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Highlights from the flying display at the 2014 Singapore Airshow. Follow Aviation Week's coverage at aviationweek.com/singapore

Aviation Week's senior editor Guy Norris looks at the technical design of the Airbus A350 during the 2014 Singapore Airshow.

Aviation Week's Jens Flottau talked to Airbus A350 chief test pilot Peter Chandler about the flight test program during the Singapore Airshow.

FAA plans to divvy up to 1,721 flight “allocations” among Grand Canyon air tour operators that incorporate quiet aircraft technologies. In a Feb. 3 notice in the Federal Register, FAA outlines a plan to use the first six months of 2014 to establish a baseline for dividing the allocations among qualified operators that fly in the restricted Grand Canyon airspace.

FAA is calling “implausible, if not simply preposterous,” the city of Santa Monica, Calif.’s arguments on why its lawsuit over control of Santa Monica Airport (SMO) should continue. The city on Oct. 31 filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California seeking to control the fate of SMO, saying it has “unencumbered title to the airport property and its availability ... to use the airport property as it chooses.” If successful, the city would have the option to close the airport after July 2015.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is urging FAA to rethink its approach to aircraft weight and balance requirements, saying the new approach is better suited for scheduled carriers.

The Transportation Department watchdog is criticizing FAA’s policy on aircraft registration, saying the agency still does not have the information it needs on non-U.S. citizen trusts (NCTs). FAA in June released a policy clarification that culminated a multiyear effort to tighten the use of NCTs to improve the accuracy, transparency and timeliness of aircraft registration information.