Hopping into new markets

opinion

Yves Le Marquand

6 Jul 26

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Hinkspiel, skola, swehi, escargot, hopscotch. The age-old game based on the idea of hopping from space to space is played by children around the world.…

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Elixir Aircraft raises €45m as it eyes US expansion

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Yves Le Marquand

2 Jul 26

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Elixir Aircraft has raised €45m ($51.5m) in a funding round led by Bpifrance’s SPI (Sociétés de Projets Industriels) Fund, managed on behalf of the French…

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Piaggio Aerospace appoints new CEO

news

Yves Le Marquand

10 Jun 26

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Piaggio Aerospace has appointed Francesco Cristian Toninelli as CEO as it targets its “next phase of growth and production ramp-up”. Toninelli’s experience and previous tenure…

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‘A great opportunity for business aviation’, and ‘we’re building it’ says Electra

opinion

Yves Le Marquand

8 Jun 26

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In downtown New York but have to visit the shop floor in a facility upstate later that day? Just out of back-to-back afternoon meetings in…

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Burgers on the business card

opinion

Yves Le Marquand

29 May 26

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The price has gone up for the $100 hamburger. But what about if it’s on the business card? The $100 hamburger is an old general…

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Electra completes first urban demo flight

news

Yves Le Marquand

29 May 26

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Electra has successful completed the first urban demonstration of its ultra short takeoff and landing EL2 demonstrator aircraft at the Columbus Street Terminal in Charleston,…

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Pilot by ear

opinion

Yves Le Marquand

26 May 26

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Back in the 1970s, United Airlines would recruit flight crews from college music programmes. The carrier favoured students who held these degrees because they demonstrated…

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WingsLeasing signs dry lease for seven Tecnams

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Yves Le Marquand

13 May 26

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WingsLeasing has signed a dry lease agreement for seven Tecnam P-MENTOR aircraft for the University of Nebraska-Kearney’s flight training programme. The agreement reflects a growing…

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Air ambulances: ‘The (flying) doctor will see you now’

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Mike Stones

16 Apr 26

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Not many  remember the Reverend John Flynn today. But 98 years ago, he founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service, in Queensland Australia. Nearly a century…

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Avincis chief: Europe must increase aerial firefighting capacity

news

Yves Le Marquand

15 Apr 26

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He hopes he is wrong, but if Europe does not scale its aerial firefighting capacity there will likely likely be more large fires causing greater…

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