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Quest Appoints South-central U.S. Kodiak Dealer

American Kodiak will have a six-state sales territory for Quest's Kodiak 100 Series II single-engine turboprop.
Safety

Canada TSB Undertaking Special Study of Air-taxi Safety

Despite attention given to critical safety issues involving air taxi flights, the sector continues to have the highest number of commercial accidents.
Accidents

Recorders Show 'Similarities' between 737 Max Crashes

French investigators have extracted virtually all the data from Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302’s FDR, CVR.
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FBOs

GMSTEK Rolls Out New Fuel Order Processing App

Designed to dovetail with the company's X-1FBO management platform, the new fuel order processing app aims to eliminate errors and speed transactions
Aircraft

Turkey Receives Global 6000s for Jammer Conversion

The first two Bombardier Global 6000s have arrived in Turkey for outfitting with Aselsan's stand-off jammer suite.
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Accidents

Episode 18: Into the Storm | AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck Podcast

“If either of us had said, ‘Let’s turn around and get out of here,’ we would have done it.”
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FAA Joins Int'l Regulators in Boeing Max Groundings

Boeing may request ferry permits for 737 Maxs that are grounded.
Sustainability and Environment

Gulfstream Makes First Alternative Jet Fuel Sale

World Energy is providing the sustainable alternative jet fuel Gulfstream sells from its Long Beach Airport facility.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Airbus Begins Shore-to-ship Port Drone Deliveries

The Airbus Skyways UAS has begun ship supply flights to commercial vessels in Singapore.
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WAI Hosts Hiring Frenzy

The U.S. Air Force is conducting onsite interviews for the first time at this week's WAI conference.
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Aircraft

Bombardier's Challenger 350 Marks Delivery Peaks

For a second year in a row, the Challenger 350 was the most delivered multi-engine business jet.
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Aircraft

Boeing Allowed Test and Ferry Flights of 737 Max

Upon application to the FAA, Boeing will be able to operate production flight-test and ferry flights of new 737 Max jets during the grounding.
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Rotorcraft

Helicopter Services Company PHI Files for Bankruptcy

PHI said it would continue to operate while it restructures under federal bankruptcy protection.
Charter & Fractional

Alpha Star Building Medevac Business in Saudi Arabia

Around 15 percent of Alpha Star’s operations are devoted to medevac today.
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Aircraft

Check out Mecaer’s “Magnificent” Interior for the Bell 505

Check out Mecaer’s “Magnificent” Interior for the Bell 505
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AINsight: Drowning in Drones?

Business and general aviation practitioners are uniquely positioned to seize the future of urban mobility.
Aircraft

Ghostrider Arrives To Replace Spooky

AFSOC has taken delivery of its first Block 30 AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, which will replace the last of the first-generation Hercules gunships .
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Accidents

France’s BEA To Analyze Recorders from Ill-fated 737 Max

Authorities transported the Ethiopian Airlines recorders from Addis Ababa to Paris for investigation on the request of the Ethiopian CAA.
Safety

FAA Moving To Make ASAP More Flexible

FAA will no longer take administrative actions for reports accepted into the ACSF ASAP program and will sign partnership agreements rather than MoUs.

NBAA's Bolen Asks Industry To Be Bizav Ambassadors

Ed Bolen's message came at the opening session today at the NBAA Regional Forum in Houston.
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Training and Workforce

BBD Completes Sale of Bizjet Training Business to CAE

The deal adds 12 full=flight simulators and provides an expanded pool of training specialists.
Aircraft

Embraer Completes Praetor 600 Cert Flight Tests

The shift to the new Praetor line contributed to a dip in deliveries and slide in revenues in 2018.
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Airports

Istanbul’s New Mega-airport To Be Fully Operational in April

The transfer of the operations, fleet, and equipment from Istanbul Atatürk International Airport to the new venue will take two days.
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Rotorcraft

Leonardo Trekker Gets FAA Nod

Leonardo said it holds orders for more than 60 Trekkers from customers in Europe, North and Latin America, and Asia.
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Rotorcraft

Helicopters Lift Leonardo's Annual Results

Aided by the success of its helicopter division, Leonardo posts strong 2018 financial results.
Accidents

U.S. Grounds Remaining Boeing Max 8s and 9s

The FAA stood as the last authority in the world to allow the model’s operation into and over its territory.
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Accidents

Canada Bans Boeing 737 Max, U.S. Remains Last Holdout

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration still sees “no basis” for grounding the 737 Max.
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Safety

NTSB Renews Call for Mandatory FDM, SMS for Part 135

The NTSB said the May 2017 Learjet 35A crash highlighted a series of safety issues in Part 135, including the lack of FDM and pilot oversight.
Aircraft

Third ARJ21 Operator Prepares for Service with Comac Jet

Low-cost carrier Urumqi Air expects to take delivery of its first Comac jet within six months.
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Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero UK Center Gets EASA, Honeywell OKs

The Fleetlands facility is now approved to provide support for TFE731-2/-3/-4/-5/-20/-40/-60 engine series models.