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AeroCity Tech Ventures to invest 20m euros in aviation start-ups

The medieval city of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, is positioning itself as a global player for the most modern of aerospace industries with AeroCity, a fast-growing campus of aviation companies.…

DHL orders 12 electric cargo Eviation aircraft

Delivery company DHL Express has ordered 12 all-electric cargo aircraft from Eviation. Eviation’s Alice is under development for both cargo and passenger operations and expects to deliver the Alice electric…

Surf Air and Textron to develop hybrid-electric Cessna Grand Caravan

Surf Air Mobility and Textron Aviation are to work together to produce a hybrid-electric powered Cessna Grand Caravan. Los Angeles-based Surf Air, which recently acquired hybrid power unit developer Ampaire,…

Airbus lays out aviation’s route to zero carbon by 2050

There is no ‘silver bullet’ solution to decarbonising aviation, according Glenn Llewellyn, vice-president of Zero-Emission Aircraft at Airbus. Instead, Airbus’ climate strategy involves accelerating several pathways simultaneously while fostering the…

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How Garmin’s Smart Rudder Bias helps one twin operator

A Beechcraft Baron 58 operator talks about how Garmin avionics – specifically, the GFC 600 autopilot with Smart Rudder Bias – helps reduce workload and increase confidence during single-pilot IFR…

Four-seat winged electric VoloConnect announced by Volocopter

Volocopter has revealed its newest aircraft, the four-seat VoloConnect, during an online press conference at EBACE Connect. The VoloConnect is a fixed-wing aircraft with two propulsion fans plus six electrical…

CAE links with Jaunt Air to accelerate development of Journey eVTOL

Training company CAE is to work with Jaunt Air Mobility to speed up the design and development of the Jaunt Journey eVTOL. It follows an announcement last week by Jaunt…

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Australia’s Premiair Aviation approved for more Textron turbine MRO

Textron Aviation’s Australian service centre, Premiair Aviation, is now able to service and support all in-country Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker turbine aircraft models. The additional service approvals enable Premiair to…

EASA certifies HALO emergency autoland on Piper M600/SLS

Piper’s top-of-the-range M600/SLS turboprop single has won European approval for its Garmin Autoland emergency system. “The European certification is a key milestone for the M600/SLS aircraft, which has garnered substantial…

NFT opens showroom for ASKA electric flying car

Where else but Silicon Valley, California would a new and unknown company open a showroom for an electric flying car that won’t go on sale until 2026 and will cost…

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Wisk Aero sues Archer Aviation

Wisk Aero, which claims to be the first Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company to design, build and fly an all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the US, has filed a lawsuit…

UPS orders ten BETA Tech ALIA eVTOLs for local deliveries

Delivery and logistics company UPS has taken the bold step of ordering ten electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft (eVTOL) for its UPS Flight Forward subsidiary. UPS expects to be…

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