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Air Canada Selects Thales IFE Systems Fleetwide

In what is being billed as the biggest such deal in airline history, Air Canada has picked Thales as its supplier-of-choice for in-flight entertainment sys

Heli-Union takes the 800th EC Dauphin

Eurocopter yesterday delivered its 800th Dauphin here at Le Bourget after the helicopter’s 15-minute trip from the Paris downtown heliport.

JSF Production Is Lean and Mean

A big part of making the JSF affordable is the production plan.

JSF Partners Craft Technology MOU

A new set of technology-sharing memoranda of understanding are to be negotiated between the U.S.

EC copters go to offshore ops

Eurocopter yesterday  reported orders here at Le Bourget for EC 225 and EC 155 B1 rotorcraft from Bristow Helicopters and, in a separate contract, for

Second Indian airline to ink big Airbus buy today

India’s Kingfisher Airlines will place an order for Airbus A380s at the Paris Air Show today, according to officials with the carrier contacted in Mumbai y
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Aerion SSBJ on track for launch next year

A market research study commissioned by Aerion Corp.

Offshore Logistics Orders 35 new Sikorsky S-76s

Offshore Logistics, the world’s largest provider of helicopter transportation services to the oil and gas industry, yesterday ordered 35 new S-76 helicopte
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Honeywell’s Apex Will Go into Grob’s SPn Utility Jet

Grob’s SPn Utility Jet, a carbon-fiber light business twinjet introduced here on Monday, will enter production with the Honeywell Apex avionics system, acc

Corsica’s CCM Airlines Adds Six New ATR 72-500s

Corsica’s CCM Airlines yesterday placed an order for six new ATR 72-500 regional twin turboprops to replace its aging fleet of ATR 72-200s.

Indian Start-up Paramount Leasing Five Embraers

Indian start-up airline Paramount Airways signed a pair of preliminary agreements yesterday to lease two 70-seat Embraer 170s and three 75-seat Embraer 175

Bombardier, Gulfstream in bizjet speed showdown

Demonstrating that Boeing and Airbus aren’t the only bitter rivals in the aerospace schoolyard, Bombardier yesterday issued a public challenge to Gulfstrea

Boeing is big dealmaker at Paris show

Boeing yesterday landed three major airliner deals here at Le Bourget, collectively worth up to $13.1 billion.

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India, Pakistan look West for fighter buys

The new combat aircraft requirement in India is a hot topic in the chalets here this week, thanks to its size and–for Boeing and Lockheed Martin–the prospe
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Control Surfaces Separated Before Grob SPn Crash

Structural failure appears to have caused the fatal crash of the second Grob SPn prototype light jet near the company airfield in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Ge
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Airbus will defy U.S. block on A350 funds Headline here Head

Airbus will launch the A350 airliner in September regardless of whether the transatlantic trade dispute over airliner subsidies has been settled by then.

Titan case reveals lessons unlearned

For Titan Corp., the biggest fine imposed by the U.S.

Ryanair leverages all its buying clout

Details of Irish carrier Ryanair’s latest contract with Boeing illustrate some of the negotiable areas within such agreements.
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New Firefighting Role for BAE146

When Minden Air contacted BAE Systems’ regional aircraft division to ask about leasing a 146 jetliner to use as a water-bomber, it came as something of a s

Firefighters bank on hot summers

Fighting fires from the air used to be an ad hoc business, as unpredictable as the odds of getting a return on your equipment investment.

Alteon cultivates home-grown talent

Believe it or not, there’s a pilot shortage out there, not in the U.S.

Sonaca on the cutting edge of wings

What do the Airbus A380, Embraer 195 and Falcon 7X have in common, apart from being on display for the first time here at the Paris Air Show this week? The

Vigilant nations hungry for multirole watchdogs

The proliferation and diversification of international terrorism and crime is fueling demand for next-generation patrol aircraft for surveillance of airspa

Honeywell sells airlines its R&O expertise

As airlines seek to shed costs associated with expensive component repair and overhaul (R&O) activity, lucrative opportunities are emerging for companies w

MAKS sets stage for Russia's very own

Two months from now on August 16 to 21, Russia will stage its seventh Moscow Aviation and Space Exposition (MAKS, to use its Russian acronym).  Held o

NIIP builds upon history of innovation

Over 20 years ago the Moscow-based Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Building (NIIP) made military aviation history with the production of the Mi
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Airbus spells out A380 training culture

“Safety is not a book, not software; it’s a culture,” said Airbus training and flight operations support and services vice president Jean-Michel Roy, descr

Lobbying groups join forces

European industry officials hope that relationships with regulators and other agencies will  improve following recent consolidation of representative