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Regulations and Government

FAA Offers To Partner with NBAA To Ease Line-check Constraints

The FAA said it was willing to partner with NBAA to help raise awareness on policies that could help ease issues with constraints on line checks.
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Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Revs Up Sim Graphics with Unreal Engine

The Unreal Engine 3D creation tool is now being used to provide photorealistic details for FlightSafety International's flight simulators.
Photorealistic simulated image of airliners and ground vehicles at airport terminal during a rainstorm from FlightSafety simulator visual system using Unreal Engine
FBOs

Clay Lacy On Pace for 2024 Hangar Opening at KOXC

Clay Lacy remains ahead of schedule on the construction of its $20 million expansion at Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Connecticut.
Construction of Clay Lacy Aviation FBO and hangar complex at Waterbury-Oxford Airport
Airlines

Southwest Airlines Recovers from Latest Schedule Disruption

A computer system firewall failure caused another round of schedule interruptions at Southwest Airlines, according to the company.
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 landing at at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
Maintenance and Modifications

Ametek MRO Wins Sustainability Awards

Ametek MRO Facilities in the U.S. and UK recently won three industry operational excellence and sustainability awards.
Ametek MRO Drake Air staff in front of sign at its Tulsa, Oklahoma facility
Aircraft

Brazil Seeks More Gripens as Saab/Embraer Strengthen Ties

Further Gripen fighter purchases for Brazil were discussed at the start of the program, but now serious evaluations are getting under way.
Saab Gripen F fighter
Airlines

Sustainable Aviation Group Demands More Government Support

At the Sustainable Skies event in the UK, industry leaders called for more investment and urgent action to meet the net zero carbon goal by 2050.
Jonathon Counsell, head of sustainability with the International Airlines Group.
Regulations and Government

FAA To Designate Areas for Non-ID UAS Ops

The FAA has released a draft environmental assessment for areas where UAS can be flown without remote identification equipment.
drone lifts off with pilot in background silhouetted sunset
Aircraft

C&L Aero Clinches Sale of VVIP Bizliner to Argentina

C&L Aerospace has completed the sale of a VVIP Boeing 757 to the secretary general of the presidency of Argentina for presidential travel.
Argentina VVIP Boeing 757 for presidential travel in flight
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

MySky Relocating EMEA Headquarters to Dubai

Business aviation spend management platform MySky is relocating its EMEA headquarters from Geneva to Dubai.
Skyline of Dubai at sunset
Environment

Paramount Jets Updates Aircraft Emissions Calculator

Air charter provider Paramount Business Jets updated its Private Jet Carbon Offset Calculator to be more accurate and offer greener alternative aircraft.
Screenshot of Paramount Business Jets' Private Jet Carbon Offset Calculator depicting travel from Teterboro Airport (KTEB) to Miami-Opa locka (KOPF) in a Citation CJ3+ with 4 passengers.
FBOs

Atlantic Aviation Wins RFP at Aspen Pitkin County Airport

With its lease at Aspen Pitkin County Airport expiring later this year, Atlantic Aviation earned a renewal among a crowded field of competitors.
Atlantic Aviation FBO at KASE
Regulations and Government

AviationManuals Named Guernsey 2-REG Trusted Vendor

AviationManuals status as a trusted vendor for the Guernsey aircraft registry helps its clients speed up processing times for aircraft registration.
Cessna M2 owned by ORTA°C
Maintenance and Modifications

Study: Aircraft, Mx Trades Rapidly Expanding Workforce in UK

A study from an electrician educator in the UK found aircraft and maintenance-related trades topped the list of workforce growth since 2006.
Aviation maintenance technician at work under wing of small aircraft
Accidents

Court Acquits Airbus, Air France in AF447 Manslaughter Trial

Judges rule that prosecutors did not produce evidence of a direct connection between the actions of Airbus and Air France and the crash of AF447.
Air France A330-200
Cabin Interior and Electronics

F/List's Aenigma Material Wins Design Award

F/List's recently introduced Aenigma sustainably-engineered fabrics has earned the Thomasberg, Austria company a Red Dot Award for product design.
F/List's Aenigma material in a copper colored dot texture
Regulations and Government

AINsight: Waiting for an FAA Letter?

Pilots awaiting FAA letters regarding medical condition reviews need to have some significant patience these days, given the complexities for such reviews.
Charter & Fractional

SETOps Event To Probe Market Opportunities in Europe

Experts explain how Europe could more fully exploit EASA rules allowing single-engine turbine aircraft to fly commercially at night and in IMC conditions.
Daher Kodiak 900
Aircraft

VietJet Expands Service to Australia amid SE Asian Rebound

VietJet A330-300 debuts in Sydney as Vietnamese authorities project traffic recovery to 2019 levels by year-end.
VietJet's expansion into Australia has seen its Airbus A330-300s debut in Sydney.
Aircraft

SkyDrive Signs First Preorder for Private-use eVTOL

SkyDrive opened the order book to private individual customers for its SD-05 two-seat eVTOL, and Drone Fund director Kotaro Chiba was the first to order.
Venture capitalist Kotaro Chiba (left) views a model of SkyDrive's SD-05 eVTOL aircraft.
Aircraft

Boeing Confronted with Another Max Delivery Disruption

Aft fuselages for the 737 Max supplied by Sprit Aerosystems are the source of another delivery disruption.
Boeing 737 Max family on airport ramp
Aircraft

Gulfstream G400 Cabin Tour Launches, First Flight Nears

Gulfstream is launching a G400 cabin mockup tour in the U.S. as it prepares to fly the first of the twinjets later this year.
Gulfstream G400 cabin
Maintenance and Modifications

Aerocare Completes First Embraer Praetor 600 Repaint

Aerocare Aviation Services Limited completed its first full repainting of an Embraer Praetor 600 aircraft at its expanded paint facility in Chester, UK.
Embraer Praetor 600 repainted by Aerocare Aviation Services Limited in hangar
Avionics

Options Grow for Civil Black Hawks

Remote piloting and HUMS join list of capabilities available for civil Sikorsky UH-60 helicopters.
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter in flight
Aircraft

Dutch Start-up Maeve Unveils All-Electric Regional Airliner

The company claims battery technology will be sufficient to carry 44 passengers over 250 nm by 2029, with range and payload to increase in the future.
Developers expect the Maeve 01 all-electric regional airliner to enter service in 2029.
Avionics

Proposed AD Expands Limits on Helo Radio Altimeters

The FAA is proposing stricter limits on helicopters with a radio altimeter operating in the presence of possible 5G C-band radio frequency interference.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

JetMS Opening Aircraft Interiors Facility in Lithuania

JetMS Holdings is opening a more than 75,000-sq-ft aircraft interior fabrication and installation facility in Kaunas, Lithuania.
JetMS Holdings new aircraft interiors facility in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Summit Aviation Breaks Ground on Yellowstone Facility

Summit Aviation will soon begin construction on its complex at Montana's Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
Artist rendering of Summit Aviation's new headquarters at KBZN
Environment

EBACE Keynoters To Mix Racing, Bizav, and Sustainability

F1 executives Toto and Susie Wolff will highlight sustainability in racing and business aviation during the keynote session at EBACE 2023 in Geneva.
Susie Wolff and Toto Wolff
Fuel

ATP, Fuelerlinx Partner on System Integration

ATP has integrated its Flightdocs Operations platform with Fuelerlinx's fuel purchasing and consumption planning product.
 Flightdocs Operations platform with Fuelerlinx's fuel purchasing and consumption planning product displayed on MacBook