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Diamond Aircraft DA50 first flight with retractable gear

On 28 October 2019 Diamond Aircraft’s single-engine 5-seater DA50, equipped with Continental CD-300 engine made its first flight with retractable gear piloted by Sören Pedersen and Niko Daroussis. In April 2019 at AERO Friedrichshafen, Diamond Aircraft announced changes on the DA50 pro...

Vietjet orders A321XLR and signs Airbus training services agreement

Vietnamese carrier Vietjet has announced that it will add the A321XLR to its fleet, with a firm order for 15 aircraft and the conversion of five A321neo aircraft from its existing backlog. The announcement was made during a visit to Airbus headquarters in Toulouse by Vietjet President & CEO Nguy...


First Helvetic Airways E190-E2 Jet Received

Congratulations Helvetic Airways! First E190-E2 Jet Received! A special ceremony was held in Zurich, to celevbrate official reception of first Helvetic Airways E190-E2 jet from Embraer! The airline has a contract for a firm order of 12 jets of this model, and purchase rights for a further 12 E190-E2, with conversion rights to the E195-E2, bringing the total potential o...

17 Commercial and 27 Executive Jets delivered by Embraer in 3Q19

Embraer delivered a total of 44 jets in the third quarter of 2019, of which 17 were commercial aircraft and 27 were executive jets (15 light and 12 large). As of September 30th, the firm order backlog totaled USD 16.2 billion. In the beginning of 3Q19, Embraer signed a contract with SkyWest, Inc. for a firm order of seven E175 jets in a 70-seat configuration. SkyWest will operate...

Cancellation of Mitsubishi SpaceJet M90 order confirmed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation

After close discussions, the decision was made to cancel the contract for the Mitsubishi SpaceJet M90 – 50 firm orders with 50 options – as the variant does not meet the requirements of the United States market. Future discussions will be focused on the scope compliant SpaceJet M100 aircraft. “TSH has been a long-time proponent of our aircraft program and w...

Cirrus Aircraft Revolutionizes Passenger Safety

Passenger Safety is being Revolutionised! Do you think it is possible to land a small aircraft with just the touch of a single button? To have an answer and know everything in detail - read carefully! Cirrus Aircraft introduces Safe ReturnTM – a revolutionary emergency autoland system that enables passengers to land the Vision JetTM with just the touch of a single...

New Airbus Record order by IndiGo

Yesterday new record order was announced by Airbus - India’s IndiGo has placed a firm order for 300 A320neo Family aircraft. This marks one of Airbus’ largest aircraft orders ever with a single airline operator. How this order will impact the power balance between Airbus and Boeing? At the end of September 2019, the A320neo Family had received more than 6,650 firm o...

Welcome new Piper M600 SLS

The Next generation M Series is here! Please welcome M600SLS! The aircraft, standard equipped with the new HALOTM Safety System - enhancing Safety, Luxury, and Support for one of the world's leading personal use, Basic Med compliant aircraft. It will now also be the first general aviation aircraft in the world to be certified with Autoland capability. Safety The HALOTM Safety System...

HCare Smart contract for Air Center Helicopters Airbus H225 fleet

Air Center Helicopters has signed a set of HCare Smart parts-by-the-hour contracts for 10 of its Airbus H225 helicopters. These aircraft are currently in operation with the U.S. Armed Forces for passenger transport, Special Operations Forces training, vertical replenishment and casualty evacuation missions. The HCare Smart contracts cover a three-year period and have been customized t...

Have YOU HEARD ABOUT ROLLS-ROYCE PEARL 700?

We hope you were following latest news and announcements made during last NBAA-Bace. One of them, very important, was regarding a Pearl engine family for business aviation, obviously by Rolls-Royce. The purpose-designed engine... the most powerful in the Rolls-Royce business jet propulsion portfolio... this is just a few of statements regarding the new one. If we say Gulfs...

Embraer Executive Jets’ European demo fleet got new home

London Stansted Airport FBO and Inflite The Jet Centre will become the new European home of Embraer’s business jet demo fleet.  With immediate effect, Inflite will look after the manufacturer’s demo fleet, including both Phenom and Legacy demonstrators (and eventually the new Praetor 500 and 600), under dedicated terms, inclusive of handling, maintenance and hangarage. ...

First NH90 Sea Lion delivered to the German Armed Forces

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first NH90 Sea Lion naval multi-role helicopter to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), with a further two to be delivered by the end of the year. In total, 18 Sea Lions have been ordered for the German Navy, with deliveries expected to be completed in 2022. The selection of the Sea Lion as...

Latécoère, Signify and Huneed Technologies strategic partnership on LiFi in commercial airplanes

Latécoère announced the industrial scale-up of its LiFi technology, thanks to MoU signed with Signify, the world leader in lighting, on its Trulifi technology, and an MoU signed with SouthKorea’s aerospace and defence specialist, Huneed Technologies, for data communication electronics and software. “The Paris Air Show 2019 gave Latécoè...

A Helicopter From a Printer: Russian Scientists "Print" a Large-sized Case of a Helicopter Engine for the First Time

 The internal engine body of the Russian helicopter VK-2500, completely created by the method of selective laser melting, is presented at the stand of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation at the Open Innovations forum in Skolkovo. The use of additive technologies for engine manufacturing has reduced the manufacturing time to 14 days. Developers...

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Airbus introduces uncrewed version of the H145, the U145

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First UK-built Islander passes 75% completion at Bembridge, on schedule for delivery

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