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By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Council has recommended removing the U.S. from the EU’s “safe” list of countries, dealing a blow to airlines that were hoping for a further easing of restrictions on transatlantic travel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Tamarack Aerospace Group, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, has exited Chapter 11 reorganization, ending a bankruptcy proceeding that began in June 2019 following a two-month grounding of 91 Citation jets outfitted with the company’s aftermarket active winglets after a noninjury incident that year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Embraer spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility has brought together its growing ecosystem of partners to develop a concept of operations for Rio de Janiero.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Electric Power Systems has confirmed that its battery system will power Archer’s Maker electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator when it flies this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has struck a deal with the UK’s Octopus Hydrogen to supply green hydrogen to support flight testing of its fuel-cell power train in a 19-passenger aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The price of a private jet is rising. But before manufacturers will raise list prices, they will first offer less of a discount, depending on the make, model and customer, says Brian Foley, a consultant with Brian Foley Associates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Cambridge University has launched the Aviation Impact Accelerator, an international group of experts who will develop a modeling tool to help decision makers understand the complete aviation system and explore potential pathways to net-zero flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation’s new single-engine turboprop, the Beechcraft Denali, successfully completed its initial ground engine runs on the prototype, powered by GE’s new Catalyst engine, the company announced Aug. 26.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Alphabet drone delivery company Wing is close to passing the milestone of 100,000 commercial deliveries, more than half of them in the last eight months in Logan, a city of 300,000 people south of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky has blamed the ongoing downturn in the commercial helicopter market for the closure of its commercial helicopter final assembly line in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and UPS have started delivering COVID-19 vaccine by drone at the health care system’s medical complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
EHang is accelerating its initiative to identify urban air mobility routes as the Chinese startup transitions to being an operator of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing autonomous air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Costain will assess the conditions required for storing hydrogen and the impact of its use on aircraft turnaround times at airports.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
Organizers have postponed the Latin American Business & Aviation Conference and Exhibition 2021 planned for November, the second year the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a change of dates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The FAA has awarded more than $766 million in grants to build more sustainable and accessible airports across the U.S.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
In its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, Wheels Up recorded $285.6 million in revenue in the second quarter, an increase of 113% over a year ago, a 146% surge in live flight legs and a net loss of $29 million, up by $1.6 million from a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
As it heads toward a Sept. 14 shareholder vote on its merger with blank-check company Atlas Crest Investment, urban air mobility startup Archer has teamed with parking-garage operator Reef Technology to establish rooftop vertiport locations in U.S. cities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Startup HyPoint has entered into a $6.5 million collaborative agreement with Piasecki Aircraft to develop a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system for electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles.
Emerging Technologies

By Molly McMillin
NetJets has suspended sales of its jet cards and is placing customers on a waiting list, effective immediately, as interest from new customers accelerates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Embraer company Eve Urban Air Mobility is expanding its list of customers well ahead of entering the market with an electric vertical takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has set up a joint research framework with domestic manufacturers and Boeing with the objective of commercializing noise reduction technology demonstrated under its Fquroh research program.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Disruptive innovation by startups could play a key role in enabling a sustainable future for aviation, but the sector is barely being considered by investors, the Hamburg-based Sustainable Aero Lab says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Business jet management company Jet Edge International said Aug. 19 that it is adding 27 privately owned Bombardier and Gulfstream aircraft to its AdvantEdge charter program, bringing to 74 the number of jets in the fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of business jets available for sale continues to fall, with 4.1% of the total fleet, including all models and vintages, on the market in August compared to a one-year average of 5.8%, according to information from Jefferies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Business aviation operators and repair stations that have not already done so should start developing safety management systems now in anticipation of an FAA rulemaking process that is expected to begin early next year, an industry safety expert advises.
Safety, Ops & Regulation