Lilium completes early flight testing, builds first manufacturing facility

Lilium, the Munich-based startup developing a revolutionary on-demand air mobility service, has released new footage of its all-electric Lilium Jet as it has completed its first phase of flight testing, a milestone it has reached less than six months since starting its flight test campaign. The Lilium Jet, the first five-seater, all-electric, vertical take-off and […]

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Safety is priority in Jet Aviation deal with GE Aviation

Information Technology

Jet Aviation and GE Aviation have signed a long-term agreement for a comprehensive safety and fleet modernization project including C-FOQA™. The program covers Jet Aviation’s global fleet of some 300 aircraft including Airbus, Boeing BBJ, Bombardier, Dassault, Gulfstream and more. FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance), also commonly referred to as FDM (Flight Data Monitoring), is

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Václav Havel Airport Prague will offer direct connections to 121 destinations as part of winter flight schedule

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Václav Havel Airport Prague will introduce its winter flight schedule as of Sunday October 27, 2019. It will provide direct flights from 121 destinations in 46 countries, to six more destinations than over the same period last year. New destinations that have been added this winter include Lviv, Kharkiv, Chisinau, Florence, Beirut, Nur-Sultan and Keflavik.

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StandardAero to open first European-based business aviation parts warehouse

MRO & Production

StandardAero will open the company’s first European-based business aviation parts warehouse to support operators and strengthen the company’s parts support in the EMEA region. The warehouse operations will be located in Amsterdam with a goal for full functionality by January of 2020. The new facility will stock current parts that support Honeywell TFE731, HTF7000, CFE738

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TrueNoord places ATR 72-600 on lease to US-Bangla

Aircraft & Engines

,TrueNoord, the specialist regional aircraft lessor, has placed an ATR 72-600 aircraft from its fleet on a new lease programme for six years with expanding Bangladeshi domestic and international operator, US-Bangla. Previously under a running lease agreement with HOP! the aircraft supplements US-Bangla’s recent acquisition of new ATR 72-600s which now form the backbone of

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Aftermarket sales key focus in run up to Las Vegas business jet show

MRO & Production

The 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas will run between October 22 and 24 this year. Ahead of the world’s largest business jet event, much of the focus of planemakers has been on improvements in maintenance and accessibility of parts for customers as the industry, as a whole, pushes for

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Embraer signs US$ 1.4 billion business jet deal with Flexjet

Aircraft & Engines, Top Stories

Embraer has inked a purchase agreement with Flexjet, one of the global leaders in private jet travel. The deal comprises a fleet of Embraer business jets, which includes the recently certified Praetor jets and the Phenom 300. Valued at up to US$ 1.4 billion, at current list prices, this deal was included in the 2019

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Wing launches America’s first commercial drone delivery service

Airlines & Routes

With an expanded Air Carrier Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Wing has become the first company to operate a commercial air delivery service via drone directly to homes in the United States. Wing has started delivering packages, over-the-counter medication, snacks and gifts to residents of Christiansburg, Virginia, on October 18. Wing’s FAA permissions

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VA Airline Training and Ultimate High Academy to provide new combined multi-pilot airline training programme

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VA Airline Training (VA) and Ultimate High Academy (UHA) have formed a Training Alliance and developed a new joint Multi-pilot Aircraft (MPA) ‘Airline Ready’ programme. Trainees completing Airline Pilot Standards (APS) MCC courses with Cambridge Airport-based VA, will progress seamlessly onto an ‘Advanced’ Multi-Pilot Aircraft (MPA) Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) course with UHA

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Delta and ALC sign lease agreements for two Airbus A330-900neo aircraft

Aircraft & Engines

Air Lease Corporation has signed long-term lease agreements with Delta Air Lines for two new Airbus A330-900neo aircraft. The first aircraft is scheduled to deliver to the airline in Fall 2020 and the second aircraft will deliver in early 2021 from ALC’s order book with Airbus. “These two incremental aircraft represent an opportunistic play to

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