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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.
Charter & Fractional
Arab Wings Receives Citation XLS
Amman, Jordan-based executive charter operator Arab Wings has taken delivery of a new Cessna Citation XLS jet.
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Saudi Company, Al Kharafi Group Order VIP Airbuses聰
An undisclosed Saudi Arabian company has ordered a VIP-configured Airbus A340-200.
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Jordan’s Seabird ready to build serial Seekers
Seabird Aviation Jordan (SAJ) plans to place the two-seat, Lycoming O-360-B2L-powered Seeker SB7L-360A aerial surveillance platform into serial production
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Airbus to test medical site in A380 cabin
Airbus To Test Medical Site for Cabins Airbus is preparing to test a dedicated medical area intended to accommodate all the equipment that airlines need fo
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Hawker 4000 Type Certified
Late last month, the FAA awarded Raytheon full Part 25 type certification for the Hawker 4000, some 10 years after the super-midsize jet was announced, fiv
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Second BA609 prototype makes maiden flight
On November 9, the second Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor prototype made its maiden flight in Italy.
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Boeing says 787 on schedule
Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways will take its first airplane in the second quarter of 2008, the program’s vice president of sales, marketing
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Nordam’s A380 contributions are highlights at its stand here
Nordam is featuring the wing tip fences and landing light lenses it started manufacturing for the Airbus A380 in October, plus a Singapore-made CFM56
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Asian RJ faces at least one year delay
China’s long-planned ARJ21 regional jet, which was supposed to enter commercial service in 2008, is now certain to be delayed by at least one year.
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After C-Series stall, what next for Bombardier?
Bombardier Aerospace’s decision to suspend its long beleaguered C Series has naturally raised questions about what direction the company will take now that
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Challenger 300 joins Global in north Asia
Bombardier yesterday announced the first delivery into North Asia of a new Challenger 300 super midsize business jet to Corporate Jets, Inc.
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Pilatus PC-12 world’s best selling business turboprop
Swiss airframer Pilatus last year achieved a sales record for its PC-12 single turboprop aircraft, logging 80 orders.
Charter & Fractional
Leggier jets from Bombardier key to Gold Air’s growth plans
Gold Air International has ordered two new Bombardier Global 5000s in a deal valued at close to $80 million.
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Spain’s second-largest charter firm expanding
Executive Airlines, Spain’s second-ranking executive charter operator, has increased its fleet from four aircraft to seven and expects to add five more in
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China regional jet market remains on slow simmer
Last month’s order for five ERJ 145s placed by China Eastern Airlines no doubt came as welcome news to the management of the Brazilian-Chinese joint manufa
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Asia/Pacific Forms Bedrock of ATR’s Good Year
Customers from the Asia/Pacific region played a big part in the banner year European airframer Avions de Transport Regional posted in 2005.
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Raptor in the running for Japan’s next fighter
Japan’s Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), which is accustomed to having the most modern variants of U.S.
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UAVs bring their own set of stealth challenges
Four decades after the first truly stealthy air vehicles were secretly flown in the U.S., the technology has matured and proliferated.
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USAF Counts the True Cost of B-2 Stealth
Brian Kilburn of the Boeing B-2 System Program Office presented insights into the true cost of a stealth operation at the Stealth Conference conducted rece
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Boeing speeds into AA06 on a road to redemption
Boeing employees who remember the sorry state of the airline industry and, frankly, their company during the last Asian Aerospace exposition in 2004 should
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India’s airlines confident but wary
Remember the days not too long ago, when any aspiring young computer whiz with a domain name and a smile could convince a venture capitalist to invest six
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Kingfisher Airlines brews up ‘value-added’ recipe for flying
Aviation International News traveled from Delhi to Mumbai for the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) conference on Kingfisher Airlines, because
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Cessna sells three bizjets here
Cessna sold three Citation business jets here at Asian Aerospace yesterday.
First, Japan Aerospace Corp.
First, Japan Aerospace Corp.
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Aussies will need quick decision on C-17 buy
Australia is mulling the acquisition of four Boeing C-17s, but will probably have to make its mind up by the end of June.
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TCAS 2000 Now Standard on Cessna Bizjets
Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a joint L-3 Communications and Thales company, has announced that Cessna has selected the TCAS 2
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Midcoast Delivers Corporate Global 5000
Midcoast Aviation has delivered the first corporate Global 5000 to be completed outside Bombardier’s own factory completions center.
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Embraer Phenoms To Fly with Thales
Embraer has selected Thales’ integrated electronic standby instrument (IESI) for the Phenom 100 and 300 business jets.
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European air-taxis join VLJ revolution
German charter operator Cirrus Aviation is to operate Eclipse 500s on behalf of UK-based group JetSet Air, which ordered up to 50 of the new very light jet
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The First Shall Become the Latest
Bob Pond, who owns the first production Piaggio P.180 Avanti, has ordered a new Avanti II to replace it.
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Eurofly using A319 as ‘club car’
Giving “club class” a new meaning, Italian carrier Eurofly is about to begin charter operations with an Airbus A319LR “business liner” on static display he
