Also: BIG Multi-Rotor!, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, FAA Releases B4UFLY, Mars Rover, FedEx Fine, World's Safest Airline, Private Jets To Cuba

United Airlines reported in a statement last week that their CEO, Oscar Munoz, who has been on medical leave since October, underwent a heart transplant operation.

It’s reported that a transplant was considered the preferred treatment and was not the result of a setback in his recovery. United said they expect him to return to his position at the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second quarter of this year. British Airways has shelved a plan to turn household waste into biofuel in light of falling oil prices and the bankruptcy filing by its partner in the program. The airline had partnered with U.S.-based Solena Fuels Corporation to build a plant in Essex for the "Green Sky London" project. UAV manufacturer 3DR announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week that it has new software coming for its Solo drone sometime this spring. The software update will include Multipoint cable cam and Follow with Free Look, which extends the platform’s four existing Smart Shots. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 01.11.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Monday, January 11th, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

• United CEO Recovering From Heart Transplant
• British Airways Shelves Sustainable Fuel Plan
• New Software Announced For 3DR UAVs
• First Human-Sized Multi-Rotor Prototype Unveiled At CES
• AVW: Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter
• FAA Releases B4UFLY Smartphone App 
• Rover Rounds Martian Dune To Get To The Other Side
• FAA Proposes $417,500 Civil Penalty Against FedEx
• Qantas Deemed 'The World's Safest Airline'
• Company Launches Private Jet Service To Cuba

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