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Joby Secures FAA Approval of First Systems and Compliance Review

FAA's systems and compliance review of Joby’s eVTOL aircraft keeps it on pace to receive type certification ahead of entry-into-service in 2024.
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FutureFlight

Sustainability Group Acciona Commits to Strategic Investment in Eve's Urban Air Mobility Plans

The $30 million strategic investment is set to be made once Eve completes an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange following a business combination with Zanite Acquisition Corp.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

Iceberg Short-Selling Report Targets Lilium Mainly over Battery Claims for Ducted Fan eVTOL Design

The March 14 report argues that Lilium is losing ground in the race to launch eVTOL commercial operations and also that it has overstated the solidity of announced aircraft sales to date.
Aircraft

Large Used Bizjets Lead 12-month Increases in Values

A Sandhills Global report also shows year-over-year valuation increases across all other bizjet categories.
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Training and Workforce

AINsight: Navigating Schedules and Contract Pilots

As flight demand increases, corporate flight departments with lean staffing struggle to provide employees with schedule flexibility.
Airlines

EASA Reports GNSS Jamming/Spoofing amid Ukraine Conflict

A Safety Bulletin issued by EASA indicates that satellite navigation system degradation in four specific regions began on the day of the Ukraine invasion.
Rotorcraft

China Orders Six More Leonardo AW189s

Leonardo will deliver six AW189s to China’s Rescue and Salvage Bureau of Ministry of Transport
Safety

AviationManuals Reaches Record Number of Subscribers

AviationManuals also starts 2022 with robust growth in new clients and revenue.
FutureFlight

Delta Air Lines Agrees to Back Airbus Plans For Hydrogen-powered Airliners

Under a memorandum of understanding, Delta Air Lines will participate in Airbus-lead research and development work aimed at getting a hydrogen-powered airliner into service in 2035.
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Aircraft

Unleaded Avgas Effort Kicks Into Gear

The Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions initiative held a meeting March 16-17 to advance the elimination of lead from avgas.
Aircraft

Delta Air Lines, Airbus To Partner on Hydrogen Power

An MOU announced Thursday calls for Delta and Airbus to collaborate on the introduction of a hydrogen-powered airliner in the U.S. by 2035.

WAI 2022 Opens with Focus on Workforce

WAI 2022 opened on Thursday with near-record attendance as potential employers look to fill many openings.
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Aircraft

Textron Buying Pipistrel To Boost Electric Aviation Plans

Textron will make further investments in European electric aircraft maker Pipistrel, which will be the foundation for its new eAviation division.
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Aircraft

Novakovic: Gulfstream Will Weather Russia Sanctions

Gulfstream Aerospace will be able to manage through the Russia sanctions, but sister company Jet Aviation will be slightly more affected.
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Aircraft

Deutsche Aircraft’s 328eco Gets Boost from Norway

Norway’s North Energy Cluster will create the SAF infrastructure to help realize Deutsche Aircraft’s ambitions to develop a new D328 regional airliner.
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Embraer Launches Educational Partnership Program

Embraer today launched its first U.S.-centric educational partnership program to promote aviation career paths.
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Airports

New Jersey Airport Offers Plot for Development

The South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) has issued an RFP to develop a 400-acre plot of land at Atlantic City International Airport.
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Aircraft

Dassault Wraps Up Falcon 6X Cold-weather Testing

Dassault Aviation remains on track for 6X certification later this year.
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FutureFlight

North Energy Cluster Partnership Boosts Deutsche Aircraft's Plans For Green 328eco Airliner

Norway’s North Energy Cluster is working with Deutsche Aircraft to make available new e-fuels that they say will deliver lower carbon emissions than existing sustainable aviation fuels.
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FutureFlight

Textron Supercharges Electric Aviation Ambitions With Pipistrel Acquisition

Textron will pay around $242 million to acquire Slovenia-based Pipistrel and says it will back the company with further investments and its global product support network.
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FutureFlight

Eve Steps Up Plans for Miami Urban Air Mobility, as Local Operator Agrees to Add 200 eVTOLs to Charter Fleet

Charter airline GlobalX has signed a letter of intent covering 200 provisional orders for Eve's four-passenger eVTOL aircraft.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

New Study Predicts $325 Billion Market Boom for Autonomous Aircraft

A new report commissioned by the Aerospace Industries Association forecasts that the autonomous aircraft market will grow nearly 25 percent a year over the next two decades.
Rotorcraft

Vita Inclinata Offers Solution to Stabilize Helicopter Hoist Litter Baskets

Vita Inclinata Offers Solution to Stabilize Helicopter Hoist Litter Baskets
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Safety

GAMA, IAOPA Launch 2022 General Aviation Europe Survey

GAMA and IOPA are collecting data through the European GA survey that will be shared with EASA for accident and regulatory analysis.
Safety

HAI Offers Safety Manager Cert Path

HAI has teamed with NATA on its Air Transport Safety Manager certification program to offer safety management training.
FBOs

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services Changes Hands

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, which operates six FBOs in the eastern and central U.S., has been sold to a new joint-venture investment partnership.
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Aircraft

Eve Steps Up Miami UAM Plans, Nets 200-unit Order

Embraer Eve has announced plans to prepare the way for urban air mobility flights in the Miami area with local operator Global Crossing Airlines.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Isle of Man Register Ditches Russian Private Aircraft

Responding to sanctions against Russian individuals and companies over the invasion of Ukraine, the Isle of Man has deregistered multiple private aircraft.

Gulfstream Digitizing Engineering History

The Savannah, Georgia aircraft manufacturer is converting all records, CAD files, and other documents into machine-readable PDFs.
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Maintenance and Modifications

PHI Opens MRO Services to Broader Helicopter Market

The MRO change is part of an effort by global helicopter provider PHI to diversify its business.
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