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.TOP NEWS
MROs still innovating despite pandemic restraints
Aviation Week Network
The virus crisis has been very tough on digital innovators throughout commercial aviation. Indeed, airlines slashed IT spending from nearly $50 billion in 2019 to a little over $20 billion in 2020, according to SITA's 2020 Air Transport IT Insights. The cuts in airport IT spending were also drastic, from almost $9 billion in 2019 to about $3.5 billion last year. It's safe to assume that cuts in commercial MRO IT spending were also very sharp.
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.LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY NEWS
COVID relief bill clears House with Mfg, MRO support
AINonline
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives approved new relief for aerospace manufacturers along with additional funding for airports, air carriers, and certain contractors as part of the sweeping $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. The overall package narrowly cleared the full House by a 219-212 vote and is now headed to the Senate for consideration.
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New bills to step up federal coordination of AAM
AINonline
Legislation seeking to boost the development of advanced air mobility (AAM) in the U.S. is now progressing in both the House and Senate with bipartisan support. The proposed bills, "Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act," call on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to establish an inter-agency working group to coordinate efforts to develop a complete AAM ecosystem to support widespread operations of new eVTOL aircraft.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Podcast: How will the line maintenance segment recover post-crisis?
Aviation Week Network
Line maintenance across the world was immediately impacted following the outbreak of COVID-19 but the market could start to recover this year. In this MRO podcast, Jacco Klerk, CEO of Direct Maintenance, talks about the prospect of aircraft returning to service and ramping up operations to meet MRO demand.
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ATP doubles capacity at KCRG
General Aviation News
To meet the needs of an industry primed for exponential growth, ATP Flight School has increased airline pilot training operations in Jacksonville, Florida, with a newly opened 3,000-square-foot expansion at Jacksonville Executive Airport at Craig (KCRG).
The Jacksonville Executive training center is one of the busiest in ATP's nationwide network of more than 50 locations, with students at Jacksonville flying over 10,000 hours in 2020, according to company officials.
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It's electric! Four years of work culminates in aircraft milestone
Embry-Riddle Newsroom
After nearly four years of perseverance, the Eagle Flight Research Center (EFRC) team at Embry-Riddle is celebrating a milestone in its electric propulsion research: its Diamond HK-36 completed a successful taxi test exclusively on electrical power at the Daytona Beach International Airport.
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Atlas Air Worldwide Signs agreement for GEnx engines
GE Aviation
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAWW) signed an agreement with GE Aviation to purchase GEnx-2B engines for its four Boeing 747-8 Freighters along with a 20-year TrueChoice Overhaul agreement, which covers the time and material required to overhaul the GEnx-2B engines. The agreements are valued at more than $800 million (USD) list price over the life of the service agreement.
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Pratt & Whitney positions itself for single-aisle recovery
Aviation Week Network
Bolstered by a spate of geared turbofan orders and near to completing a series of key retrofits, Pratt & Whitney says it is poised to take advantage of the single-aisle airliner rebound that is widely forecast to lead the post-COVID-19 pandemic aviation market recovery.
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Pandemic hit FBOs hard, analysts predict 'very slow recovery'
General Aviation News
Nearly 70 percent of FBOs in the U.S. and Canada suffered a decrease in fuel sales during 2020, according to the Aviation Business Strategies Group's (ABSG) Annual FBO Fuel Sales Survey.
The survey also found that only 20 percent of FBOs reported an increase in fuel sales during the year of the pandemic, according to ABSGs Principals John Enticknap and Ron Jackson.
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TRADE SHOWS AND CONVENTIONS
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Event |
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| Jan. 1-June 30, 2021 |
2021 NBAA Regional Forums |
Various Locations
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| March 5-6, 2021 |
PB Expo |
Miami, Florida
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| March 11-13, 2021 |
Women in Aviation |
Reno, Nevada
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| March 23-25, 2021 |
Heli-Expo |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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| March 30-31, 2021 |
Aero-Engines Americas |
Dallas, Texas
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| April 6-9, 2021 |
MRO Southeast Asia |
Online
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| April 13-15, 2021 |
NBAA ABACE |
Shanghai, China
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| April 28-29, 2021 |
Military Aviation Logistics Maintenance Symposium |
Orlando, Florida
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| April 27-29, 2021 |
MRO Americas — Aerospace Maintenance Competition |
Orlando, Florida
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| May 11-13, 2021 |
2021 Maintenance Conference |
TBD
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| May 18-19, 2021 |
Engine Leasing, Trading & Finance |
London, England
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| May 18-20, 2021 |
EBACE2021 - Geneva |
Geneva, Switzerland
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| June 2021 |
MRO Middle East |
Dubai, UAE
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| June 2021 |
FAA-EASA International Aviation Safety Conference |
Washington, D.C.
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| June 14-19, 2021 |
QUE Group |
San Diego, California
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| June 21-27, 2021 |
Paris Airshow (CANCELED) |
Paris, France
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| June 22-25, 2021 |
AEA Dallas 2021 |
Dallas, Texas
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| June 30- July 1, 2021 |
Aero-Engines Americas |
Dallas, Texas
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| July 26-Aug. 1, 2021 |
EAA - AirVenture 2021 |
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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Sept. 15-16, 2021 |
Aero-Engines Europe 2021 |
Stavanger, Norway
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Sept. 21-23, 2021 |
MRO Asia-Pacific |
Singapore
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Oct. 10-11, 2021 |
2021 Tax, Regulatory & Risk Management Conference |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Oct. 12-14, 2021 |
2021 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
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