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The Weekly of Business Aviation, March 14, 2022

VOL. 107 NO. 11 March 14, 2022
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Programs

Leonado AW609
article

Leonardo Targeting AW609 First Delivery In 2023

Mar 08, 2022
Leonardo Helicopters is targeting service entry of the AW609 commercial tiltrotor in 2023 and aims to clinch long-awaited FAA certification later this year or early next.
Enstrom
article

Enstrom Rescued From Bankruptcy By MidTex Aviation

Mar 10, 2022
The revamped company will trade as Enstrom Aerospace Industries and will resume production of the turbine 480B and the piston F-28F and 280FX.
Sikorsky S-76 helicopter
article

Sikorsky Puts S-76D On Ice, Seeks License Production Partner

Mar 08, 2022
Amid lackluster sales and costly new certification requirements, Sikorsky is no longer accepting orders for the S-76D, effectively shutting down the 45-year-old medium helicopter program.
Marenco M12
article

Marenco Unveils New Hybrid Helicopter Plan

Mar 10, 2022
Swiss-based engineering company Marenco led by Martin Stucki, the creator of the former Kopter SH-09, is seeking investors for a new eight-passenger hybrid electric concept which was unveiled at this year’s Helicopter Association International Heli-Tech in Dallas, Texas.
Bell UH-1
article

Ozark Acquires T53 Turboshaft Product Line From Honeywell

Mar 10, 2022
Missouri-based T53 maintenance and repair specialist Ozark Aeroworks plans to develop upgrades for the powerplant and even put the Eisenhower-era turboshaft back into production, after acquiring the entire product line from manufacturer Honeywell Aerospace.
R44
article

Robinson Offers ‘Perfect Platform’ For Electric Helicopter

Mar 09, 2022
Robinson Helicopter says it will switch to electric power for its light helicopters when it “makes sense” and is closely watching progress being made by California-based Tier 1 Engineering on a battery-powered R44 conversion program.

Regulatory/Legislative

Farnborough Airport
article

UK Impounds Russian-Linked Bizjet As Sanctions Tighten

Mar 09, 2022
A Bombardier Global Express linked to a Russian oligarch has been impounded by the UK government under new laws that came into force on March 8.
Delta Air Lines route map
article

Airspace Closures Add Flight Hours For Corporations

Mar 07, 2022
The closure of Russian airspace stemming from that country’s invasion of Ukraine is forcing international operators to divert from traditional routes between the U.S. to India and the Asia-Pacific region, adding hours to their flight time, says a corporate flight department chief pilot.

Intelligence

Sounding Board

Mark Burns
article

Sounding Board: Five Minutes With Gulfstream President Mark Burns

Mar 11, 2022
In the increasingly mobile world of work of the 21st century it is rare to find people who have spent an entire career within a single firm. Mark…

Services

Gulfstream Building
article

Gulfstream Highlights Investment In Facilities, People During Farnborough Event

Mar 11, 2022
Gulfstream held a belated opening event for its new European maintenance center March 10, and the company celebrated with a record-setting flight by its latest aircraft. 

OEMs/Suppliers

Embraer E195-E2
article

Embraer Recovery Driven By Commercial, Services, Executive Jets

Mar 10, 2022
Embraer expects to expand output both in its commercial and executive jet businesses in 2022 in an effort to compensate revenue shortfalls in its struggling defense business, hit by a reduction of Brazil’s KC-390 military transport order.
Belfast
article

Spirit AeroSystems To Grow Business Jet Segment As It Diversifies

Mar 08, 2022
Spirit AeroSystems’ acquisition of the assets of Bombardier’s Short Brothers operation in Northern Ireland in 2020 has accelerated the company’s goal to diversify so it is less reliant on the commercial sector.

Airports

Vertiport
article

Lack Of eVTOL Performance Data Makes Designing Vertiports Difficult

Mar 09, 2022
Until there is more available data on what a stabilized approach is for an eVTOL aircraft, the FAA will maintain a conservative approach as to how vertiports should be safely built.

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