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The companies have agreed to explore a distribution agreement that would involve up to 200 of Joby’s electric aircraft and related services.

Blade Air Mobility CEO Rob Wiesenthal took part in the first passenger-carrying flight of the Beta Technologies Alia conventional takeoff and landing electric aircraft Jun. 3 in New York.

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This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jul. 8, requires installing an electrical bonding-braid modification, as required in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a correction for airworthiness directive (AD) ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Hoist–Inspection. The original AD took effect Dec. 6, 2024.

The Irish company converted an option for 10 H175s into a firm order to purchase a total of 20 from Airbus.

The company began the next phase of its flight-testing program with a piloted flight of its Midnight electric aircraft featuring conventional takeoff and landing operations on Jun. 2 in Santa Clara, California.

The FAA is reminding aircraft owners and operators to fill out the 2024 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey. The annual survey measures safety, determines funding, and informs the impact of aviation on the economy.

The FAA is seeking comments by Jul. 17 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would require replacing certain attachment bolts on the main gearbox suspension bar fittings, inspecting the removed bolts, and reporting the results to Airbus Helicopters.

The FAA is accepting comments through Jul. 17 on this proposed airworthiness directive (AD), which would supplement AD 2024-10-13. The proposed AD would keep the existing requirements while removing some helicopters from applicability, adding an inspection of the inner surface of the fuel-filter bowls, and revising the tightening torque.