The Week In Business Aviation - May 7

May 07, 2021

Meet Dassault Aviation’s Ultra-Long-Range Jet–The Falcon 10X

Credit: Dassault Aviation

Dassault Aviation has unveiled its newest business jet–the Dassault Falcon 10X–a clean-sheet 7,500-nm, four-zone, ultra-long-range aircraft that is the company’s largest jet to date.

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Bombardier Waiting To Up Production, But Trends Are Positive

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Bombardier’s first-quarter financial call with analysts was the first of its kind as a pure-play business aviation company, following the divestiture of its transportation business in January. 

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TSA Selects Miami International For Counter-Drone Testing

Credit: Miami International Airport

Miami International Airport (MIA) on May 6 announced its selection by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to serve as a test site for drone detection technologies.

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Aurora, Columbia Helicopters Team Up For Safer Firefighting Flight

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Columbia Helicopters and Aurora Flight Sciences have teamed up to develop and demonstrate a suite of technologies that could make rotary-wing firefighting in degraded visual environments (DVE) safer. 

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Directional Aviation Acquires UK Helicopter Operator

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FAA Adds Space Launch Areas To Nav Charts

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The FAA announced on May 5 that it is marking more space launch activity areas on the digital VFR raster charts it makes available to pilots.

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Jet Aviation Receives FAA Part 125 Certification

Credit: Jet Aviation

Jet Aviation, based in Basel, Switzerland, has received FAA Part 125 certification, authorizing it to operate aircraft that seat 20 passengers or more.

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Second Falcon 6X Aircraft Enters Flight Test Program

Credit: Dassault Aviation

Dassault Aviation’s second Falcon 6X flight test aircraft has completed its first flight in the development of the widebody, large business jet.

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Industry Calls For More Aggressive Travel-Corridor Efforts

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A broad coalition of manufacturers, trade groups and travel organizations are pushing U.S. and UK leaders to re-open travel links between the two countries, while moves by pharmaceutical manufacturers to boost vaccine distribution are being lauded as much-needed steps to jump-start global air travel demand.

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Bombardier Releases Preliminary Q1 Results, Shows Revenue Increase

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In a preliminary release of first-quarter financial results, Bombardier recorded $1.3 billion in business jet revenue, an increase of 18% from a year ago, and deliveries of 26 aircraft, even with those of a year ago when the company delivered 26 business jets.

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From Dassault Aviation unveiling its newest business jet, the Falcon 10X, to the FAA adding space launch areas to nav charts and Bombardier waits to up production. Take a look at the weekly roundup of business aviation news.

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