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By Thierry Dubois
Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X made its first flight on March 10 from Bordeaux-Merignac Airport, thus maintaining a key program on schedule as the company tries to regain lost market share in business aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A day after Singapore Airlines announced that it will trial the IATA Travel Pass mobile application, China announced its own version of a digital health certificate.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Archer has committed to launching an urban air mobility network in Miami by 2024 which will see Southern Florida join Los Angeles as a flagship market for the startup’s planned air taxi services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Startup Jump Aero is to study the use of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle to calibrate navigation aids, as an alternative to a costly fixed-wing platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The unnamed suitors are proposing to purchase the two companies—Piaggio Aviation and Piaggio Aero Industries—which form Villanova d’Albenga-based Piaggio Aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce has been selected to provide the electrical propulsion system for Vertical Aerospace’s gull-wing VA-X4 urban air mobility aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The market for pre-owned twin-engine helicopters dropped by half during the first half of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, but the segment finished the year with a 10% increase in sales compared to 2019, according to Aero Asset, a Toronto-based helicopter trading firm.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Olivier Dassault was the son of the late Serge Dassault and grandson of Marcel Dassault, who founded the French aviation firm before World War II.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Blue Line Aviation, a North Carolina-based flight training provider, has placed a firm order for 50 Diamond Aircraft with options for 50 more.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Speakers at the British Business and General Aviation Association's annual conference on March 4 chose to accentuate the positives.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Guy Norris
Boom Supersonic has secured a strategic investment from the venture capital arm of American Express which will support development of the Denver, Colorado-based aerospace company’s Mach 2-plus 88-seat Overture airliner project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Dubai-based Vista Global is expanding its U.S. presence with a deal to acquire private jet charter broker Apollo Jets, its latest in a series of acquisitions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation has confirmed that it has ended production of its Cessna Citation Sovereign + midsize business jet and the Beechcraft King Air C90GTx turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The FAA will establish an executive board to lead the agency’s oversight of the emerging Advanced Air Mobility sector, Administrator Steve Dickson announced on March 3.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Embraer has announced that its agricultural aviation division sold 19 EMB-203 Ipanemas in February, bringing to 27 the number of single-seat aerial application aircraft it has sold in 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The FAA has sent a letter to operators of the Reid-Hillview Airport in California urging them to take action to correct ongoing unsafe airfield conditions that have not been addressed.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
The FAA has announced the final four of five U.S. airports it has selected to evaluate drone countermeasure systems.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Startup Venus Aerospace plans to proceed with the development, testing and production of a small hypersonic aircraft capable of transporting a dozen passengers or time-critical payloads between major continental destinations in an hour.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
NASA plans an industry day on March 9 for the Electrified Power train Flight Demonstration project to flight test megawatt-class electric aircraft propulsion systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Similar to the electric flying car-focused Agility Prime program, the purpose of Vector Prime is to establish a vehicle for the Air Force to support commercial companies working on supersonic and hypersonic transports.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Molly McMillin
Fractional ownership provider NetJets and training specialist FlightSafety International have signed a broad ranging agreement with Aerion which includes purchase rights on 20 AS2 supersonic business jets and the establishment of a training academy for operators of the Mach 1.4 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
German urban air mobility startup Volocopter has raised €200 million ($241 million) to complete development and launch services with its Volocopter electric air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Kelly Ortberg, the former head of Collins Aerospace who was a key leader in the supplier’s melt-up into Raytheon Technologies, has left its executive ranks, company representatives confirmed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Signature Aviation Group is encouraged by the extent of the recovery in flight operations since spring 2020, but with flight activity recovery essential to further progress, the outlook remains uncertain, CEO Mark Johnstone says.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Fractional ownership provider NetJets recorded a 27% decline in flight hours in 2020, while training hours in FlightSafety’s commercial and corporate simulators fell 30% compared to 2019, according to a 2020 earnings report from Berkshire Hathaway, parent company to NetJets and FlightSafety.
Maintenance & Training