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October 25, 2023

Airborne 10.25.23: Whitaker To Lead FAA, 117NM eVTOL Flt, Student Attacks Planes

Also: uAvionix Acquires Iris, Air Methods BK, Aviation War Insurers, World Drone Racing Champ's

The U.S. The Senate has voted unanimously to confirm Mike Whitaker to serve as the next Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration... Occurring after more than 550 days without a permanent leader at the FAA. Now... he gets to oversee a national Airspace System that comprises the world’s most complex aviation system while overseeing more than 45,000 flights a day and almost 3 million airline passengers. And... hopefully, the Private pilot will do this without ignoring Sport and General Aviation. An eVTOL aircraft developed by BETA Technologies has completed a non-stop 117-nautical-mile flight from Georgia’s Augusta Reg

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Air Methods Files for Bankruptcy

Air Ambulance Provider Seeks to Restructure Debt

Air Methods—the privately-owned Denver, Colorado-based helicopter operator, the air-medical division of which provides emergency medical services to over one-hundred-thousand patients yearly—has filed for bankruptcy protection against a $1.7-billion debt. Air Methods' business has suffered on account of rising interest rates, higher labor costs, and a recent U.S. ban on so-called surprise medical bills; so stated filings made with a Houston, Texas bankruptcy court.

Global For Helicopters Debuts

FlightAware has debuted Global for Helicopters, a new flight tracking platform developed for operators of helicopter or mixed rotary- and fixed-wing fleets.

Operator Aspires to Bring Business Connectivity to Africa

Nigerian business aviation concern and Falcon Aerospace Group subsidiary Vivajets—a Lagos-based provider of aircraft management, fractional ownership, and aircraft sales and acquisition services—has introduced a set of products conducive to business connectivity throughout the African continent. Additionally, the organization released a guide pertaining to fractional aircraft ownership, a specialized service by which Vivajets customers are afforded opportunity to acquire partial ownership stakes in contemporary business aircraft.