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Jet Linx, an Omaha, Nebraska-based aircraft management and Jet Card membership company, has opened Jet Linx Minneapolis, a new private terminal at the Flying Cloud Airport serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul region.
Business Aviation

Sino Jet, a business-aviation operator, management and charter company, has partnered with the Jiangxi Airport VIP Service Co. to build and manage the first fixed-base operator facility at Nanchang Changbei International Airport.
Business Aviation

Garmin is transitioning its pilot training programs to a virtual-learning format.
Business Aviation

Vaughn College bachelor’s degree programs in aeronautical sciences and aircraft operations have been approved by the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) for five years, effective July 2019 through July 31, 2024.
Business Aviation

Synergy Aviation, a charter and aircraft management company, has positioned a Cessna Citation CJ2 at London Oxford Airport in England.
Business Aviation

Private equity firm Broadtree Partners has acquired Seanair Machine Co. of Farmingdale, New York, a family-run supplier of precision parts for the aerospace industry.
Business Aviation

Astronics Corp. has received FAA and Transport Canada Civil Aviation approvals for an amended Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Max Viz 2300 Enhanced Vision System.
Business Aviation

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce confirms that video of an electric vertical takeoff and landing tiltwing vehicle undergoing tests at Cranfield, England, is the company’s ground research test rig for future electric and hybrid electric aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Honeywell has acquired assets from Ballard Unmanned Systems, a manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells used to power unmanned aircraft systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
When Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. designers were developing seats for the flagship G700 aircraft, part of the testing included sitting in them for 8 hr. a day while they worked.
Business Aviation

By Guy Norris
Supersonic-business-jet developer Aerion is partnering with startup electric-short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) aircraft company Electra.Aero to create a high-speed interconnected transport system.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Having incubated Embraer’s involvement in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market since 2017, the Brazilian manufacturer’s EmbraerX innovation unit has spun off Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions as an independent company.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Perseverance is an essential quality for anyone trying to bring a new aircraft configuration to aviation. After 30 years of trying, VOX Aircraft co-founder Brian Morgan believes that goal may at last be within sight.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
GE Aviation announced its selection by Uber Elevate to develop a flight-data monitoring system for Uber’s urban air mobility program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps has said uncertainty still remains over the future legal framework for UK-EU flights, as the UK nears the end of its Brexit transition period.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Actor and pilot Harrison Ford has become a spokesperson for Airlink, a Washington DC-based rapid response relief nonprofit organization responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Electric-powered multi-copters could supplement traditional helicopters in the emergency medical service role, a study by Germany’s ADAC motoring association has detailed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive requiring repetitive inspections of 14,653 U.S. registered single-engine Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207 and 210 models to check for cracks in the strut attach fittings at the forward cabin doorpost.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bradley Perrett
Airshow China, due to be held at Zhuhai Airport on Nov. 10-15, has been postponed, the organizer said, without mentioning a new date.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Traditionally, CT scanners have been large, heavy devices limited to static use in hospitals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
With the second largest helicopter fleet in the world, Canada has launched a program to develop the technologies, supply chain and regulations for advanced air mobility, including urban and regional cargo and passenger transportation.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
As Bombardier continues the expansion of its Singapore Service Centre, it is collaborating with Jetex to establish a fixed-base operator experience in Singapore, offering Jetex FBO and ground-handling systems.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey
The policy revision prevents grant funding from being used to purchase drones from “an entity that DOJ leadership has determined is subject or vulnerable to extrajudicial direction from a foreign government.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
The FAA should strengthen its oversight of avionics cybersecurity to protect against evolving risks to commercial aircraft, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) advised in an Oct. 9 report to Congress.
Safety, Ops & Regulation