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New FAA Rule Charts a Path for Deployment of Air Taxis, Advanced Mobility Aircraft

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On October 22, 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a long-awaited final rule providing new and amended regulations and standards to govern powered vertical-takeoff and -landing, low-speed aircraft. FAA’s...more

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FAA Clears the Runway for the Future of Advanced Air Mobility Travel

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Oct. 22, 2024, took a significant step toward the future of advanced air mobility (AAM) travel by releasing its final Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) on powered-lift...more

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FAA Policy Changes to Parts 135 and 380 Operations

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Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Intent to initiate a rulemaking that would prohibit air carriers with FAA authority under 14 CFR 135 from conducting public charter flights under the...more

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A Piece of the MOSAIC: Simplified Flight Controls for Light Sport Aircraft and Beyond

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It’s the stuff of science fiction: walk out to your airplane, strap in, and, instead of a control wheel and assortment of dials and levers, you are presented with a slender device resembling an iPad. Touch “takeoff” on the...more

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HOT OFF THE PRESS - FAA Rule Change for Aircraft Owners

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The FAA’s “Increase the Duration of Aircraft Registration” direct final rule published on November 22, 2022, is now in effect as of January 23, 2023. The new rule amends 14 CFR 47 (“Part 47”), which controls the FAA’s...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Leased Aircraft Stranded in Russia: A Survey of the Pending Insurance Claim Litigation in Different Jurisdictions

Key Points - - Insurance companies are bracing themselves for years of legal disputes over liability for total losses claimed by lessors to aircraft stranded in Russia as a result of sanctions over Russia's invasion of...more

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FAA Proposes Regulatory Changes to Support Advanced Air Mobility Commercial Operation

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Dec. 7, 2022, published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), "Update to Air Carrier Definitions," that would incorporate "powered-lift" operations into...more

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Protecting the Financer of the Conversion of a Passenger Aircraft to a Freighter

Key Points - - The rights of an aircraft lessor or lender financing the conversion of a passenger aircraft to a freighter aircraft will be specified in agreements between the borrower, financer and conversion facility. ...more

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Pilot Records Database Compliance Deadline for Certain Part 91 Operators is June 10. Is Your Company Ready?

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the final rule for the establishment of a new electronic pilot records database (PRD) on May 25, 2021, with the goal of providing transparency on pilot training deficiencies,...more

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Are Your Aircraft's Flights (and You) Being Tracked?

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The answer is, most likely, yes. There are many reasons people track private aircraft – because they are aviation enthusiasts, to snag a lead on a news story, to gain market intelligence on a competitor, or to leverage money...more

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Avoiding Flight Schedule Disruption When Replacing the Owner Trustee of a Leased Aircraft Registered in the United States

Key Points - - Replacing the owner trustee of a US-registered aircraft that is on lease requires submitting a new application to register that aircraft. - Submitting the application to reregister the aircraft restricts...more

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Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District – “Specifically Dealing with Specific Jurisdiction”

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On March 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the Ford Motor Co. Montana Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct. Ford Motor Co. v. Bandemer cases holding that the due process test for specific jurisdiction does not depend on a strict...more

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EPA Implements Clean Air Act Authority to Finalize Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Aircraft

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On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued the first-ever U.S. greenhouse gas ("GHG") emission standards for aircraft (the "Standards"). The Standards align with the United Nations...more

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Protecting a Lessor Against the Recharacterization in Bankruptcy of a Full Payout Aircraft Lease as a Disguised Security Agreement

Often an aircraft financer will structure a secured aircraft loan as a full payout lease in order to facilitate the exercise of remedies in the case of a default by the borrower airline. Specifying that the lease is governed...more

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ADS-B OUT Compliance as Part of Lease Redelivery Conditions

Countries around the world are putting in place a more accurate system of tracking aircraft in the skies called Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). This technology will eventually replace radar as the primary...more

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Maximizing Returns Through Effective Management of Engine Performance Restoration: Five Cases

An important source of income for an aircraft lessor is maintenance reserve payments or equivalent end-of-term return compensation for engine overhaul or performance restoration. This is particularly true if the lessor can...more

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FAA Certification And Urban Air Mobility

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Changing a lightbulb in a commercial passenger aircraft is not so simple of a task as running down to the local aircraft parts store and picking up a couple of “Made in China” 60-watt generic lightbulbs and popping in a...more

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DOT Inspector General Finds “Challenges” in Achievement of FAA’s Safety Mission

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The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) relies on the mantra “safety is our business, our only business” where, for example, justifying changes in aircraft flight paths over heavily populated residential communities. But...more

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The Aviation Industry Has Grand Ambitions for Urban Air Mobility – In the Not Too Distant Future

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The concept of “on call” transportation has now moved from the Earth to the sky. As demonstrated recently at a meeting of the players in Washington, D.C., the future of aerial transportation is transitioning toward “flying...more

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Global Transportation Finance Newsletter - May 2019

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In This Issue: Buyer Beware: Court Upholds Punitive Damages Waiver in Case Alleging Fraud for “New” Aircraft Sale - Embraer v. Dougherty Air Trustee: Avoiding Foot Faults in Your Residual Value Guarantee Contract - ...more

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Aviation Update: U.S. Regulator Takes Actions Affecting Air Service to Venezuela and Costa Rica

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U.S. transportation officials have taken two separate actions which will affect transportation between the United States and Latin America. These developments are summarized below...more

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Reflections on Boeing’s Exposure Following the 737 MAX Crashes

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One cannot open a newspaper or see a news report without hearing about the two horrific crashes of the brand new Boeing 737 MAX that occurred on a Lion Air flight on October 28, 2018, and, most recently, on an Ethiopian...more

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A Look at the New FAA Reauthorization Act – Implications for Airline Consumers

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President Trump has made the reduction of federal regulation in the marketplace a centerpiece of his campaign and administration. While numerous efforts to review existing aviation regulations are underway, the newly-signed...more

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FAA Reauthorization Act Confirms Pre-emptive Effect of Statute Protecting Aircraft Lessors

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The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, enacted on Oct. 5, 2018, has clarified and confirmed the pre-emptive effect of the federal statute intended to shield from liability owners, lessors and secured parties not in operational...more

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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act Paves the Way for Federal Regulation of Delivery Drones

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On Oct. 5, 2018, President Trump signed into law the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254), which reauthorizes funding of the FAA through Sept. 30, 2023. This is the first long-term FAA reauthorization since...more

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