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Jazeera and Ibom Air Boost Airbus With $2.2 Billion Deals

Jazeera Airways, Ibom Air, and Air Tanzania dominated the commercial airliner sales news from day three of the 2021 Dubai Airshow.
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Aircraft

Afrijet Orders ATR 72-600s with Fuel Efficient Pratt Engines

The Gabon-based carrier is replacing some of its smaller ATR 72-500s, as Japan's Toki Air considers investment in new short takeoff and landing ATR42s.
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Aircraft

Indian Start-up Akasa Builds Boeing Fleet With $9 Billion Deal

India's Akasa Air ordered 72 Boeing 737 Max-8 narrowbodies to start services in 2022, as Air Tanzania expands fleet with a mix of 787, 767, and 737 Maxes.
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Charter & Fractional

JetClub Explores Middle East Expansion with Jetex

HondaJet fractional operator JetClub looks to Middle East expansion with a Jetex memorandum of understanding.
Aircraft

PlaneSense Marks Delivery of Its 75th Pilatus PC-12

The PC-12 launched PlaneSense's fractional program in 1995 and the company has since taken a total of 75 of that model while it also grows its PC-24 fleet.
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Rotorcraft

AAMS: New Air Medical Reimbursement Rules Are Unfair

The air ambulance lobby charges federal rules for the new "no surprises" medical billing act favor insurers and sues to block implementation.
Fuel

Air Ambulance Company Partners with P&WC on SAF

Pratt & Whitney Canada and ADAC Leftrettung are partnering on an SAF test program for air medical helicopters.
Engines

P&WC Expanding Carbon Offset Program To Helicopters

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is expanding its year-old carbon offset service to include operators of the company’s helicopter engines.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gogo's Avance L5 Reaches 500k Flight Hours

More than 1,500 aircraft are now flying with Gogo Business Aviation's Avance L5, and they have racked up 500,000 flights using the connectivity service.
FBOs

Atlantic Aviation, Ross Aviation To Merge

The expected merger between Atlantic Aviation and Ross Aviation will bring the world's second largest FBO chain to nearly 90 locations.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Global Aircraft: All-Weather Performers

Bombardier Global Aircraft: All-Weather Performers
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Fuel

How Private Aircraft Owners and Passengers Can Cut Their Environmental Footprint

How Private Aircraft Owners and Passengers Can Cut Their Environmental Footprint
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Safety

The Problem with Automation: Humans vs. Machines

Automation reduces workload, creates efficiencies and is highly dependable, but can present pilots with an unexpected, obscure, or highly complex scenario.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Stingray Testing Forging Ahead

Boeing’s MQ-25 unmanned carrierborne tanker has conducted refueling trials with all of its intended receivers as part of early testing.
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Airlines

Lufthansa Technik Prioritizes Middle East LCC Business

Opportunities with flag carriers exist, but have become more limited due to growing in-house capabilities.
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Aircraft

Production T-7 Red Hawk Nearing First Flight

Having officially launched series production of the T-7A in February, Boeing is nearing completion of the first flying aircraft.
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Aircraft

ATR Upgrades Turboprops with New Pratt & Whitney Engine

The European turboprop manufacturer will offer new Pratt & Whitney Canada 127XT series as the standard engine for the ATR 72 and 42 aircraft.
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Aircraft

Lufthansa Technik VIP To Display Explorer Cabin in Dubai

Lufthansa Technik has identified VIP charter and private world tours as promising business segments in the Middle East region.
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Aircraft

Honeywell Names Wahaj as Strategic Supplier

Saudi Arabia’s Wahaj will provide precision aircraft parts for Honeywell contracts from Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, and other OEMs.
Charter & Fractional

Pay Increases, Bonuses Ahead for Airshare Captains

Airshare, a Kansas-based fractional, charter, jet card, and aircraft management company, develops a new pilot retention/recruiting program for captains.
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Aircraft

BACN Sizzles on the Dubai Ramp

The E-11A BACN—inevitably known as the “bacon”—is a rarely seen U.S. Air Force asset, and recently the service has signed for six more.
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Aircraft

DHL Extends Boeing 767 Freighter Fleet

Global logistics company DHL is introducing converted 767 freighters as it modernizes its intercontinental fleet in a drive for greater efficiency.
Aircraft

Boeing Bags Order for Eleven 737-800 Freighters

Boeing will open three new freighter conversion lines to meet soaring global demand for standard-body cargo haulers.
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Engines

GE’s 777X Engine Completes Dust Debris Tests

The world’s most powerful engine has completed a series of 1,600 cycles while being subjected to a stream of dust particles.
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Aircraft

Leonardo AW609 Tiltrotor Takes Bow in Dubai

Leonardo's civil tiltrotor, on display at Expo 2020 and at the Dubai Airshow, should complete flight testing in August 2022.
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Aircraft

Calidus Unveils Giant Attack Aircraft

Four years ago Calidus surprised showgoers with the B-250, but now the company has unveiled a much larger attack aircraft.
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Aircraft

Two More Tanker Transports Slated for UAE Air Force

Buying two more A330 MRTTs from Airbus will bring the UAE Air Force and Air Defence fleet up to five tanker transports.
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Aircraft

ATR Lands Orders from Binter and Tarom

Two existing ATR customers in Europe have opted for the ATR 72-600 to continue their respective fleet modernization efforts.
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Aircraft

Boeing Reports Progress on 737 Max 7, 777-9

Boeing’s changes to its development organization are benefitting many programs in progress.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Honeywell Authorizes SAEI for APUs

Boeing 737NG and Airbus A320 family operators in Middle East will now be able to repair their APUs locally at SAEI.
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