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A MOSAIC of Changes: Recent FAA Actions Promote Advanced Air Mobility

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At the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on July 22, 2025, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Deputy...more

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Advanced Air Mobility and Vertiport Development: Effects of New Legislation in Florida

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At the Paris Air Show on June 17, 2025, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills into law with the intention of ensuring Florida is a leader in aerospace, transportation and innovation. With regard to furtherance of...more

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National Aviation Authorities Network Unveils Roadmap for AAM Aircraft Type Certification

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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), aviation authorities of Australia (Civil Aviation Safety Authority), Canada...more

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FAA Updates Aircraft Registration and Certification Processes

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On January 17, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced two significant, pending regulatory changes regarding the digitization of aircraft registration and certification processes. These regulatory changes,...more

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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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Emissions on International Flights: ANAC Publishes Regulations Incorporating Corsia Rules in Brazil

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On May 14, 2024, Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (“ANAC”) approved Resolution No. 743/2024 (“Resolution”), which regulates the monitoring and offsetting of carbon dioxide (“CO2”) emissions on international flights....more

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DOE Expands ATVM Eligibility to Include Ultra Efficient and Other Types of Vehicles: Also Now Included: Trains, Maritime Vessels,...

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a direct final rule (DFR) on April 29, 2024, to amend and align the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program (ATVM) implementing regulations1 with its...more

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Transforming a Corporate Culture in Crisis: Lessons from Boeing

There has not been a company which has had a run of worse publicity in 2024 than Boeing. Unfortunately it has been self-inflicted. I recently participated in a webinar with Sam Silverstein on what Boeing can do to try and...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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A Practical Guide to Aircraft Engine RPFH Agreements

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For the ever-evolving aviation industry, the traditional time and material–based contracts between airlines and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the maintenance of aircraft engines may not always be the most...more

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It’s a Great Time to Own Aircraft, Just Not an Easy Time to Buy Them

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Global air travel traffic (measured in revenue per kilometers (RPKs)) begins 2024 in line with pre-COVID highs. Certain markets, such as US domestic and intra-European have already surpassed pre-COVID levels and despite some...more

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Global Transportation Finance Newsletter December 2023

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GIFT City: A Gift for Aircraft Lessors? Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) was established in 2007 as India’s first operational smart city and an emerging global financial and IT services hub located in...more

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Sustainable aviation fuel – on the ascent

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As the aviation industry pins its hopes on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, Joe Clinton, Matthew Townsend, Richard Chamberlain and Ying-Peng Chin outline the regulatory, investment...more

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Synthetic SAF: Considerations for Commercial Viability

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Every major industry faces a complex path toward carbon neutrality, and aviation is no exception. Large commercial aircraft account for nearly 75 percent of the industry’s carbon dioxide emissions, and batteries that are...more

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Supporting the Emerging Flying Taxis Sector

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Imagine a scene in which your working week comes to an end and the traffic trying to get home for the weekend is heavy. However, you are not too fussed because waiting for you on the roof of your Brisbane work building is a...more

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Russia Sanctions Update – May 2023

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On May 19, 2023, the United States along with other members of the G7 and other allied countries imposed additional sanctions and export controls meant to further restrict Russian economic activity and degrade Russia’s...more

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Glossary of the Top 75 Transportation & Logistics Contracts

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Our team’s passion for the transportation and logistics industry is driven in part by the undeniably practical, tangible, real-world nature of the work. Having a deep bench of attorneys who focus exclusively on transactional...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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