The Week In Business Aviation - April 9

WASHINGTON–Benefits of the FAA’s long-running NextGen air traffic control modernization are difficult to measure and have not kept pace with initial projections, the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found.

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The U.S. NTSB on April 6 reiterated its call for the FAA to require passenger-carrying charter and general aviation operators to implement safety management systems (SMS).

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Richard Kane, chairman and CEO of VeriJet, launched the Boca Raton, Florida-based charter company in November with a focus on shorter, point-to-point trips using the single-engine Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet. 

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John Calcagno, Piper Aircraft’s chief financial officer, has been named acting president and CEO following the retirement of Simon Caldecott. 

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VistaJet has taken delivery of the first two of up to 12 Bombardier Global 7500 ultra-long-range business jets and identified itself as the customer behind a December order with Bombardier for 10 new Challenger 350 business jets.

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Textron Aviation has completed the 600th delivery of its Citation CJ3 series light jet, a CJ3+ aircraft, to an undisclosed customer in North America. 

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The Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, canceled at the last minute in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, returns April 13-18.

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Richard Kane is the founder of VeriJet, a Boca Raton, Florida-based charter company focused on shorter, point-to-point flights using the single-engine Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet. Kane is also the founder of Coastal Technologies Group and holds patents and pending patents on high-speed parallel processing, artificial intelligence, self-learning code, and air taxi dispatch models. As a pilot, he has seven world speed records and is active in FAA safety initiatives. 

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UPS announced on April 7 that it plans to purchase up to 150 Beta Technologies’ Alia electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to augment package deliveries in small and midsize markets.

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Oil and gas giant Shell has invested in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer LanzaJet, joining backers including British Airways (BA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA). 

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