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By Molly McMillin
VistaJet, along with the entire industry, has changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic with a surge in demand, the company says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has taken delivery of and is preparing flight tests for a Pipistrel Electro Velis electric-powered light aircraft as part of an arrangement with the Slovenian manufacturer. The UK defense company announced in March that it was working with Pipistrel to examine military training applications for electric aircraft. The work is continuing after Textron’s acquisition of the light aircraft manufacturer.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter has signed a memorandum of understanding with fixed-based operator Jetex to deploy and operate vertiport infrastructure and services for urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom have formed a partnership with offshore communications specialist Tampnet that will improve European Aviation Network (EAN) inflight connectivity on high-density Northern European routes.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
The expanded network will have the potential to reach 4 million households and deliver more than 1 million packages a year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Orloff
Paynode, the brand within the Avinode Group whose business model is dedicated to air charter payments, has announced they have passed the milestone of 150 weekly transactions for the first quarter of 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joint research by the FAA and Swiss AI startup Daedalean is expected to help shape certification requirements for the use of machine-learning in safety-critical avionics.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Ann Shay
The used market is starting to look "frothy."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
As Lilium wraps up the preliminary design review for its Lilium Jet, the Germany startup has released a new concept image showing the latest configuration of its electric vertical takeoff and landing regional air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Orloff
Garmin International has celebrated the delivery of its 750th G1000/G1000 NXi integrated flight deck upgrade for King Air aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Kaman is to acquire the aircraft wheel and brake business of Parker Hannifin, enabling Parker to proceed with its acquisition of UK-based Meggitt.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Honeywell is developing a suite of alternative navigation technologies to combat increasing disruption of GPS signals, intentional and unintentional, with the first products planned to be on the market in 2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force has christened its new Dassault Falcon 900 business jets as Envoy IVs, reviving the name given to an interwar-era light transport aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Aerostructures supplier Daher has partnered with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology to develop a welding technology for the assembly of primary aircraft substructures made from thermoplastic composites.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Fuel producer Phillips 66 has received approval from county officials to proceed with its proposal to covert an oil refinery in Rodeo, California, to the production of renewable fuels including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Raising the mandatory U.S. pilot-retirement age above 65 would create unintended consequences that would offset any benefit that comes from increasing the number of eligible pilots, two pilot groups warn.
Airlines & Lessors

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Disruptive aviation will require changes to how people learn their jobs, according to Christopher Courtney, director of advanced air mobility at CAE.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
On-demand helicopter service provider Blade Air Mobility has agreed to acquire the commercial passenger transport activities of three European helicopter companies for a total of €48 million ($51 million) in cash.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft shipments in the first quarter (Q1) rose nearly 15% compared to a year ago, with deliveries up in every category, while billings declined 6%, according to General Aviation Manufacturers Association data released May 19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has made its third business acquisition as it works toward certification of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and launch of commercial air-taxi services in 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has selected Swiss-based H55 to supply battery systems for the engine maker’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Recent changes by the FAA in a long-established software validation process explain Gulfstream’s disclosure that certification of its newest business jets may slip by as many as six months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Surf Air Mobility is to go public through a merger with a blank-check company that values the Los Angeles-based regional scheduled and on-demand charter carrier at $1.42 billion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s abridged plan to buy just six EC-37B Compass Call aircraft is not enough to meet the mission, and service officials say they are closely watching the availability of both Gulfstream G550s and their Rolls-Royce engines to see when more could be bought to fill the gap.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Matthew Orloff
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has announced the company will expand completions operations at its St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) facility in Cahokia, Illinois, located less than three miles from the Gateway Arch riverfront in St. Louis.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers