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Gogo Connects You to Now and Next

Gogo Connects You to Now and Next
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Rotorcraft

Annual Global Helo Market Forecasted at $11.5B by 2032

Future Market Insights report predicts the global helicopter market will reach $11.5 billion by 2032.
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Rotorcraft

Airbus Sells 50 H160 Helicopters To China's GDAT

GDAT deal for 50 Airbus H160s is largest sale to date for the new intermediate twin helicopter.
Airbus H160
Aircraft

AINsight: Matching Words with Action

With the preowned business aircraft market normalizing, it's important to right-size pricing rather than overprice and assume the market will correct it.
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Accidents

Bizjets Sustain Two Fatal Accidents in 1Q2023

Accidents involving two U.S.-registered business jets and three turboprops took the lives of 16 crew and passengers in the first quarter of 2023.
Hawker 800XP resting at edge of runway with door open following an aborted takeoff
Regulations and Government

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Plans To Ban Business Aircraft in 2025

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is proposing a ban on business aircraft starting in 2025 as part of a wider strategy to reduce noise and CO2 emissions.
Jet aviation Amsterdam
Avionics

Bell 407GXi Autopilot UK-Approved

Bell's 3-axis autopilot is available as factory option or retrofit on Bell 407GXis.
Bell’s 407GXi
Accidents

Vietnam Suspends Helitours After Fatal Crash

The Vietnamese Civil Aviation Authority has suspended helitour operations following a fatal Bell 505 crash on Wednesday.
VNH Bell 505 helicopters in flight over Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
Aircraft

Airbus To Build Second Assembly Line at Chinese A320 Site

An agreement to expand Airbus’s production capacity in China came during an official visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Beijing.
Airbus A320 under assembly in Tianjin
Avionics

ForeFlight Buys Flight Analytics Provider CloudAhoy

CloudAhoy has grown from a small post-flight debriefing tool into a flight data analytics provider, and it is now owned by Boeing's ForeFlight unit.
CloudAhoy debriefing of aircraft flight
Aircraft

Wichita's Clemens Aviation Buys Rival Midwest Corporate

Clemens Aviation has cornered the FBO market at Colonel James Jabara Airport with its purchase of Midwest Corporate Aviation.
Clemens Aviation Beechjet 400As parked on airport ramp in front of facility at Wichita's Colonel James Jabara Airport
FBOs

Georgia FBOs See Ownership Changes

Two FBOs at separate Georgia airports have been purchased by competing chains.
Former Epps Aviation FBO at Atlanta-area Peachtree-DeKalb Airport
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Duncan Aviation Delivers Fully-custom Falcon 900EX

Duncan Aviation recently delivered a fully-transformed Falcon 900EX for an undisclosed customer.
cabin of upgraded Falcon 900EX by Duncan Aviation
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Prizm Aircraft Products Names First European Dealer

Atlas Air Services named as first European dealer for Prizm Aircraft Products line of LED cabin lighting and window shade products.
Citation Excel Interior with Prizm lighting
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet East Opens North Carolina MRO

Jet East has opened a new full-service MRO facility at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina.
Aerial view of new Jet East facilities at Statesville Regional Airport
Maintenance and Modifications

Stevens Aerospace To Perform In-house Hydrostatic Testing

Stevens Aerospace has been approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation to perform hydrostatic cylinder testing at its Nashville, Tennessee facility.
Oxygen cylinder being placed in a hydrostatic testing water-jacket
Regulations and Government

NBAA, GAMA Seek Restoration of Bizav En Route CPDLC

The use of en route datalink benefits safety, and business aviation operators should have full access to these services, according to NBAA and GAMA.
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Airlines

Airlines Win Legal Challenge to Schiphol Flight Caps

A Dutch court overruled a government plan to cut Amsterdam Schiphol airport’s annual flight limit to 460,000 from November.
Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam
Charter & Fractional

Volato Floats $25 Million Debt Offering

Fractional provider Volato is raising $25 million to finance more HondaJets.
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Training and Workforce

CAE Inaugurates First U.S. West Coast Bizav Training Center

For CAE, its new facility in Las Vegas represents its first expansion to the Western U.S.
CAE president and CEO Marc Parent (center) cuts ribbon alongside colleagues during Las Vegas Training center inauguration
Engines

Bird Ingestion Test Rule Stems from ‘Miracle on Hudson’

FAA bird ingestion certification test requirements were updated to ensure turbofan engines can ingest the largest medium flocking bird without a failing.
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Airlines

Pakistan International Airlines' Pilot Roster Under Fire

Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Aviation will form a subcommittee to probe the issuance of pilot licenses.
PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) Airbus A320 in flight on approach to Dubai
Security

Sparrow Executive Jets Joins Effort To Combat Human Trafficking

Sparrow Executive Jets' partnership with the Blue Lightning Initiative helps expand the effort to combat human trafficking to charter brokerages.
Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign senior advisor Michael Camal speaks on stage at industry event
Environment

EBAA Calls Greenpeace Report a Distortion of Facts

EBAA refutes a new report from Greenpeace which claims that business aviation's private jet pollution doubled in one year.
business jet on airport taxiway
FBOs

Atlantic Completes Integration of Hawaiian Locations

The six former Air Service Hawaii locations are now fully integrated into the Atlantic Aviation FBO network following a series of transactions.
Atlantic Aviation refueller against a Hawaii background
Rotorcraft

Exploring Trade-offs and Options for Obsolete Helo Avionics

Operators have a number of factors to consider, and options, as they move forward with swapping out old avionics.
Garmin AS350 upgrade
Safety

Bryan Burns Traces ACSF Growth in Members, Safety Programs

ACSF president Bryan Burns discusses the growth of his organization and the difficulties of bringing over safety programs traditionally used by airlines.
Bryan Burns, Air Charter Safety Foundation
Aircraft

Tight Helicopter Market In Hover

Pent-up demand erupts as supply chain problems continue in the helicopter market.
Med Rescue Agusta AW139 helicopter in flight with crew at open side door
Accidents

Business Aircraft Accident Reports: April 2023

Preliminary and final accident reports, April 2023
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Accidents

'External Cause' Cited in CJ Winglet Loss in Flight

A CitationJet landed safely after its left Tamarack Aerospace winglet broke off while in flight.
Tamarack Aerospace winglet modification Cessna Citation CJ