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Sustainable aircraft service center to be build by Gulfstream Aerospace in Arizona

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. will construct a new aircraft service center at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, its first facility in Arizona. The new 225,000-square-foot facility, a more than $70 million investment, is expected to achieve LEED Silver certification and will expand Gulfstream&rsquo...

First Airbus helicopter flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel

An Airbus H225 has performed the first ever helicopter flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) powering one of the Safran Makila 2 engines . The flight, which took place at the company’s headquarters in Marignane, marks the start of a flight campaign aiming to assess the impact of unb...


Pioneering technology for sustainable aviation industry at Dubai Airshow by Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce participation at this year Dubai Airshow will present the experts and partnerships that are driving our sustainable aviation strategy. Rolls-Royce’s senior leadership team, including Chris Cholerton, President of Civil Aerospace, Ewen McDonald, Chief Customer Office and Rob Watson, Director of Electrical, will be on hand to brief customers and stakeholders. John Kell...

Embraer Energia Family – 4 aircraft concepts using renewable energy propulsion technologies

Welcome a family of concept Embraer aircraft that it is exploring to help the industry achieve its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The details of the Energia family, the latest in the company’s Sustainability in Action initiative, were broadcast live via YouTube from Embraer’s manufacturing facility in São José dos Campos. The company has partnered with an i...

MTU Aero Engines presents at Dubai Airshow 2021 future technologies for sustainable aviation

The aviation industry is continuing to recover and will meet again at the upcoming Dubai Airshow, where MTU Aero Engines will be presenting its future technologies for sustainable aviation under the motto “driven by visions of tomorrow” at booth number 1040 from 14th to 18th November. MTU offers innovative propulsion and service concepts across the entire lifecycle of an engi...

Flying car manufacturer PAL-V and Airtificial sign new strategic agreement

PAL-V is preparing for the serial production of the PAL-V Liberty and lining up its partner and supplier network. The contract between Airtificial and PAL-V consists in the agreement for the serial manufacture of four different packages: fuel tank, body parts, propeller- and rotor blades. The PAL-V Liberty uses many different composite parts to reduce the total weight of the vehicle without com...

What VoloCity will look like - Fiumicino Airport to Rome zero emissions in 20 minutes

From Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci airport to the center of Rome, and vice versa, in just 20 minutes, and with zero emissions in flight. This is one of the main advantages of VoloCity, the innovative air taxi created by the German company Volocopter, which will be on display in Piazza San Silvestro, in the heart of Rome, from 2 to 4 November.  The new vehicle is scheduled to take-off wi...

First in Japan SkyDrive - MLIT accepts application for flying car type certificate

SkyDrive Inc., an advanced air mobility solutions employing flying cars1 and cargo drones, announced that the company’s application for a type certificate2 for its flying car was accepted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) on October 29, 2021. As such, the company has now initiated a type certification project for the aircraft that it aims to com...

Life Flight Network signs purchase agreement for 12 Bell 407GXi

Bell Textron signed purchase agreement for 12 Bell 407GXi aircraft to Life Flight Network. The Bell 407GXi outfitted with IFR capabilities will be critical for Life Fight Network’s established missions of providing emergency aerial response to those in need.  “Bell’s top priority remains our commitment to safety,” said Michael Thacker, executive vice president, Innovat...

New Zealand strait crossed for first time by electric plane

Pipistrel aircraft promoter from New Zealand and an owner of Pipistrel’s Alpha Electro, Mr. Gary Freedman, became the first pilot to fly over the New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane. Freedman’s 40-minute solo flight came 101 years after the first person flew a conventional aircraft over the body of water that separates the South Pacific nation’s two main islands....

Boeing uncrewed Teaming Aircraft advances flight testing

Boeing Australia has expanded its flight-test program of the Boeing Airpower Teaming System, with two aircraft successfully completing separate flight missions at the Woomera Range Complex recently. The first Loyal Wingman aircraft developed with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) demonstrated a range of key characteristics during the test flights to continue to expand the flight envelope. A...

Wright Spirit – the world first zero-emissions airliner for regional jet market

Wright Electric, Inc.announced the launch of a new addition to their family of zero-emissions aircraft for the commercial market. The announcement is being made in conjunction with COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The Wright Spirit will incorporate Wright’s megawatt-class electric propulsion system and serve the 100-passenger market for one-hour flights. The...

40th anniversary of ATR - shaping the future of regional aviation

ATR marks its 40-year anniversary, celebrating key breakthroughs for regional aviation over the past four decades. The market-leading turboprop manufacturer will also use this milestone to look to the future, as it continues to incorporate innovative and sustainable technologies into its aircraft. On November 4 1981, ATR’s founding partners – Aerospatiale of France and Aeritali...

Fully outfitted G700 and award-winning G600 connect US Hubs to Riyadh

The all-new Gulfstream G700 and award-winning Gulfstream G600 added more international city-pair speed records traveling between locations in the United States and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Gulfstream showcased the aircraft to customers and prospects in the region. On Oct. 23, the fully outfitted G700 production test aircraft set a record from Houston, Texas, to Riyadh, flying 7,172 nautica...

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SkyDrive eyes Osaka’s rooftops for a new generation of eVTOL vertiports

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Aeroberm and Foster Aviation forge strategic partnership to accelerate vertiport infrastructure development in UAE

Foster Aviation, the Dubai-based provider of Advanced Air Mobility and aviation solutions, and Aeroberm, a Skyportz company and developer of the patented modular vertipad system, have announced a...

Jungheinrich & Deutsche Aircraft set a new standard in aerospace logistics with automated warehouse for next-generation regional aircraft production

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Tecnam unveils the FAR Part 23-certified P2008JC NG in the United States, redefining efficiency in next-generation pilot training

Tecnam introduces the P2008JC NG to the United States market, bringing flight schools a certified, next-generation training aircraft designed to dramatically reduce operating costs while maximizing fl...

Cessna Skyhawk Veris VR flight training device set for NBAA-BACE debut in Las Vegas

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PAL-V, AVION and FLYVE announce strategic partnership to scale global FlyDrive training infrastructure

PAL-V has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AVION, a specialist in advanced flight training devices, and FLYVE, a developer of FlyDrive ecosystems for professional and government operator...

FACC unlocks new growth opportunities through strategic funding

Rising production rates and the launch of new aircraft programs are driving increased demand for manufacturing capacity across the aerospace industry. To support this growth, FACC plans to i...

KLM marks fleet milestone with delivery of its first Airbus A350-900

Dutch flag carrier KLM, part of the Air France-KLM Group, has welcomed its first Airbus A350-900, marking a significant step in the airline’s long-haul fleet modernization strategy. The arrival...