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Boeing resumes some 737 Max test flights

Boeing resumed flights of its new 737 Max jetliners on a limited basis at the weekend, setting the stage for the first commercial delivery after a potential engine flaw temporarily grounded the single-aisle aircraft. Regulators cleared the planes to fly as long as they are powered by spare engines that do not include the possibly defective part, the Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said. The supplie...

Boeing, Primera Air Announce Order for Up to 20 737 MAX 9s

Boeing and Primera Air announced an order for eight 737 MAX 9 airplanes, valued at more than $950 million at list prices. The agreement also includes purchase rights for four additional 737 MAX 9s and a lease agreement for eight more airplanes from Air Lease Corporation. The 737 MAX 9 will form the backbone of the low-cost airline's future as it seeks to commence flights betw...

Textron Aviation celebrates Citation Mustang with final delivery

Textron Aviation announced the final production Cessna Citation Mustang has rolled off the assembly line and will be delivered in the coming weeks. The ground-breaking Mustang quickly set the standard in its category for pilots stepping up to jet ownership, and enjoyed tremendous success throughout its 12-year production run with more than 470 aircraft delivered to customers around the world. &...

Airbus begins production of first U.S.-built A320 in Mobile

The Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, has received the major component assemblies for the first A320 that will be produced in the U.S. The 27 aircraft delivered from the facility thus far have been A321s. This marks another important milestone for the manufacturing facility, which began production in July 2015 and is equipped to build three members of the A320 Fam...

Jeppesen and ForeFlight form alliance to deliver industry leading apps and flight information to pilots worldwide

Jeppesen, a Boeing Company and a leader in aviation navigation and operational efficiency solutions, and ForeFlight, the innovative provider of mobile and web aviation applications, announced that the companies have entered into in a long-term strategic alliance to combine their industry-leading capabilities and worldwide content. Together, Jeppesen and ForeFlight will build on their common herita...

TRU Simulation + Training to Provide Boeing737MAX Full Flight Simulator to Icelandair Training Center

TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron Inc. company, announced that it has signed an agreement with Icelandair to provide a Boeing 737 MAX Full Flight Simulator (FFS) to its flight training center in Reykjavík, Iceland. The device is planned to be delivered in mid 2018. The new B737 MAX full flight simulator will be the second device delivered to Icelandair’s Flight Tr...

Third Gulfstream G600 joins flight-test program

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the third Gulfstream G600 test aircraft successfully completed its first flight. The move comes after the first G600 flight in mid-December 2016. The G600 took off at 8:51 a.m. from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on May 5, flying for a total of 4 hours and 35 minutes. “The consistent execution of the G600 flight-test...

JETNET Demonstrating New Intelligence Features at EBACE 2017

JETNET, the world leader in aviation market intelligence, will demonstrate a series of new releases and features in their aircraft research service lineup at EBACE 2017 at the Geneva Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland. Highlights this year include: Aerodex Elite, a new product that combines owner/operator data with the FAA’s Traffic Flow Management System in near real time; a mobile impleme...

Boeing KC-46A Tanker Joins Flight Test Program

Boeing now has six aircraft in its KC-46 tanker test program, expanding its ability to complete ground and flight-test activities as it progresses toward first deliveries to the U.S. Air Force. The newest KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft, the second low-rate initial production plane, completed its first flight April 29. Its test activities will help ensure the KC-46 can safely operate throu...

GE Aviation Opens New Brilliant Factory

GE Aviation celebrated in Muskegon the grand opening of its $14.5 million Brilliant Factory – an investment that will stimulate economic growth in the region and where GE is using data and analytics to run its plants more efficiently. For the event, John Bowman, general manager, Supply Chain for GE Aviation joined Senator Debbie Stabenow, State Senator Goeff Hansen, State Representatives...

Airbus Engineering boosts innovation,relaunches Airbus Foundation Flying Challenge in Wichita

Airbus Americas Engineering officially opened its new Engineering Center on the Wichita State University (WSU) Innovation Campus. In a ceremony attended by the approximately 300 Airbus employees who work at the center and special guests, including Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer, the company recognized the importance of locating academia and industry together to improve innovation and competitiveness. Th...

United Airlines to offer passengers up to $10,000 to surrender seats after dragging incident

United Airlines said on Thursday it would offer passengers who volunteer to forfeit their seats on overbooked flights up to $10,000 as part of the carrier’s efforts to repair the damage from the rough removal of a passenger. The offer came after rival Delta outlined plans to offer up to $9,950 in such cases. United also said it would take actions to reduce overbooking flights and impro...