Flight Safety Information - May 12, 2022 No.091 In This Issue : Crash: Caverton DHC6 near Nsem on May 11th 2022, missing aircraft found crashed : Accident: Tibet A319 at Chongqing on May 12th 2022, runway excursion on takeoff, aircraft on fire : China passenger jet catches fire, dozens ‘lightly injured’ : Incident: Shree DH8D at Kathmandu on May 11th 2022, engine problems : Incident: United B763 at Lima on May 10th 2022, engine shut down in flight, right main gear overheat : FAA suspends licenses of two pilots involved in failed Red Bull stunt : Flight 3407 families group pushes back on carrier seeking exemption for pilot hours requirement : KC-46 Sets AMC Endurance Record With 24.2-Hour Flight : DAE starts filing insurance claims after writing off unretrieved aircraft in Russia : MSP Airport looking to hire 700 workers in anticipation of jump in summer travelers : Hawaiian Airlines Invests In Company Building 100 Passenger Seagliders : TAM Aviação Executiva Earns Brazil’s First IS-BAH Rating Crash: Caverton DHC6 near Nsem on May 11th 2022, missing aircraft found crashed A Caverton Helicopters Cameroon de Haviiland DHC-6-400 Twin Otter on behalf of COTCO Cameroon Oil Transport Company, registration TJ-TIM performing a charter flight from Yaounde to Domta (Cameroon) with 11 people on board, had returned to Yaounde due to the weather, remained on the ground for 75 minutes, then departed again for Domta at 12:46L with an endurance of about 4.5 hours. At about 14:00L contact with the aircraft was lost, estimated arrival at Domta had been 14:34L. The aircraft did not land at any airport beyond the endurance time. The aircraft was later found crashed in a forest about 2km north of Nsem (Cameroon). The aircraft was destroyed, there were no survivors. The aircraft was carrying oil workers. Cameroon's Ministry of Transport confirmed the aircraft has crashed. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f8acd88&opt=0 Accident: Tibet A319 at Chongqing on May 12th 2022, runway excursion on takeoff, aircraft on fire A Tibet Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration B-6425 performing flight TV-9833 from Chongqing to Nyingchi (China) with 113 passengers and 9 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Chongqing's runway 03 at about 08:04L (00:04Z) when the aircraft went left off the runway, crossed the paralell taxiway, crossed another taxiway connecting runway and the two parallel taxiways, left both engines (CFM56) and the landing gear behind and came to a stop off the runway on soft ground between the two parallel taxiways. A fire broke out at the left forward side of the aircraft, the aircraft was evacuated via slides. 36 people received minor injuries in the accident, the aircraft sustained damage beyond repair. Tibet Airlines reported 113 passengers and 9 crew were on board, the aircraft was taking off when the crew noticed some anomaly. The aircraft veered off the runway, some occupants received minor injuries. China's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed 36 people received minor injuries in the accident. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f8ab5a5&opt=0 China passenger jet catches fire, dozens ‘lightly injured’ Tibet Airlines says all 113 passengers and 9 crew on board the plane that caught fire were safely evacuated. A Chinese passenger jet has caught fire after veering off the runway in China’s Chongqing, leaving dozens of people with what were said to be minor injuries. The incident happened on Thursday as the Tibet Airlines plane was preparing to take off at 8:09am local time (00:09 GMT). The Airbus A319-115 jet, carrying 113 passengers and nine crew, was headed from the southwestern city of Chongqing to Tibet’s Nyingchi. Everyone on board was safely evacuated, the airline said in a statement. “In the process of taking off, the flight crew discovered an abnormality with the aircraft and stopped the takeoff, after which the aircraft left the runway,” the statement said. “The injured passengers were all only lightly injured, and have been sent to hospital for treatment,” it added. In a separate statement, the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport said about 40 passengers with minor injuries were sent to hospital. It said Flight TV9833 deviated from the runway during takeoff and that “the left side of the aircraft’s nose caught fire”. Operations at the airport have since returned to normal and “the cause of the accident is being investigated,” it added. The incident follows the crash of a Chinese Eastern Boeing 737-800 in southeastern China on March 21, in which all 132 people on board were killed. That accident, in which the plane went into a sudden nosedive and slammed into the ground in a mountainous area, remains under investigation. Two flight recorders, or “black boxes”, were recovered from that crash and are being analysed in the United States. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/12/china-passenger-jet-catches-fire-dozens-lightly-injured Incident: Shree DH8D at Kathmandu on May 11th 2022, engine problems A Shree Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration 9N-ANF performing flight 9N-223 from Kathmandu to Dhangarhi (Nepal) with 87 people on board, was climbing out of Kathmandu about 25nm from the airport when the crew noticed problems with the left hand engine (PW150A), stopped the climb at 14,000 feet and decided to return to Kathmandu, where the aircraft landed safely. The aircraft is still on the ground in Kathmandu about 12 hours after landing back. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f8a580e&opt=0 Incident: United B763 at Lima on May 10th 2022, engine shut down in flight, right main gear overheat A United Boeing 767-300, registration N651UA performing flight UA-855 from Lima (Peru) to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA), was climbing out of Lima's runway 16 when the crew reported they had lost the left hand engine (PW4060) and stopped the climb at 9000 feet. The aircraft returned to Lima for a landing on runway 16, during roll out streaks of sparks became visible from the right hand main gear. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on the adjacent taxiway requesting emergency services to inspect their right hand side for gear overheat subsequently reporting reports from the cabin confirmed the right hand gear had overheated. Emergency services requested to shut the remaining engine down for inspection of the right main gear, the crew confirmed they had shut down the remaining engine. The passengers subsequently disembarked onto the taxiway and were bussed to the terminal. Passengers reported there had been a bang from the left hand side, on return to Lima there were lots of sparks from the right hand main gear. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Lima about 34 hours after landing back. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f8a4d7e&opt=0 Incident: United B763 at Lima on May 10th 2022, engine shut down in flight, right main gear overheat A United Boeing 767-300, registration N651UA performing flight UA-855 from Lima (Peru) to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA), was climbing out of Lima's runway 16 when the crew reported they had lost the left hand engine (PW4060) and stopped the climb at 9000 feet. The aircraft returned to Lima for a landing on runway 16, during roll out streaks of sparks became visible from the right hand main gear. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped on the adjacent taxiway requesting emergency services to inspect their right hand side for gear overheat subsequently reporting reports from the cabin confirmed the right hand gear had overheated. Emergency services requested to shut the remaining engine down for inspection of the right main gear, the crew confirmed they had shut down the remaining engine. The passengers subsequently disembarked onto the taxiway and were bussed to the terminal. Passengers reported there had been a bang from the left hand side, on return to Lima there were lots of sparks from the right hand main gear. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Lima about 34 hours after landing back. https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4f8a4d7e&opt=0 FAA suspends licenses of two pilots involved in failed Red Bull stunt The pilots showed “careless or reckless manner so as to endanger the life or property of another” during the failed mid-air swap on April 24, over Arizona, the FAA said. The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses of two pilots for their "careless" and "reckless" conduct during a failed mid-air stunt last month in Arizona, officials said this week. No one was injured on April 24 when daredevil pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington tried jumping out of separate planes into the other crafts to land them. “The FAA revoked the pilot certificates of the two pilots involved in the unauthorized Red Bull plane swap stunt on April 24, 2022, in Arizona,” according to the FAA statement. “The attempted stunt resulted in the crash of one of the two single-engine Cessna 182 aircraft. The lead pilot requested an exemption for the stunt from the FAA, which the agency denied." The pair had attempted to send their Cessna 182 planes into synchronized nosedives at 14,000 feet before jumping out to switch aircraft. The planes were supposed to fall in tandem allowing Aikins and Farrington, who are also skydivers, the time to jump from their planes and into the other crafts in a stunt that Red Bull billed as a "world first" and which was livestreamed on Hulu. But one of the planes spiraled out of control and crashed in Eloy, Arizona, leading only to Aikins getting in the other craft while Farrington was forced to parachute. Both the FAA and the stunt's lead pilot, Aikins, said the attempt could have only gone forward with the agency granting an exemption. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faa-suspends-licenses-two-pilots-involved-failed-red-bull-stunt-rcna28506 Flight 3407 families group pushes back on carrier seeking exemption for pilot hours requirement Republic Airways want a 750-hour threshold, citing potential ex-military hires and their specific Lift flight training academy. BUFFALO, N.Y. — With a potential battle over pilot experience hours hanging in the air, the families of Flight 3407, who fought so hard for pilot training and hiring requirements, are once again gearing up for battle. 2 On Your Side found out they and local members of Congress are ready to push back against any attempt to lower the threshold for pilot hiring. Republic Airways flies to Buffalo as a regional carrier tied to American, Delta, and United Airlines. Now it's calling for an exemption to the 1,500 flight experience hours requirement for hiring pilots is stirring up concern once again. As a departure, they want a 750-hour threshold, citing potential ex-military hires and their specific Lift flight training academy. So for the Families of 3407 group who lost loved ones in that 2009 Clarence center crash and fought for such sweeping safety requirements, it's yet another challenge even as they point to 13 years without a deadly airline crash in the United States. John Kausner, who lost his daughter in the Clarence crash, says, "They want to go to Congress and get relief from Congress. But the environment today is they're saying, 'We just want an exemption from the rule instead of relief.' So instead of going to Congress, they just want the DOT to give them an exemption. I'm hoping they won't do that. But I don't know for sure. You never know what to expect." Kausner, who is also speaking for the Flight 3407 Families group, added: "Thirteen years since the crash, there hasn't been a single airline crash in the United States since then. The decade prior, every 14 months or so a regional airline had an airplane crash in America. Hasn't been any. The safety rule has been perfect since it was enacted. To change it now is ludicrous." U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins told 2 On Your Side: "I am writing to FAA to ensure that this and any future requests to circumvent the pilot training hours is categorically rejected." Republic Airways, which did not respond for comment, is the only carrier making this request. But other airlines, including major carriers, point out what they say is a growing shortage of up to 14,500 pilots over the next eight years, with mandatory retirements at age 65. This perhaps was a factor in the major cancellation and delay issues seen at large airports earlier this year That shortage is disputed by the Airline Pilots Association. That is the pilots' union, which claims government pandemic bailouts were mismanaged by the airlines with poor working conditions for pilots. So it all means another Capitol Hill trip for the 3407 families this summer. "Well, now 13 years later and many new members of Congress and senators, they just aren't familiar with the problem," Kausner said. "They just don't have a history. So the airlines are there every day. They have billions of dollars. They're there all the time, lobbying Congress for relief, relief, relief " Kausner added: "It's ridiculous to think, 'Let's lower the safety standards so we can get more pilots.' " https://www.wgrz.com/article/travel/flight-3407-families-group-seek-pilot-hours-requirements-no-exceptions/71-87ef1294-cb6a-48f1-b9e2-d962b3e2a941 KC-46 Sets AMC Endurance Record With 24.2-Hour Flight A KC-46 Pegasus crewed by Airmen from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing flew for more than 24 hours, establishing a new Air Mobility Command record and covering more than 9,000 miles, the Air Force announced. The 24.2-hour, record-breaking flight—which lasted from May 5 to 6—was intended to gather data on the “feasibility, limitations, potential risks as well as unique benefits of the KC-46 for long-duration flights,” according to a service press release. Six pilots, three boom operators, a photojournalist, and a physician assistant took part in the flight, with two-pilot teams swapping out every four hours while a backup pilot team gathered data and took notes. The physician assistant onboard monitored the aircrew to ensure their safety and the safety of the mission. “In flight medicine, our goal is to preserve not only the health and safety of the aircrew, but also to preserve the safety of the missions those aircrew perform,” Maj. Cory Henderson, 349th Air Refueling Squadron aeromedical physician assistant, said in the statement. “For this mission, we’ve tried to do that from the start of planning and now through the execution phase.” During the flight, the KC-46 performed dry contacts with another KC-46, refueled four Marine Corps F-35s, and was itself refueled by another KC-46. The flight path included both the northern and southern borders of the U.S. as well as the East and West Coasts. On social media, aviation enthusiasts tracked the flight path, which started and ended at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., passing over roughly three dozen states. Planning for the flight took several weeks and required in-the-air adjustments, according to the Air Force, as severe weather in certain areas forced the crew to adjust the route. “This 24-hour sortie is a critical step in the operational evolution of tankers and the role the KC-46 plays in that,” Col. Nate Vogel, 22nd Air Refueling Wing commander, said in the statement. “This sortie helps mobility forces identify how best to operate on long-duration sorties from human, to machine, to mission aspects. Long-duration flights are inherently full of risk, and conducting this operation now allows us to identify those risks, and then build and apply mitigations in a more controlled environment.” This new record also marks a positive milestone for the KC-46, which is expected to replace the KC-135 but has been plagued by issues throughout its development. The biggest problem, the troubled Remote Vision System, has cost hundreds of millions, delayed the declaration of full-rate production, and forced the tanker to stop refueling certain planes. Most recently, though, the Pegasus has been cleared to refuel 85 percent of the fleet and conducted its first refueling of an international aircraft, a Spanish EF-18 Hornet. While the May 5-6 flight marks a new record for AMC, the Air Force has had previous experience with lengthy flights. In 2001, B-2 bombers flew from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., across the Pacific to strike Afghanistan at the start of Operation Enduring Freedom, spending upwards of 40 consecutive hours in the air. Also during Operation Enduring Freedom, a pair of F-15E crews flew a sortie of 15.5 hours, the longest fighter combat sortie ever. https://www.airforcemag.com/kc-46-sets-amc-endurance-record-with-24-2-hour-flight/ DAE starts filing insurance claims after writing off unretrieved aircraft in Russia Middle Eastern lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has started filing a series of insurance claims over aircraft abandoned to Russian operators. The lessor has disclosed an asset write-off amounting to $576.5 million for the first quarter, as a result of seizure of aircraft by the Russian government in response to air transport sanctions. DAE had leased 22 aircraft to Russian carriers and 19 are still in the country. Russian operators are required to obtain government approval to return aircraft to foreign lessors, and DAE says that – under these circumstances – it has “no control” over the remaining fleet. “[We have] no way to determine whether these aircraft will be returned at any point in the future,” it says. DAE says it has no control over 19 aircraft remaining with Russian operators DAE chief executive Firoz Tarapore says the lessor’s underlying business is “firing on all cylinders” but that the indications of a “pretty good year” for the company have been “overshadowed, and then some” by the write-off decision. “Like other large lessors, we have insurance coverage under various policies for exactly these types of events that we’ve seen unfold over last couple of months,” he says. DAE has filed a $1 billion claim under the first of these policies, he adds, and is in the process of filing “additional claims in the coming weeks”. The write-off was the main contributor to a $467million operating loss – and an $835 million reduction in the asset value of aircraft held for lease, from $11.3 billion to $10.4 billion – over the first quarter. DAE’s customers in Russia have included Aeroflot, Nordwind, Smartavia, Utair, Pobeda and a number of others, with aircraft types on lease ranging from Airbus and Boeing single-aisle types to Boeing 777s, according to Cirium data. The lessor says its overall assets at the end of the quarter totalled 384 aircraft – comprising 295 owned and 81 managed, with commitments to purchase eight. Tarapore declines to disclose DAE’s revenue exposure from Russia over the quarter, but says that there are lessons to be drawn from the situation. “[It] drives home the fact that having the right structural protection on every transaction matters,” he says. All the company’s exposure in Russia was “protected properly”, he says, and the company is “very pleased with how that worked”. He adds that the situation should not be viewed as an “isolated event”, and that DAE needs to consider a broader perspective, incorporating the potential for this sort of action, or reaction, on its future underwriting. https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/dae-starts-filing-insurance-claims-after-writing-off-unretrieved-aircraft-in-russia/148625.article MSP Airport looking to hire 700 workers in anticipation of jump in summer travelers Job fair hopes to help hire 700 employees to meet the surge. Employers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are looking to hire some 700 people this summer as pandemic-weary travelers are expected to take to the skies in a big way. Officials at MSP are predicting this summer will be the busiest since 2019 — before COVID-19 decimated air travel. To prepare for the anticipated throng, the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) held a job fair at Terminal 1 on Wednesday to lure potential applicants for jobs at airlines, air support firms, security operations, food, beverage and hospitality services and retail shops. The airport partnered with more than 32 employers, including Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, FedEx, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs and Border Control, Caribou Coffee and others, for the event. "We are so busy all the time. We need people," said Stacy Wilkens, director of human resources for the InterContinental Minneapolis-St. Paul hotel, which is connected to Terminal 1. While more travelers are expected this summer, Wilkens said the hotel has seen an uptick in weddings and corporate events as well. According to MAC spokesman Jeff Lea, 89% of the airport's venues have reopened at least part time — including 92% of the retail shops in both terminals and 87% of MSP's restaurants and food and beverage outlets. The recovery rate for airport concessions is about 75%, Lea said, meaning that more venues are open but many are still operating at reduced hours. Attracting employees to work at the airport "will allow more stores and restaurants to more easily reopen or expand their hours to meet customer demand anticipated for the upcoming summer travel season," Lea said in an e-mail. He noted there are job openings with TSA, U.S. Customs and aviation support services that bolster airport operations, as well. "I saw an ad on Facebook about this, so I decided to come out," said Paige Van Pelt, a stay-at-home mom from Edina who is interested in working for an airline. "It helps that they have all their people here in one place." San Francisco-based airline and travel analyst Henry Harteveldt said the labor shortage is one of the biggest potential constraints on travel this summer. "The Memorial Day holiday weekend, which traditionally marks the start of the U.S. summer travel season, is now just under three weeks away," Harteveldt said. "For airlines, the next few weeks are 'do-or-die' weeks — either they have enough people wrapping up training ahead of summer, or they don't." Airlines, including MSP's dominant carrier Delta, are hiring at almost every level, including airport workers, reservation agents, pilots and flight attendants, he said. Openings at MSP accommodate all skill levels and feature full- and part-time positions and seasonal jobs, with morning, evening and overnight shifts. Most employers pay more than the $14.25 minimum wage — which increases to $15 on July 1 — and some offer hiring and retention bonuses. Jeff Garver, director of operations for St. Louis Park-based Aero Service Group, said he expects passenger counts to be "at or above 2019 levels this summer." Aero, which operates Stone Arch and Lake Wine Kitchen + Bar at Terminal 1 and Cocina del Barrio at Terminal 2, participated in the job fair in search of nine cooks and two managers for its popular eateries. (Once Lake Wine reopens later this year following a "refresh" of its restaurant, the firm will be hiring an additional 30 employees.) Harteveldt noted competition for good employees is tough, and working at an airport poses some challenges. Airport jobs can require job applicants to clear unique hurdles, including background security checks and drug tests, before they can start training and then start work, he said. Plus, some employees must clear security to get to work daily. At least one job applicant Wednesday said MSP's easy access to Blue and Green line light-rail service is a real perk for the airport. (Both terminals have LRT stations.) Aero's Garver says MSP is a "great place to work. The airport provides a safe work environment that is busy all the time and you get to meet fun people from all over the world." https://www.startribune.com/msp-airport-looking-to-hire-700-workers-in-anticipation-of-jump-in-summer-travelers/600172456/ Hawaiian Airlines Invests In Company Building 100 Passenger Seagliders By 2028, Hawaiian Airlines may change the way you island-hop - if a new partnership with an electric vehicle company developing a seaglider comes off. Hawaiian Airlines is joining forces with an aerospace and maritime company that designs and develops all-electric zero-emission seagliders to work on a next-generation 100-passenger all-electric sea glider called the Monarch. While it remains early days, Hawaiian Airlines and the aerospace company, Regent, are eyeing commercial flights as soon as 2028. A revolution in short-haul coastal flights Boston-based Regent is on a mission to reduce the costs and hassles of moving people and freight around coastal cities. They build all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that fly within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat. With the catchy Seaglider tag, the environmentally friendly Monarch gliders will have the same safety standards as all modern aircraft and watercraft. Regent says their seagliders will service routes up to 180 miles with existing battery technology and routes up to 500 miles with next-gen batteries, all via existing dock infrastructure. The venture capital-backed company is "leveraging maritime vehicle development pathways" to bring its zero-emission, high-speed seagliders to market within five years. “Seagliders will be a game-changer for sustainable regional transportation in communities such as Hawai‘i," says Regent CEO Billy Thalheimer. "Through close partnerships with design partners and strategic investors such as Hawaiian Airlines, we can fully understand our operators and unlock their ability to provide zero-emission transportation solutions to their customers.” Big money backs Regent's seaglider program Mr Thalheimer is an MIT graduate and alumnus of Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, and Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences. At Aurora, Mr Thalheumer led the Boeing PAV electric air taxi flight physics team before transitioning to program management and business development. While many electric vehicle startups, especially startups involving electric flying vehicles, can be martini-fueled pipedreams, a conga line of venture capital investors have got behind Regent, including Caffeinated Capital, Theil, Soma Capital, Founders Fund, and Kohala Ventures. The venture capital funds don't muck around, and the fact they are onboard indicates Regent's seagliders have a real chance of taking off. And it will be a game-changer for short-haul coastal flights if they do. The seagliders will scoot along at an ultra-low altitude at around 180 miles (290 kilometers) per hour. And when Regent says their craft will fly low, they mean it - the seagliders will cruise around just a few meters above the waves. This sounds like fun! “Innovative interisland transportation has been core to our business since 1929 when we replaced steamships with airplanes. We are excited to be an early investor in Regent and to be involved in developing their largest seaglider – a vehicle with great potential for Hawaiʻi',” said Avi Mannis, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Hawaiian Airlines. Coastal flying for less than the cost of operating a ferry service The seagliders can utilize most existing port infrastructure. The prospect of zero-emission, harbor-to-harbor flights around archipelagos such as the Hawaiian Islands for less than the cost of existing planes and ferries is compelling. Hawaiian Airlines is chasing a 2050 net-zero emissions goal, and initiatives like this help it along the way. For passengers, all-electric planes like Regent's Monarch seaglider promise to revolutionize short-haul flying up and down coasts, offer island-hopping opportunities, and even inland flying where there are substantial bodies of freshwater to take off and land. Imagine flying low over the forests, flying between cities and towns situated on large freshwater rivers and lakes. It's a big vision. But will Regent and its newest partner, Hawaiian Airlines, have what it takes to bring this vision to fruition? https://simpleflying.com/hawaiian-airlines-seaglider-investment/ TAM Aviação Executiva Earns Brazil’s First IS-BAH Rating Brazilian business aviation services company TAM Aviação Executiva (TAM AE) has received IS-BAH registration for its flagship FBO at São Paulo Congonhas Airport, making it the first in Brazil to earn this achievement. TAM AE is also the second FBO in South America—after Aviasur in Santiago, Chile—to achieve IS-BAH, an industry code of best practices developed by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) that provides standardization to handlers and operators around the world. Company president Leonado Fiuza said the designation “is proof of an extremely rigorous operation in relation to standards and processes, further reinforcing one of our main pillars: safety.” TAM also reported that its FBOs have handled record traffic during the pandemic, including both domestic and international flights. In its 60 years in aviation, TAM Aviação Executiva has built South America’s largest business aviation maintenance installations, centered in Jundiaí in the São Paulo region, with sites also in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, and Aracatí, Ceará. It is the exclusive representative in Brazil for Textron Aviation (Cessna/Beechcraft), Bell, and FlightSafety International. Its FBO services and amenities include 24/7 coordination, flight planning, and overflight authorizations; immigration and customs; bilingual teams; ramp services; and hotel and ground transportation arrangement. Congonhas Airport is also opening a customs and immigration facility to allow international business aviation flights. Its downtown location makes it one of Brazil’s most desired terminals for commercial aviation. Government plans to privatize the airport this year—as well as general aviation airports Campo de Marte in São Paulo and Jacarepaguá in Rio—have the potential to upend Brazil’s FBO market, however. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2022-05-11/tam-aviacao-executiva-earns-brazils-first-bah-rating Curt Lewis