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Duncan Working on STCs for Gogo Biz 4G System

Existing Gogo Biz air-to-ground service offers peak speeds of up to 3.1 Mbps, while the 4G service reportedly runs at up to peak speeds of 9.8 Mbps.
Aircraft

Boeing Set to Roll Out 737 Max 9 En Route to April First Flight

Boeing is still defining the larger Max 10 model.
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Charter & Fractional

NTSB Accident Report Highlights Charter Ops Audit Questions

Auditing firms want to clarify the difference between audited charter operators and those for which they provide information only.
Aircraft

Dassault Sees Business Aviation Growth Coming from Asia

In January, Dassault delivered the first of its new Falcon 8X jets to go to an Indian client.
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Airlines

U.S. Airlines Smell Opportunity To Push Political Agenda With “America First” Trump

U.S. Airlines Smell Opportunity To Push Political Agenda With “America First” Trump
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Aircraft

Flying the Piper M600 Turboprop Aircraft

Flying the Piper M600 Turboprop Aircraft
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Accidents

U.S. Helo Accident Rate Down for Third Straight Year

There were 106 helicopter accidents in 2016, including 17 fatal accidents—a 12 percent decrease year-over-year.
Regulations and Government

Trump Meeting With Airlines Heightens Opposition to ATC Reform

A new poll found that 62 percent of respondents oppose ATC privatization.
Charter & Fractional

Service Group ACASS Launches Indian JV With Invision

ACASS offers a range of services including aircraft sales, delivery, management support and flight crew sourcing.
Aircraft

Leonardo Stays in the Running for U.S. Air Force T-X Program

Two weeks after ending its partnership with Raytheon, the Italian company will compete for the T-X program through its DRS subsidiary.
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Charter & Fractional

Indian Bizav Is Missing Out On Plan To Expand Regional Service

Indian regulations mean that charter operators have to go through an additional approval stage to participate in the Regional Connectivity Scheme.
Airports

NBAA Petitions Court To Review SMO Shutdown Agreement

Despite the FAA's agreement to allow Santa Monica Airport to be closed in 2028, NBAA and others are fighting to keep the airport open.
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FBOs

FBO Profile: South Air, Keflavik, Iceland

A Mid-Atlantic Bizav Haven
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Sabena Takes On A310 Completion

The aircraft will undergo scheduled maintenance during the project.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Greenpoint Takes on Head-of-state Project

The company will hand over the airplane early next year.
Rotorcraft

Bell V-280 Valor Prepping for Flight-test Program

Bell's next tiltrotor design is 93 percent done and conducting ground testing in preparation for first flight around September 2017.
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Regulations and Government

U.S. Airlines, Airports See Silver Linings in White House Meeting

President Donald Trump criticized the FAA's NextGen modernization effort and suggested the agency would be better run by a pilot.
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Training and Workforce

Technology Advances Flight Training Field

Pilot training is entering a new era thanks to rapid advances in technology and lower cost training tools.
Aircraft

Australian F-35s and EA-18 Growler To Appear at Avalon Airshow

The RAAF’s first two Lightning IIs will make a transpacific roundtrip; the air arm’s first Growler will also be there.
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Aircraft

Boeing Wins $13.8 Billion Singapore Order For 777-9s, 787-10s

Deal calls for deliveries to start in 2020
Avionics

New EFVS Landing Rule Delayed One Week

Rule allows pilots of airplanes with enhanced flight vision systems to fly certain IFR approaches all the way to landing “in lieu of natural vision”
Avionics

AirSatOne Lowers SwiftBroadband Airtime Rates

Operators can see price reductions of as much as 18 percent.
Aircraft

Bombardier's Global Family Climbs to 2,500 Ops at ASE

Aspen/Pitken is listed among the most challenging airports to operate at with steep approaches.
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FBOs

Air Elite Adds Nine New FBOs to Network

The new FBOs are located in California, Australia, Singapore, Texas and South Carolina.
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Airports

London Oxford Offers Deal for First-time Bizjet Users

“Try and Fly” promotion waives the landing fee, halves parking fees for up to a week and offers a fuel dicsount for first-time users of the airport.
Rotorcraft

Third AW609 Airborne, Will Soon Start Icing Trials

AC3 recently begun flight testing from the company's Philadelphia plant and will soon head to Michigan, for cold weather testing and icing trials.
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FBOs

World Fuel Boosts Canadian FBO Footprint

The Miami-based fuel provider has added 34 new locations ito its network in the Great White North.
FBOs

Signature Rolls Out New Website and App

The BBA Aviation subsidiary unveiled its newly-designed digital tools at NBAA's Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference.
Aircraft

Brazil Launches WTO Challenge over Aid for Bombardier

Canadian government follows up on C$1 billion Quebec loan commitment with C$372.5 for C Series, Global 7000
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Regulations and Government

NBAA Chief Warns of Renewed ATC Privatization Push at SDC17

The Battle for ATC privatization is expected to resume according to NBAA head Ed Bolen.
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