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Maintenance and Modifications

C&L Boosts Leadership as MRO and Parts Businesses Grow

C&L Aviation Services has promoted Todd Williams to general manager, where he will oversee all aspects of the company’s growing regional and bizav MRO biz.
Maintenance and Modifications

Alabama MRO Adds Paint, Media Blast Facility

A new facility builds upon Ace Aeronautics' capabilities for the maintenance and modification of military and general aviation aircraft.
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Accidents

Inquiry Clears Crew in Fatal 2013 Super Puma Crash

Accident triggered by "perfect storm of circumstances."
Cabin Interior and Electronics

New Heights of Comfort, Functionality, and Style

Contemporary design trends go airborne in today’s bizav cabins
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Airlines

Europe's Airlines Barely Surviving, Recovery Hopes Fading

Industry leaders complained about fragmentation in national government Covid regulations.
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Airlines

ICAO Task Force Set To Issue Covid Testing Protocols

The Council on Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) expects to issue guidelines on testing for Covid in late October or early November.
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Maintenance and Modifications

NBAA Guide Aimed at Easing Mx Events for Small Operators

The new guide is available to members and is expected to become the subject of a webinar.
Aircraft

Third-quarter Deliveries Slide at Embraer

Embraer sees fewer business jet deliveries in the third quarter and the first nine months of 2020.
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Rotorcraft

Ron Bower, Who Circumnavigated the Globe in Helos, Dies

Ron Bower, who died on October 12, set speed records circumnavigation the earth both eastbound and westbound in helicopters.
Rotorcraft

Leonardo Affirms Support for Convicted CEO

Leonardo said it would stand behind CEO Alessandro Profumo while he appeals fraud conviction.
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Safety

FSF Establishes UAS Advisory Committee

Flight Safety Foundation has launched the autonomous and remotely piloted aviation systems advisory committee to address the safety of these operations.
Avionics

Garmin Training Goes Online through June 2021

To eliminate coronavirus concerns, Garmin is delivering all pilot training in a virtual format through June 2021.
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Safety

Sumwalt Stresses Fitness for Duty at NBAA Safety Week

NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt highlighted the need of fitnesses of duty both in the air and on the ground during NBAA's Virtual Safety week.
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Avionics

Max-Viz EVS STC'd for Airbus AS350 Helicopters

Astronics’s Max-Viz 1200 and 1400 enhanced vision systems have received FAA and Transport Canada approval for installation in the Airbus AS350.
Regulations and Government

New Runway Surface Assessment Format Delayed

ICAO has delayed the applicability date of a new global reporting format for assessing runway conditions and runway condition reports to pilots.
Maintenance and Modifications

Bombardier Biggin Hill Facility on Track; GM Appointed

Greg Hoggett has been named general manager of Bombardier Aviation's expanded service center at London Biggin Hill.
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Rotorcraft

AW139 Enlisted To Support Giant Red Sea Project

The Helicopter Company will provide a Leonardo AW139 helicopter and crew to support construction of the Kingdom's massive Red Sea project.
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Airports

District Court Dismisses NBAA Case To Preserve SMO

The U.S. District Court dismissed a case by NBAA and airport advocates to preserve Santa Monica Municipal Airport on procedural and jurisdictional grounds.
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Airlines

New British Airways Boss Pleads for Pre-departure Covid Tests

The UK government is considering introducing a test days after arriving in the country with a shorter self-isolation period of seven days.
Aircraft

LAX Sightings Are Likely Not Real Jetpacks

Airline pilots claim to have spotted pilots flying in "jetpacks" at thousands of feet near LAX, but could that be possible?
Airlines

Creditors Approve Bid for India’s Jet Airways

Grounded since April last year, debt-laded Jet Airways appears positioned to restart operations early in 2021.
Aircraft

Team Tempest Reveals a Different Approach to FCAS

The team tasked with engineering the UK’s FCAS are concentrating on technology and capability development ahead of finalizing platform design.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

ACJ, Comlux Intro the TwoTwenty “Xtra Large Bizjet”

Newest ACJ offers bizliner size at below large cabin costs
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Charter & Fractional

UK CAA Prosecutes Pilot for Alleged Illegal Charter Flight

The UK CAA is pressing criminal charges against David Henderson over his role in an alleged illegal charter flight that killed soccer player Emiliano Sala.
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Aircraft

EASA Chief Expresses Satisfaction with 737 Max Changes

The Boeing 737 Max could be ready to fly in Europe before the end of the year.
Aircraft

General Atomics Buying Ruag's German MRO

Ruag International's sale of operations at Oberpfaffenhofen to General Atomics Europe includes its military helicopter MRO and Dornier 228 production.
Airlines

British Airways Fined for Failing To Protect Customer Data

The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office imposed its largest penalty ever against BA for processing personal data without adequate security measures.
Aircraft

Aerion Teams Up with eSTOL Developer Electra

Aerion signed an MoU naming Electra as a preferred partner for Aerion Connect in the greater New York metropolitan area and other hubs.
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Aircraft

Swedish Defense Bill Extends Gripen, Adds New AEW Aircraft

Sweden’s government is planning a major increase in the defense budget that will see the air force keeping JAS 39Cs in service for at least a decade.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gogo Avance L3 Added as Factory Option on King Air 360

Among the Beechcraft King Air models, the 360/360ER is the first to have Gogo Avance L3 as an option for in-flight connectivity and entertainment.