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News from Aviation Week & Space Technology
May 20th
Airline’s first flight with 787 in four months landed in Chicago
May 20th
Deal could climb to 200 aircraft, total price over $8 billion
May 20th
Confidence grows over maiden flight four weeks away
May 20th
GEnx-2B engines are expected to improve fuel burn by a further 1.8%.
May 16th
Emirates to introduce fourth A380 on Australia, New Zealand network
May 15th
Indonesia’s NTSC has issued three 'immediate' safety recommendations
May 15th
Revised delivery schedule reduces near-term capital spending.
May 14th
GE alerted airlines of the potential for gear separation
May 14th
Slowing demand leaves Airbus with challenge to break-even in 2015
May 14th
Southwest Airlines is the first customer for the shorter-bodied -7
News from FlightGlobal
May 22nd
AgustaWestland believes its light twin-engined AW169 can grab a sizeable share of the VIP and corporate transport market as the type advances towards planned...
May 21st
China Southern Airlines is expecting to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 by early June, making it the first Chinese operator of the type. The...
May 21st
Beechcraft [stand 7060] is displaying its full line-up of turboprop and piston-engined aircraft at EBACE, where the restructured company is re-iterating...
May 21st
A UK Royal Air Force crew has flown the first air-to-air refuelling (AAR) training flight with the service's new A330 Voyager tanker/transport, just four...
May 21st
Connectivity provider OnAir [stand 1663] is targeting aggressive growth in the business aviation market as it launches the sector's first GSM product. Its...
May 21st
Rolls-Royce is broadening the scope of its CorporateCare power-by-the-hour support package for BR725 engines powering Gulfstream G650 ultra-long-range...
May 21st
EADS sister companies Airbus Corporate Jets and Eurocopter are sharing a stand [7040] for the first time at EBACE as a sign of closer co-operation between...
May 21st
NetJets Europe announced at EBACE that the first Embraer Phenom 300 business jet will be added to its fleet in early 2014.
May 21st
US regional carrier SkyWest has ordered 40 Embraer E-Jets.
May 21st
Aircell announced today it has signed an agreement with Germany's P3 Voith Aerospace to develop several new Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for its Aviator 200 in-flight connectivity system, aimed at the European market.
May 21st
European business aviation services provider ExecuJet is at EBACE to launch iPad app myExecuJet, designed to provide its management customers with a detailed, personalised and user-friendly breakdown of their aircraft's utilisation, schedule and cost of o...
May 21st
Nextant Aerospace will unveil a quieter, roomier and more efficient model of the seven-seat Nextant 400XT twinjet less than two years after it was first...
News from AviationNews
May 21st
This year, Alenia Aermacchi celebrates its 100th birthday. In honor of this historic occasion, Alenia will display its leading products, both past and present, at Le Bourget Air Show (June, 17t -23), including the Eurofighter, M-346, SF-260 and the MC-27J...
May 21st
Eurocopter today set new standards in business and private aviation by unveiling the next-generation EC175 helicopter in its Executive and VIP versions, which combine unparalleled elements of style and comfort with the largest cabin of any medium-sized tw...
May 21st
Dassault Falcon will present a full lineup of long-range large-cabin executive jets at this year’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, May 21-23. The lineup will feature the recently certificated Falcon 2000S, Dassault’s new entry leve...
May 21st
Performance package improves fuel burn by another 1.8 percent EVERETT, Wash., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A Boeing (NYSE: BA) 747-8 Intercontinental successfully completed its first test flight this week with a package of performance improvements in...
May 21st
Contract also includes additional 60 reconfirmable aircraft and 100 options May 21, 2013 – Embraer and SkyWest Inc. (SkyWest) announced a firm order, today, for 40 EMBRAER 175 aircraft. SkyWest will operate the aircraft under a Capacity Purchase Agreement...
May 21st
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., May 20, 2013 – A Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) Lightning II test aircraft recently completed the first-ever Vertical Takeoff (VTO) on May 10. VTOs are one of the many capabilitie...
May 21st
Geneva, Switzerland, May 21, 2013 – Embraer Executive Jets announced today at the 13th European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), the sale of an ultra-large Lineage 1000, to an undisclosed European client, operated by FLYINGGROUP. The...
May 21st
Experienced team will provide dedicated response to private jet needs 21 May 2013 Airbus is introducing a new corporate jet customer care centre (C4you) for its private jet customers, aimed at providing dedicated access to an experienced team. Customers w...
May 21st
Airbus Military and PTDI promoting transport aircraft in the ASEAN region. A CN295 military transport aircraft of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense will be making a tour around six ASEAN countries to promote the capabilities and efficiency of the transpo...
May 21st
A world première at the “European Business Aviation Conference and Exposition” (EBACE) in Geneva today: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd unveiled the PC-24, the world’s first “Super Versatile Jet”. The entirely newly developed PC-24 sees...
May 20th
Russia and Peru will sign a contract to upgrade Lima’s fleet of Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters by the end of May, Konstantin Biryulin, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said on Monday. Belarus sold around twent...
May 20th
Super Mid-sized Jet Sets City-Pair Record Between Luton and Lagos SAVANNAH, Ga., May 20, 2013 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s G280 aircraft recently traveled to Africa as part of the super mid-sized business jet’s yearlong world tour. En route, the aircra...
News from CombatAircraft.com News
May 21st
China's all-weather fighter base in Tibet is now widening its range of options in the event of a conflict with India. Intelligence intercepts and satellite monitoring has confirmed that China may have to some extent overcome Tibet's extreme altitude and t...
May 21st
Iraq's Central Criminal Court has resumed an investigation into officials suspected of corruption in a $4.2 billion deal to purchase Russian weapons, the head of the Iraqi Parliament's Integrity Committee, Bahaa al-Araji, said on Tuesday. "The investigati...
May 21st
Singapore has ordered another 20 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder and 100 AIM-120C7 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for its 98 American F-15 and F-16 fighters. The AIM-9X-2 is the latest version of the Sidewinder, a missile that has come a long way since it first ap...
May 21st
President Barack Obama’s administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several US government sources said on Monday. Obama has pledged more transpare...
May 21st
Russia is developing an advanced target simulation system for its air defense units based on the short-range Pantsyr system, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The new system "can launch up to 12 targets in one salvo simulating cruise missiles or multi...
May 21st
An “augmented reality” flight helmet for Britain’s new F-35 fighter allowing the pilot to see 360 degrees has “significant technical deficiencies” which have forced designers back to the drawing board.
May 21st
The newest Russian attack helicopters Ka-52 Alligator, Mi-28NE Night Hunter, surface-to-air missile system S-300V Antey-2500 and the combat vehicle tanks BMPT Terminator were presented at the Russian exposition in the Istanbul International exhibition of ...
May 21st
The Indonesian Military (TNI) is conducting a large-scale war game codenamed “Wibawa Yudha II” from May 6-29. The military drill involves tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of military vehicles, dozens of warships and planes.
May 20th
Russia is ready to develop jointly with Turkey a long-range air defense complex based on S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, state arms seller Rosoboronexport head Sergei Ladygin said on Sunday. Turkey launched a tender for the purchase of long-range ai...
May 20th
Military inspectors from the United States and Italy will carry out observation flights over Russian territory this week under the international Open Skies Treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. The experts will fly over Russia on May 20-24 on ...