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The Weekly Of Business Aviation, November 1, 2021

VOL. 106 NO. 44 November 01, 2021
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OEMs/Suppliers

Bombardier Global 7500
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Bombardier Posts Strong Q3, Clears $3 Billion Of Debt

Oct 29, 2021
Bombardier posted $1.4 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2021 as it delivered 27 business jets and logged $310 million in aftermarket revenue.
Gulfstream 700
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Gulfstream 3Q Deliveries Flat, But Orders Lift Backlog To 6-Year High

Oct 27, 2021
Gulfstream Aerospace plans to increase business-jet production in 2022, with strong order demand leading to the company’s highest backlog in six years.
Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2
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Textron Aviation Records 3Q Increases In Deliveries, Revenue

Oct 28, 2021
Textron Aviation recorded increases in revenue, aftermarket sales, and business jet and turboprop deliveries during the third quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago.

Regulatory/Legislative

Textron Aviation factory
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Manufacturers Working To Comply With Vaccine ‘Curveball’

Oct 28, 2021
Textron’s top executive calls a federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate for all employees of prime U.S. contractors and subcontractors “a curveball we wish we didn’t have.”
FAA laser safety
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Laser Strike Reports Through Mid-October Surpass 2020 Total

Oct 29, 2021
Reports of people pointing lasers at aircraft as of mid-October had exceeded the total number of reports received last year, reaching the highest number of laser-strike incidents since 2016, according to the FAA.

Intelligence

Programs

Cessna Avgas placard
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Cessna Single-Engine Aircraft Approved For 91UL, 100VLL Avgas

Oct 26, 2021
Textron Aviation’s Cessna 172 Skyhawk and 182 Skylane single-engine piston aircraft have been approved for 91-octane unleaded fuel or 100VLL fuel.
article

Wing Drone Delivery Moves Into Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Oct 26, 2021
Wing is expanding its drone delivery operations from smaller towns into more complex urban areas with plans to begin on-demand store-to-door deliveries in metropolitan Dallas-Fort Worth.
ZeroAvia Alaska Airlines
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Alaska Air Group, ZeroAvia Team On Hydrogen-Electric Dash 8-400s

Oct 26, 2021
Alaska Air Group and startup ZeroAvia have partnered to develop a liquid-hydrogen fuel-cell power train capable of up to 5 megawatts to power part of Alaska Airlines’ fleet of 76-seat De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprops.
ZeroAvia Dornier 228
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ZeroAvia, Rotterdam Airport Partner On Hydrogen Passenger Flights

Oct 27, 2021
Hydrogen-propulsion startup ZeroAvia has partnered with the Royal Schiphol Group to launch zero-emission commercial passenger flights between Rotterdam The Hague Airport and London with a 19-seat aircraft in 2024.
UAM vertiport concept form Rome airport
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Airports Form Company To Develop UAM Vertiports In Europe

Oct 26, 2021
Italian and French airport operators have formed a company, Urban Blue, with international ambitions to design, build and manage the vertiport infrastructure for urban air mobility.

Sounding Board

Luxaviation Group's Chay White
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Sounding Board: Five Minutes With Chay White, Luxaviation Group Commercial Program Director

Oct 26, 2021
After a lengthy career in various business-aviation posts in his native South Africa, Chay White moved to England in 2017, to join the Luxaviation Group.

Suppliers

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Skyryse Signs Fly-By-Wire Deals With Five OEMs

Oct 27, 2021
Automated flight control system startup Skyryse has raised $200 million in funding and signed partnerships with five fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft manufacturers, including Robinson Helicopter.
Avantus Aerospace fasteners
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Avantus Aerospace To Focus On Fasteners, Sells Composite Lines

Oct 27, 2021
Avantus Aerospace has sold off its remaining composite business lines to other private equity investors and to Latécoère so it can focus on fasteners and C-class parts for the metal-friendly narrowbody production ramp-up.

Industry Data

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White Paper Calls For UK To Enable Electric Intercity Flight By 2025

Oct 21, 2021
A white paper outlining the benefits of advanced air mobility, created by a group of UK stakeholders, lays out an ambitious road map of actions required by 2025 if the country is to become a leader in the emerging market.

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