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New private jet carbon offset calculator shows private flyers their carbon footprint

In recognition of Earth Day 2023, on April 22, Paramount Business Jets has updated its open-source Private Jet Carbon Offset Calculator. The calculator allows users to quickly determine carbon emissions for their flights by simply inputting the departure and destination points and the type of a...

Preowned bizjet market is rebalancing - IADA - expecting tighter conditions in 2023

Expectations in the preowned business aircraft marketplace for the next six months have increased, compared to the outlook in the fourth quarter of the past year. That’s according to the First Quarter 2023 Market Report’s global perception survey of members of the International Aircraft...

ASG adds base maintenance for Dassault Falcon 900LX

ASG announces base maintenance approval for the Dassault Falcon 900LX  at  Centreline CSAT operating base of RAF Northolt, following the successful addition of the type to its UK CAA Part 145 scope. This addition ensures all maintenance can be carried out "in-house" by the team at Northolt. With both ASG and Centreline in the Pula Aviation Services group, it allows for efficien...

PLANA won the iF Design Award

PLANA had won the Professional Concept category of the iF Design Awards. The iF Design Awards, which are held annually in Germany, are considered one of the top three design awards globally, alongside the Red Dot Design Award and IDEA. Over 11,000 products were submitted from around the world, making the award highly competitive. PLANA has now joined a select group of eVTOL aircraft...

F/LIST receives Red Dot Design Award 2023 for Aenigma

F/LIST innovative bio-based material F/LIST Aenigma has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Design Award 2023. The Red Dot Design Award is an international design competition that honours outstanding design achievements in various categories. This year, F/LIST Aenigma is recognized for its exceptional design and high-quality features and has been named the winner of the “Product D...

Gulfstream G400 cabin tour launched, getting ready for the first flight

Customers across United States will get an exclusive look at the all-new Gulfstream G400 interior at the G400 Experience Tour, showcasing the comfort and flexibility of the aircraft’s class-leading cabin. The G400, introduced in October 2021, brings an unrivaled combination of range, speed and innovation to the large-cabin business aviation class. The aircraft features class-leading fie...

LYTE will rise vertically where others stay flat

by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert LYTE Aviation, the world’s newest advanced air mobility innovator will disrupt the business aviation market with an executive VTOL version that can do what others cannot. The LYTE LA-44-X introduces a whole new dimension to Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), obviously with Advanced Executive Mobility (AEM). It may turn tables from corporate ‘JET’ to corporate &...

SkyDrive received its first preorder from a private individual for SD-05 eVTOL aircraft

SkyDrive announced that the company is now accepting pre-orders for its eVTOL aircraft SD-05 for personal use. Mr. Kotaro Chiba, a licensed pilot and the first owner of a HondaJet in Japan, becomes the first private customer of SkyDrive SD-05. SkyDrive has focused on developing its business-to-business pre-order sales since it unveiled design of the SD-05 in September 2022. SkyDrive is a...

Toto and Susie Wolff, leaders in racing, business, philanthropy and sustainability, to keynote EBACE2023

Toto Wolff is the Team Principal, CEO and co-owner of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. Following a successful career in racing, he founded one of the earliest tech-focused venture capital firms in Europe. Sustainability is factored into every decision made by the team, among the most successful in Formula 1 history, which aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2030. Last year, the Mercedes-AMG PETR...

Skyports Drone Services to launch drone delivery flights for Royal Mail

Skyports Drone Services announced the launch of the Orkney I-Port operation, a fully electric drone logistics project established in partnership with Royal Mail, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. The project is set to revolutionise connectivity, access and safety throughout the rural island region. Benefitting from Skyports Drone Services’ extensive experi...

The implementation of new electronic flight bag - paperless cockpits at SPARFELL

SPARFELL has gained approval from Austro Control and the Maltese Authority to operate as paperless for its Austrian and Maltese AOCs with its Electronic Flight Bag launch. This milestone builds on the company’s sustainability commitments to further reduce its environmental footprint, strengthen its CSR strategy, and increase its overall operational efficiency. The EFB will rep...

Gulfstream continues service expansion in Savannah

The expansion of Gulfstream Customer Support MRO continues at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. The latest expansion will create 250 new jobs and adds to the two existing Savannah-based service centers, the most recent of which opened in 2019. This second phase of the new Savannah service center expansion represents a $98.5 million investment and an additional 200,000 square feet/18...

Southern California FBO among latest to offer unleaded aviation gasoline alternative

Golden West Jet Center KOXR is the latest California FBO to offer Swift UL94 unleaded aviation gasoline. The Oxnard Airport FBO received its first shipment last month and is now ready to sell UL94 to aircraft with Swift Fuels STCs. The move by Golden West Jet Center to offer the fuel is part of a nationwide effort to reduce lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft. In February 2022,...

Volocopter completes production setup for electric air taxis

The opening of Volocopter production facilities in Bruchsal is officially announced. The company marked this milestone with the opening of a new hangar that will host the company’s final assembly line with an airfield to conduct development flight tests as well as quality checks. All company-owned production sites, which will manufacture the first EASA-certified electric air taxis, will...

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