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Cirrus Aircraft keeps top positions in high-performance piston and jet aircraft markets

Cirrus Aircraft announced an impressive year of new aircraft deliveries in 2020, with the SR Series continuing to be the best-selling high-performance piston aircraft for the nineteenth year in a row, and the Vision Jet also continuing as the best-selling jet in general aviation for the second...

Chip Mong Group purchases First Bell 429 helicopter in Cambodia

Bell announced the sale of one Bell 429 helicopter to Cambodia’s Chip Mong Group Co., Ltd. It is the first Bell 429 sale in Cambodia. Chip Mong, a leading real estate, hospitality, beverages, retail and banking conglomerate, intends to use the Bell 429 for corporate transport an...

Liverpool City Region set to become a global driving force in drone technology

Drone Major Group has announced the launch of the first ever drone technology ‘Test and Development Area’ project, to be created in the Liverpool City Region. The project is to be delivered in partnership with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and is expected to put the region&...

Des Moines Flying Service moves into new facility at DSM Airport South Cargo

Des Moines Flying Service moved into a new 26,100 square foot facility located on the south side of the Des Moines International Airport. The move was completed and DMFS opened for business in the new facility Monday, March 22, 2021. The airport’s new terminal programming plan necessitated the relocation. The Des Moines Flying Service facility is connected to the new terminal project...

100th delivery of next-generation aircraft - Gulfstream Aerospace

Another success, another milestone - the 100th customer delivery of the next-generation Gulfstream G500™ and Gulfstream G600™ program. The 100th aircraft is a G500. “Gulfstream saw great demand for the all-new G500 and G600 right out of the gate,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream. “Once they entered service, interest in these innovative aircraft soare...

Michimasa Fujino, Honda Aircraft Company President & CEO, will receive the 2021 AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced that Michimasa Fujino, lead HondaJet designer and President and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company, will receive the 2021 Reed Aeronautics Award "for the invention of advanced aerodynamic and structural techniques." Fujino will be presented with the award during the AIAA Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala on A...

Detailed evaluation of Tamarack Active Winglets - former astronaut Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg

Former NASA astronaut, commercial airline pilot and professor Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg has concluded a detailed evaluation of Tamarack’s revolutionary Active Winglet technology, and has made the evaluation available to the public. Overall, Dr. Lichtenberg concluded that “due to the synergies inherit in wingspan increase and winglets, plus an active load alleviation system, performance...

Textron Aviation launches Signature Special Olympics airlift event in support of 2022 USA Games

Textron Aviation launched the company signature industry endeavor — the Special Olympics Airlift (SOA) — and began its call for Cessna Citation, Beechcraft King Air, Beechcraft Premier, Beechjet and Hawker owners and operators to help transport more than 4,000 athletes and coaches from across the nation to the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Fla. &ldq...

First FBO in Europe with IS-BAH Stage III certification - ABS Jets

Congratulations ABS Jets Prague! It just became the first European FBO to receive IS-BAH Stage III certification. Since launching as a full FBO service provider at Bratislava airport last year, the company has also been awarded IS-BAH Stage One certification for its Bratislava base. The three-day-long audit was conducted remotely because of the ongoing pandemic. It again proved an effect...

Clay Lacy creates a team to offer Sustainable Aviation Fuel at two FBOs

Clay Lacy Aviation will offer Sustainable Aviation Fuel at the company’s two FBOs at Van Nuys Airport and John Wayne Orange County Airport. SAF is an important component of Clay Lacy’s comprehensive sustainability strategy. World Fuel Services (World Fuel) begins monthly SAF deliveries to both locations this month, with 2021 deliveries to total a minimum of 100,000 gallons. W...

AURA AERO - inauguration of the assembly line, launch of electric version, Integral E

AURA AERO has just inaugurated its assembly line in the HM7, its new hangar located in the heart of the historical site of Francazal in Toulouse, France, in the presence of Etienne Guyot, prefect of the Occitanie region and the Haute-Garonne department, Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie- Pyrénées-Méditerranée region, and Jean-Luc Moudenc, president of Toulou...

FTC: IS-BAO Stage III certification renewal has been successfully approved

FTC Group has successfully passed the IS-BAO Stage III audit by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC), renewing the certification until 2024. This verifies that a positive culture of safety is integrated and supported in the daily operations of the company. The IS-BAO standard was introduced in 2002. It is the most respected in the business aviation industry, reflecting the best...

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim receives Stage 2 IS-BAH certification

As further proof of its commitment to provide customers with the highest levels of service and safety, DC Aviation Al-Futtaim has received the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) Stage 2 certification for its Fixed Base Operations (FBO) located at Dubai South. DCAF had completed its Stage 1 certification in May 2019. IS-BAH Stage 2 Certification is the second...

Bombardier Demonstration Aircraft Operations Team earns highest recognition by IBAC

The demonstration aircraft operations team of Bombardier has once again earned the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations Stage 3 accreditation for its ongoing commitment to the implementation of a robust safety culture. Stage 3 designation is the highest level of recognition issued by the International Business Aviation Council, and this year’s award marks th...

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