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Rotorcraft

Bell Opens Helo Training Center in Valencia, Spain

Bell Helicopter has opened its first training center outside the U.S. and will start by offering Bell 429 type ratings in a TRU simulator.
Training and Workforce

Simhawk Adds Capabilities to Its Training Marketplace

The additional capabilities will enable flight training buyers to select courses along with simulator time.
Rotorcraft

Leonardo AW169 Medium Twin Helo Gets FAA Nod

This approval follows EASA certification of the new medium twin helicopter by seven months.
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Charter & Fractional

Air Methods Shareholder Said to be Pushing for Sale

Any sale of the company would be expected to produce a price substantially above its $1.4 billion market capitalization.
Regulations and Government

Thai Regulator Delays Issuing New AOCs, Citing Skills Shortage

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand is trying to train more personnel so it can maintain adequate regulatory standards.
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Aircraft

Embraer E190-E2 Still on Track, Despite Engine Snags

Some 550 hours of flight testing completed by three prototypes
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Haeco Pitches Zen Interior as a ‘Jumping-off Point’

Interior can be installed in the A320neo and the BBJ.
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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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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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.
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

Service Group ACASS Launches Indian JV With Invision

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

NBAA Celebrates 70th Anniversary Today

Anniversary offers “an opportunity to consider what each of us can do to carry the torch forward, so that business aviation is even stronger."
Regulations and Government

Trump Meeting With Airlines Heightens Opposition to ATC Reform

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

NBAA Asking Members To Take Bizav Compensation Survey

The 2017 survey is now open, and NBAA is collecting salary and benefit data for 16 business aviation job descriptions.

Hawkeye Aircraft Launches Bizjet Productivity Tool

App calculates common productivity factors from NBAA and No Plane No Gain reports to determine a value for time saved when using a business aircraft.
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.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Sabena Takes On A310 Completion

The aircraft will undergo scheduled maintenance during the project.
FBOs

FBO Profile: South Air, Keflavik, Iceland

A Mid-Atlantic Bizav Haven

JetNet Pre-owned Stats Show Disappointment, and Hope

It remains a buyer’s market, but just barely, and 2017 could be the year the balance shifts.

Signature Files Protest over SNA Leasehold Vote

Signature called the decision to award the leasehold it held for 20 years to ACI Jet improper and illegal.
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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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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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Greenpoint Takes on Head-of-state Project

The company will hand over the airplane early next year.

Houston FBOs Take Super Bowl LI Head On

Hobby Airport's Jet Aviation, Atlantic Aviation and Million Air overcame obstacles to pull off a successful Super Bowl weekend.
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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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.
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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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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