airport Digs New Hangar Complex, Plans 2nd FBO

Discovery Air, a 29.5-acre business aviation complex at Northern Colorado Regional Airport has broken ground.
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Charter & Fractional

TxJet Keeps Flying Lifesaving Missions Despite Covid

TxJet’s sole focus on the transportation of human organs and transplantation teams makes it unique among traditional charter operations.
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Aircraft

Max Restart Cushions Boeing’s 2020 Delivery Shock

Boeing delivered 157 commercial jets last year, less than half of its 2019 total.
Accidents

Aviation Groups Release Runway Excursion Reduction Plan

A broad set of recommendations were released January 12 to help preventing runway excursions, the top accident type for all aircraft.
Sustainability and Environment

Avfuel, Neste Ink SAF Supply Deal

Avfuel has inked a strategic partnership with sustainable aviation fuel provider Neste to create continous SAF supplies for its U.S. customers.
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Airlines

Boeing Lands 747-8F Order from Atlas Air

Atlas Air places an order for the last four 747-8Fs Boeing plans to produce.
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Charter & Fractional

Waltzing Matilda Acquires Montana Charter Operator

Waltzing Matilda Aviation in Massachusetts has acquired majority ownership in Exec Air Montana's charter and aircraft management business.
Charter & Fractional

AviationManuals, ARC Unveil Charter Ops Service Package

AviationManuals and ARC Safety Management's suite of services for Part 135 operators is designed to make compliance easier.
Airlines

IATA Sees ‘Bleak’ Prospects for Air Transport Amid Quarantines

International Air Transport Association director general Alexandre de Juniac calls on governments to give up aspirations for a ‘zero Covid world.’
Aircraft

Fiat Chrysler Backs Archer's eVTOL Aircraft

The U.S. automotive group will provide composites and engineering support for the four-seat, all-electric eVTOL aircraft, which is due to fly in 2021.
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FutureFlight

GE Aviation Seeks Buyers For Airxos Unmanned Traffic Management Unit

GE has said it will close Airxos on February 1 but is open to offers for the company.
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FutureFlight

Fiat Chrysler Backs Archer's eVTOL Aircraft Plans

Archer plans to unveil and fly its first full-scale eVTOL prototype during 2021.
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FutureFlight

Autonomous Flight Advances Larger Y6S Plus eVTOL Aircraft

The UK startup has launched a $25 million funding round to support its efforts to have a prototype flying by the end of 2023.
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FutureFlight

Former Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders Joins Lilium Board

Five years after being launched in 2015, Lilium is valued at just over $1 billion, according to some estimates.
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FutureFlight

Vertical Flight Society Says Covid Has Not Slowed eVTOL Progress

The industry group has tracked a total of 407 eVTOL aircraft concepts from 245 different companies.
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FutureFlight

UK's FlyZero Recruits Leadership Team for Carbon-Free Aviation Program

The team is starting a 12-month research project involving around 100 technical experts.
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Accidents

Indonesian Air Safety In Spotlight Again After Crash

While authorities caution against speculation about the cause, the crash of Sriwijaya Flight 182 raises the specter of past accidents in Indonesia.
Aircraft

IADA Sees Late 2020 Surge in Biz Aircraft Sale Closings

More than half of the 1,011 sales transactions closed by IADA members occurred in the fourth quarter of 2020.