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Exciting to watch the progress on this!

🌟 Celebrating a Milestone in Aviation: Honoring the Wright Brothers' Legacy 🛩️ On this day in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the unthinkable - the first successful flight of a powered aircraft. Their historic 12-second flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, didn't just defy gravity; it lifted the human spirit and opened a new chapter in human innovation. 🔍 As we reflect on this monumental achievement, it's impossible not to draw parallels with our journey at flyvbird. Just like the Wright Brothers, we're driven by a vision to redefine what's possible in the skies. Their legacy of innovation, courage, and determination continues to inspire us as we pave our own path in aviation history. 🚀 At flyvbird, we are committed to writing the next chapter of this incredible story. With our focus on sustainable, on-demand air travel, we are not just connecting places; we're connecting people, dreams, and futures. Our strategic partnerships and cutting-edge technology are the wings that will propel us into a new era of air mobility. 🌍 Let's take a moment to honor the Wright Brothers' remarkable feat and look forward to the future. Together, we're not just flying; we're shaping a new horizon. Here's to making history and to the boundless possibilities that lie ahead! #WrightBrothersDay #AviationHistory #flyvbird #Innovation #SustainableTravel #FutureOfFlight

Top 10 Airports worldwide that serve long range bizjets. Rank Estimated gallons for the quarter Gallon differential amount from past quarter Gallon differential percent from past quarter (Red >-10%, Yellow = 0 to -10%, Green >0% Growth) No surprise to see KTEB and KVNY in the top spots for the past 11 quarters. Interesting to see that London (Luton) has moved up to hold the #3 spot. www.corvispartner.com - Business Aviation Intelligence

The Benefits of Dynamic Glass in Airports

Are you ready for a paradigm shift in airport concessions industry? We're just a couple days away from unveiling, our new program. Don't miss out! #EverEvolvingConsulting #Airports #AirportConcessions #MBE #DBE #ACDBE #InnovationInBusiness #SmallBusiness #MicroBusiness #MinorityBusiness

Setting New Standards in Aviation: Clay Lacy Aviation's Northeast Expansion brings innovation to the Northeast. Learn how we're catering to larger jets and prioritizing efficiency and safety in our hangar design. https://bit.ly/3st2j63

We're delighted to share with you all our Winter 2023-2024 #BAM cover story, 'Brightest Horizon', where Benjamin Murray, President and CEO of Skyservice Business Aviation Inc., talks to Anthony Harrington about the company’s successes since the pandemic. “I consider myself to be very growth-orientated and entrepreneurial in my approach to management. It means that we can empower our people and that we can react quickly to opportunities. Similarly, we can take rapid corrective action if something is not working out.” “One of the great, long-term advantages of running a successful charter operation is witnessing the evolution of charter clients becoming aircraft owners. Several of our more recent aircraft management wins have come from charter clients moving to ownership.” “We provide a total solution which we wrap around the ownership. This includes crew support, customized aircraft management, plus putting together a good charter programme for them that can help to defray some of the costs of ownership.” “We have also expanded our footprint to Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) and to Napa, California (KAPC). We are building a new FBO and complex in Seattle (KBFI) so our expansion is going at a pace.” View the article here: https://lnkd.in/eS_g-xcF Skyservice Business Aviation Inc. #Skyservice Benjamin J. Murray #BenjaminMurray #management #AircraftManagement #charter #MRO #FBO #AircraftMaintenance #AircraftOwnership Fontainebleau Development #FontainebleauDevelopment Fontainebleau Aviation #FontainebleauAviation BOMBARDIER #Bombardier Gulfstream Aerospace #Gulfstream Dassault Aviation #Dassault #DassaultAviation HondaJet (India) #HondaJet #pandemic #Covid19 #BizAv #BizAvMag #BusinessAviation #PrivateAviation #BusinessAviationMagazine

#throwbackThursday - "flyingtaxis are here"?, "Bringing Urban Air Mobility to life" , "Making Urban Air Mobility a reality", "Pioneers of Urban Air Mobility" and "We aim to launch UAM first"? The story of Chicago Helicopter Airways and how eVTOL developers plan to emulate one of the true "pioneers of urban air mobility" and the lessons to be learnt by the new pioneers". Airbus , Archer , Ferrovial , United Airlines , Volocopter

I have no doubt Wisk Tech and FAA certification will evolve a solid product and service here. Curious if Wisk has any leverage or input to transportation infrastructure advice to government? Or is it we’re just hoping it all works out? Because, we’ve been here before. Cautious faith is all I can describe as to whether or not AAM will resolve surface traffic problems, without translating new problems to another realm. Houston cannot seem to build enough lanes on its highways to ever accommodate surface traffic. At the world’s fair in the early 19th century, the prospect of individual car ownership and roads to everywhere were billed as the Utopia of private transportation. However, it hasn’t quite worked out has it? And here we are again at the precipice of now adding private transportation into the third dimension of the skys and the stakes are higher. History shows us at the direction of auto manufacturers the failure of intentional successful planned surface Transportation infrastructure will persist in increasingly congested skys. An in flight collision will result in catastrophe from the air and innocents on the ground injured or killed.

#CommercialAviation, which typically flies aircraft with over 100 seats, represents more than 80% of revenue seat miles flown and emissions generated in the aviation sector. However, we haven't seen much investment in breakthrough approaches for more the larger #aircraft that serve these operations. Investors have made big bets in breakthrough #aerospace technologies for smaller aircraft (e.g. #eVTOLS, #eSTOL and #hydrogen themes), which address less than 16% of aviation emissions and less than 10% of current aircraft. #SAF investments can help commercial #aviation move forward with #sustainability goals, but SAF is likely to cost 2-3X as much as JetA, which will create significant demand destruction and financing issues for airlines. #Boeing and #Airbus have explored breakthrough technologies for commercial aviation that would increase aircraft efficiency beyond what traditional tube and wing aircraft can achieve -- Boeing's X66 Truss Braced Wing concept for example. However, the only programs currently planned -- next generation tube and wing #aircraft -- will deliver gains that fall far short of the industry's needs to achieve its sustainability goals. The #BWB concepts in progress, of which JetZero is the most advanced, can help fill this gap in product development and sustainability for the most important part of the #airline business by cutting fuel consumption per RPM by 30-50%. SAF will continue to play an important role, which BWB concepts will accelerate by eliminating the trillions of dollars of incremental cost that would have put a primarily SAF based solution under immense pressure. In the end, the fuel savings tied to new equipment will help the industry achieve its sustainability goals while reducing costs and accelerating industry growth. That makes for a healthier industry going forward. Alaska Airlines has a strong history of pragmatic thought leadership in the aviation industry. With this investment they have led the industry towards an attractive future where a robust, profitable industry and sustainability have become mutually reinforcing goals that build on the industry's legacy as the world's most fuel efficient. large scale transportation system. Many investors focused in sustainability have not had the right combination of vision and pragmatism to take this type of step. Congrats to Alaska Airlines and JetZero on moving us in the right direction. Matthew Ridley Jonathon Counsell Pasha Saleh Diana Birkett Rakow Tom O'Leary Shane Tackett Sergey Kulyagin Jerry Griffin Chris Kelly Singley Brian Flynn David Spurlock Traci H. Azim Barodawala Jeff Schox Jeff Johnson Daniel Moczydlower,MSc,PMP Stefan Sandoval Yepes Holger Blankenstein Jose Suarez Andrew Broderick Dionisio Pérez Jácome F. Peter Fiene Myles Goeller Derek Gerow Stan Pace Jim Harris