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(Urban Air Mobility) – The FAA is forecasting that by the end of year one of advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft entering into service, there will be a total of seven aircraft flying, operating 24,600 departures. The agency projects that each aircraft would conduct 28 trips a day, on average.

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The approval authorizes Rotortrade’s FAA Part 145-certified Latrobe facility to perform maintenance, inspections, repairs, modifications, and retrofit work on Mexican-registered helicopters.

The FAA’s new Aviation Medical Examiner–Assisted Special Issuance pathway for anxiety, depression, and related conditions “shifts responsibility toward self-monitoring and collaborative decision-making between the treatment provider and airmen,” notes the Pilot Mental Health Campaign. VAI congratulates the organization for its strong work in continuing to push this important issue forward.

The state agency has been a VAI member since 2017.

Hyde County, North Carolina, paramedic Quinn Reece flew a Pivotal BlackFly electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft directly to an emergency call on Jun. 27, 2026, rendering advanced life support assistance a full 20 minutes before a ground ambulance arrived.