The Week In Business Aviation - June 4, 2021

June 04, 2021

Icon Adds SMART App For A5 Aircraft Flight Planning

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Icon Aircraft, which produces the Icon A5 light sport amphibious aircraft, has introduced a new app called SMART—Survey for Managing and Assessing Risks to Safety. 

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Aerobility Launches Grob Program To Increase Disabled Flying

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A partnership between a disabled flying charity, the UK government and various aerospace companies will see the effective creation of a new aircraft type this summer when the first Grob G109 Able light aircraft arrive in the UK. 

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Leaders Weigh In On Bizav’s Post-Pandemic Future

Credit: V. Almansa, Dassault Aviation

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought changes in customer behavior in the business aviation industry.

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Pfizer’s Aviation Department Cut Time To Vaccine Authorization

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Pfizer Inc.’s corporate aviation department helped reduce the amount of time the company needed to gain emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine by about two weeks, according to its director.

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FAA’s Aviation Safety Head Bahrami To Retire June 30

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WASHINGTON—Ali Bahrami, who led the FAA’s safety organization since July 2017, will retire effective June 30 after serving three decades over two stints at the agency. 

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Garmin To Provide Avionics For D328eco Regional Aircraft

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Garmin on June 1 announced an agreement to supply its G5000 flight deck for the D328eco, an upgraded version of the Dornier 328 regional turboprop under development by Germany-based Deutsche Aircraft.

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Directional’s Halo To Operate EVTOLs For Embraer’s Eve

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Barely a month after being acquired by private-aviation powerhouse Directional Aviation, helicopter operator Halo Aviation has announced a partnership with Embraer spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air-taxi operation in the UK and U.S.

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Joby Signs Deal To Turn Parking Garages Into UAM Hubs

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Converting the rooftops of underused parking garages into vertiports is seen as an early opportunity to expand the ground infrastructure for urban air mobility (UAM) beyond the limited number of heliports now operating.

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Leonardo Planning Rotary-Wing UAS Demonstrator Development For UK 

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YEOVIL, England–Leonardo Helicopters is hoping to fly an uncrewed rotary-wing demonstrator by 2025 that could be a precursor to a new platform being developed in the UK. 

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As Icon introduces a new app called SMART for A5 aircraft flight planning, Aerobility launches Grob program to increase disabled flying and leaders weigh in on biz av's post-pandemic future. Take a look at the weekly roundup of business aviation news.

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