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Maintenance and Modifications

C&L Expands Global Footprint with ACLAS Acquisition

C&L Aviation Group acquires commercial, regional, and defense MRO ACLAS Technics.
C&L Aviation Group CEO Chris Kilgour with ACLAS Technics founder and managing director Charles Henery
Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell To Support Alpha Star's Gulfstream Fleet

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Alpha Star Aviation operates a fleet of Gulfstream G450 business jets and has signed with Honeywell for maintenance services.
Alpha Star Gulfstream G450 business jet
FBOs

Skyservice to Open Napa, California FBO

Canada-based FBO operator SkyService will continue its U.S. expansion with the establishment of an FBO at California's Napa County Airport.
aerial view of Napa County Airport
Maintenance and Modifications

ACJ Adds Citadel as Second U.S. Service Center

Citadel Completions joins five other locations in the Airbus Corporate Jets service center network.
Noel Christen of Citadel Completions and Benoit Defforge of Airbus Corporate Jets at signing of service center agreement
FBOs

Universal Aviation To Manage Dominican Republic GAT

Universal Aviation, has begun managing the general aviation terminal at Santo Domingo's La Isabella/Higuero Airport in the Dominican Republic.
General Aviation Terminal at Santo Domingo's La Isabela/Higuero Airport
Charter & Fractional

Flying Privately: Fractional Ownership vs. Jet Card - BJT Explainer

Flying Privately: Fractional Ownership vs. Jet Card - BJT Explainer
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Environment

SAF Curiousity Grows in the Middle East

Despite the region's long involvement with petroleum, World Fuel is fielding queries from Middle Eastern customers regarding sustainable aviation fuel.
Man fueling
Maintenance and Modifications

Empire Adds Boeing BBJ to Fleet, Bringing Roster to 20 Aircraft

The company holds AOCs or their equivalent in the UAE, India and San Marino.
Boeing Business Jet
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stellar Blu To Provide Satcom Direct Service

Stellar Blu's satcom system for the OneWeb network is being certified on Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer executive airliners.
Boeing 777 Stellar Blu Solutions connectivity
Training and Workforce

Dynamic Advanced Training Reaching into Bizav Emergency Preparedness

Dynamic Advanced Training is inviting attendees of the MEBAA Show to visit its expansive emergency preparedness training facility.
Dynamic Advanced Training facility (Photo: Dynamic Advanced Training)
Airports

Airbus Tackles Ecosystem Practicalities For Hydrogen Airliners

A “green” hydrogen ecosystem ranks as a key element in the realization of Airbus’s ambitions to bring hydrogen-powered airliners to market by 2035.
HyPort has opened a hydrogen refuelling station for ground vehicles at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in France.
Aircraft

U.S. Selects Bell's V-280 Valor Tiltrotor For New Assault Aircraft

Bell's V-280 Valor tiltrotor technology beats Sikorsky and Boeing in battle to replace up to 4,000 Black Hawks for the U.S. Army.
Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor airccraft in flight
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Building First Service Center in UAE

Bombardier broke ground on a nearly 100,000-sq-ft service center in Abu Dhabi which will be the manufacturer's first in the UAE.
Global 7500 being set up for static display at MEBAA 2022
Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Aero Targets Airliners for Winglet Mods

Active winglets could lower Airbus A320 fuel burn by 10 to 15 percent, according to Tamarack Aerospace.
Tamarack founder and CEO Nick Guida
Airports

Australian Regulator Consults on Guidelines for Vertiports

The country's air safety regulator has published draft guidelines on the vertiport landing sites that will be used by new eVTOL air taxi services.
Digital Rendering of Skyportz's proposed design for a vertiport in the Caribbean Park district of Melbourne, Australia.
Maintenance and Modifications

Oriens Aviation Moves to Larger London Location

UK-based PIlatus distributor Oriens Aviation has relocated to a larger, more modern facility at London Biggin Hill Airport.
Oriens Aviation facility at London Biggin Hill Airport with business jet parked in front of hangar
Airlines

IATA Forecasts Airlines Will Return to Profitability in 2023

North American airlines will likely turn a profit this year, followed by Europe and the Middle East in 2023, according to the latest projections from IATA.
IATA director general Willie Walsh (pictured right) and chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen
Aircraft

Airbus Helicopters Expands Middle Eastern Market Inroads

Airbus Helicopters announces new sales and service deals during MEBAA Show.
Airbus Helicopters H130 in flight
Charter & Fractional

Overall Aircraft Charter Rates Swing Higher in November

According to the JetASAP report, fliers saw an overall 4.5 percent increase in hourly charter rates between October and November.
Partial image of bizjet
Engines

P&WC, American Express Partner on Engine Payment Option

The new payment option will allow select Pratt & Whitney Canada engine customers to extend payment terms.
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E turboprop engine
Accidents

Bell 407 Tail Booms To Get Fresh Scrutiny

NTSB calls on FAA to impose stricter inspection regime after Bell 407 in-flight tail boom separation
separated tailboom from a Bell 407 which crashed in June in Hawaii
Rotorcraft

Erickson Delivers Eighth Air Crane to South Korea

The Korean Forest Service took delivery of its eighth Erickson S-64 Air Crane on December 3rd.
Overhead view of Erickson S-64 Air Crane on airport ramp at sunset
FBOs

Flying Privately: What Is an FBO? And What's a Tail Number? - BJT Explainer

Flying Privately: What Is an FBO? And What's a Tail Number? - BJT Explainer
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik To Install Flexible ACJ320neo VIP Interior

Lufthansa Technik was selected to provide a flexible charter/private VIP interior on an Airbus ACJ320neo and follow with maintenance and component support.
Interior on a Lufthansa Technik customer’s new ACJ320neo
FBOs

Two Saudia Units Participate at MEBAA

The flag carrier's private aviation and MRO subsidiaries will also contribute to the MEBAA Conference.
Richard Koe and Fahad Ibrahim Alijarboa
Aircraft

Private Aviation Group Volare To Operate Lilium eVTOL Aircraft

Volare will buy up to 20 of the Pioneer Edition executive version of the Lilium Jet and will operate charter flights in the UK and provide maintenance.
Digital rendering of Lilium Pioneer Edition eVTOL in flight over city
Rotorcraft

Switzerland's Rega Orders 12 More Airbus H145s

Rega—a helicopter emergency medical services provider in Switzerland—will operate 21 Airbus H145 helicopters by 2021.
Rega Air Rescue Service Helicopter in flight over mountains in Swiss Alps
Charter & Fractional

SpeedBird Grows Charter Fleet

SpeedBird has acquired four Cessna Citation CJ3/CJ3+ and two Bombardier Challenger 605 business jets.
SpeedBird Cessna Citation CJ3
Regulations and Government

FAA Document Fraud Case Ends with Prison Time

Lying to the FAA leads to prison for habitual felon.
Bombardier Learjet 55 on foggy airport ramp
Environment

Airbus Survey Shows Sustainability Interest

A recent survey by Airbus Corporate Jets finds support from U.S. corporate aviation in sustainability practices.
ACJ TwoTwenty in flight over coastline with grassy terrain and golf course