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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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Dole Buys Three VLJs for Corporate Use
Dole Food and its affiliate Castle & Cook have purchased three Eclipse 500 very light jets (VLJs) that will join a current corporate aircraft fleet.
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Happy 30th to Safety Reporting System
NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) recently marked its 30th anniversary.
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Eclipse explains snags on preproduction Model 500
Eclipse Aviation expected to have delivered its first Eclipse 500 very light jet by the time this issue was printed, according to Eclipse president and CEO
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Kingfisher adds another 15 ATR 72-500s to fleet
India’s Kingfisher Airlines exercised options on another 15 ATR 72-500s yesterday during French President Jacques Chirac’s official visit to the subcontine
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Indian airline signs order for 43 Airbus A319, A320, A321 jets
In a deal three years in the making, the state-run airline Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) yesterday signed a firm order for 43 Airbus A320-family jets,
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TBM 850 challenges very light jets
EADS Socata (Stand A701) is here at Asian Aerospace to persuade anyone who is thinking about a step into the very light jet age to consider instead its new
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China Registers First Falcon
Dassault recently delivered the first Falcon business jet to be registered in China.
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Orders up, revenue down for Dassault
Dassault Aviation had mixed fortunes in 2005 with a slight fall in revenue and net result, balanced by a record 123 firm orders for Falcon jets, up from 69
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Maverick Jets Is Back with New Product
After operating below the radar for several years, Maverick Jets, now headquartered in Jackson, Wyo., revealed it is working on a next-generation Maverick
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Ruag Aerospace Services To Modify G550
Ruag Aerospace Services (Stand A221-04) is about to convert a Gulfstream 550 into an atmospheric research aircraft.
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Pilatus and Execujet Terminate PC-12 Deal
Execujet and Pilatus (Stand C104) have terminated their PC-12 relationship, the two companies announced last week.
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ST Aero wants to play in burgeoning UAV field
Singapore Technologies Aerospace is seeking local or overseas partners for unmanned systems development.
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Is Asia ready for VLJ? Eclipse boss is positive
The new Eclipse 500 very light jet isn’t physically here in Singapore but its U.S.
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Two Ships To Haul A380 Parts
Singapore Technologies Marine is building two freighters for Airbus to transport the largest componentsof the A380 super-large airliner by sea from its pla
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Air Nippon Buys 737 Training Aids
Aerosim Technologies is to supplypersonal-computer based flight-management system trainer and virtual flight-deck equipment to Japanesecarrier Air Nippon f
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Embraer 170 Wins Autoland OKs
The 70-seat Embraer 170 regional jet has received certification from Brazilian aviation authority Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial and from the European Aviatio
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Fighters set apart by AESA radars
Northrop Grumman’s active electronically scanning array (AESA) radars have undoubtedly made a big impact on fighter technology.
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Chinese airlines playing catch up to competition
The Chinese government has acknowledged that although China’s airlines have improved in airline management and operations, they still lag their major Asian
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Pre-owned Update 2006
Business Jets
2006 saw a rebalancing of the jet market At the beginning of this year there was an eerie silence in the pre-owned aircrafAircraft
CAE expands south China sim center
CAE is expanding its flight training center at Zhuhai in southern China by building a satellite complex to accommodate six more full flight simulators (FFS
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Asian carriers evaluate Boeing’s new son-of-747
Three years had passed since Boeing sold any passenger-carrying 747s when the company surprised the pundits last November by launching the 747-8 on the str
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Honeywell APU going on A350s
Airbus has chosen Honeywell’s HGT1500 auxiliary power unit (APU) to provide electric and pneumatic power for the new A350 variant of the A330 twin-aisle ai
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Airbus may launch freighter version of A330-200 soon
Airbus expects to launch its long-delayed freighter version of the A330 by mid-year.
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Suppliers are queuing to support A380 fleets
With the new Airbus A380 expected to begin operations in little more than ten months’ time, service-support companies are beginning to position themselves
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Airbus thinks it has overcome A380 structural test failure
An Airbus A380 structural failure during wing static tests in France last week do not mean Asian Aerospace 2006 visitors are in any danger when the new ver
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Gulfstream finds success in Asia/Pacific markets
During 2005 Gulfstream Aerospace sold 16 business jets in the Asia/Pacific region including the first large-cabin, long-range G450 and the second large-cab
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BAE Hawk begins 6-week regional tour
The arrival on Sunday of the BAE Systems Hawk New Demonstrator Aircraft (HNDA) marks the debut of the Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) anywhere in Asia and the s
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Gripen C/D makes airshow, Middle East debuts here
The arrival of the Gripen at the Dubai airshow represents a major milestone in an expanding marketing campaign for Sweden’s multirole fighter.
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Syria to choose between Airbus and Russian jets
Airbus is competing with Russia’s Ilyushin-Finance Co.
