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Business Aviation

AvAir | April 25, 2022

AvAir, a market-leading supplier of inventory management systems for the aviation aftermarket, and Lufthansa Technik have extended their long-term aftermarket sales partnership. This supplement covers a second significant material takeover. The two firms established their first deal in 2020, when AvAir acquired approximately 9,000 line items from Lufthansa Technik's global material pools. The Arizona-based business has added another 9,000 airplane components to its inventory. ...

Business Aviation

NATA | August 22, 2022

Today, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) in partnership with 4AIR announced the release of a first-ever Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) receipt for business aviation. The SAF Delivery Receipt allows fixed-base operators (FBOs) to provide industry-requested, standardized documentation to business aircraft operators about their uplift of SAF. Aircraft operators can use the new receipt both for certification by 4AIR and others of their efforts to fight climate change, and for compl...

Aerospace, Air Transport

virgin orbit | August 19, 2022

Virgin Orbit , a leading launch provider, announced today that it has signed an agreement with South Korean investment group J-Space. The agreement will allow the companies to assess candidate spaceport launch sites in South Korea, with the goal of providing satellite launch services from there using Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne System. The cooperative effort is designed to act as a catalyst to the burgeoning Korean small satellite and space solutions market, stimulate local economic growth,...

Commercial Aviation

Inmarsat | September 29, 2022

Inmarsat today announced a new technology partnership with Teledyne Controls, a leading manufacturer and innovator of aircraft data management solutions, to enhance and support airlines’ digital operations across Europe as part of the ground-breaking Iris air traffic modernisation programme.The partnership will see the integration of Inmarsat’s SB-S platform, powered by its global ELERA satellite network, with Teledyne’s Aircraft Interface Device (AID+)-enabled GroundLink Comm+...