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Airbus delivers world’s first A330-300 Regional to Saudi Arabian Airlines

Jeppesen Teams with China Eastern to Establish First Paperless Airline Operations in China

China Eastern Airlines recently received authorization from the Civil Aviation Administration of China to operate in a fully digital capacity, using Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro as part of its electronic flight bag (EFB) solution. Jeppesen, a Boeing company, teamed with China Eastern to gain the milestone...

Argentina’s Cicare Prepares for Certified Helos

Argentine kit helicopter maker Cicare plans to enter the certified helicopter market. Raul Oreste, the company’s chief commercial officer, told AIN that the company is working on a certified version of the Model 12 two-seater that is currently sold as a kit. It hopes to have it certi...

Airbus is building a high-speed flying taxi fleet so you never have to sit in traffic again

Airbus wants to make the flying car a reality. The aircraft manufacturer is designing a flying taxi, named CityAirbus, that can fly itself to make commuting easier in traffic-heavy cities. Airbus wrote on its website that the flying taxi will be part of a fleet so you can summon it on your smartphone. "Techies in Silicon Valley invent high-tech products every day. However, they sti...

Photos - Belavia and it's first Boeing Next-Generation 737-800

Belavia celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Next-Generation 737-800 purchased directly from the manufacturer. Since I had the honor to meet the new board of the airline in Minsk, I can share some photo impressions: Belavia selected the 737-800 based on business objectives set by the airline – cost efficiency and maximum range for flights to...

Hawaii's Paradise Helicopters signs fleet for Bell Helicopter Customer Advantage Plans

Bell Helicopter with the support of Able Aerospace Services, announced that Paradise Helicopters, a leading helicopter tour company in Hawaii, has signed its fleet of Bell 407s for the Customer Advantage Plan (CAP). Paradise is the first helicopter tour company to enroll in this new service solution. Bell Helicopter’s Customer Advantage Plans provide customers with comprehensive coverage soluti...

Could Bombardier Soon Sell Learjet?

Industry analysts this week pointed to signs of a possible acquisition in Learjet’s future. Bombardier financial analyst Cai von Rumohr says the sale of the Bombardier subsidiary is “increasingly possible,” with Textron Aviation as the likely buyer, the Wichita Eagle reports. The speculation comes after Bombardier’s second-quarter 2016 earnings call Friday, in which B...

India to Upgrade Russian-Made Su-30 Fighter Jets Amid Delay in Rafale Deal

India has finalized a plan to modernize their fleet of Su-30 fighter aircrafts, as a deal with Rafale has yet to be signed and the Indian Air Force urgently needs a stealth aircraft. An agreement between Russia and India on upgrades to the aging Indian Air Force Su-30 fighter aircraft fleet, sources in the Defense Ministry told Sputnik. The upgrade process and its impleme...

Fitch: Commercial Aircraft Delivery Outlook Intact Despite Order Slowdown

Fitch Rating’s large commercial aircraft (LCA) delivery outlook for 2016 and 2017 is intact despite some weakness in parts of the widebody aircraft market, delivery deferrals across most regions of the airline industry, and a likely decline in new orders in 2016 compared to 2015. While Fitch is more cautious than at the beginning of the year, the record order backlog combined with other s...

Russia to Produce First Modernized NK-32 Aircraft Engines by End of 2016

Russia's the manufacturing firm Kuznetsov plans to produce an initial batch of the upgraded Kuznetsov NK-32.02 aircraft engines by the end of 2016, according to media reports. Russia will produce an initial batch of the upgraded Kuznetsov NK-32.02 aircraft engines by the end of 2016 in an effort to improve the country’s military aviation capabilities, media re...

Russia's newest drone to undergo certification tests within days — source

Russia’s newest tactical drone Korsar will undergo government certification tests within days, a spokesman for the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (affiliated with Rostec) has told TASS, adding that all three drones of that type to be tested were operational. Some media said earlier there was only one sample of Korsar, which had crashed during a test flight. "This is n...

Spatial completes manufacturing plant expansion

Spatial, the UAE based manufacturer of full flight pilot and cabin crew simulators, has completed a major upgrade of its manufacturing facilities in the RAKIA Free Zone. The company has now completed a 12,000 square foot factory extension complete with a temperature and pressure controlled composites processing plant, a fully integrated CNC machine centre and a automation division building PLC...

Irkut Corporation delivered MC-21 fuselage to TsAGI for static tests

Irkut Corporation delivered to Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute named after professor N.E.Zhukovsky (TsAGI) the MC-21 fuselage designated for static tests to confirm the strength characteristics of the new aircraft and to provide certification of the type for static strength. On August 12, the MC-21 fuselage was delivered to Zhukovsky from Irkutsk by An-124 freighter. In the near future other...

Boeing will not raise 787 production

Boeing Co said it will not increase 787 output and could further cut 777 output unless sales of both jets improve, its clearest indication yet that its production of large jetliners may have peaked for now. "If the market's not going to demand it, we're not going to go," Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith said on the sidelines of an investor conference in New York by glob...

Boeing’s Crabtree optimistic for the rest of the year

The first half of the year has certainly been a rough ride to date for the air cargo industry, but there is optimism in the air. Boeing’s Tom Crabtree, who is the US aircraft manufacturer’s air cargo airline market analyst, is sure there are better months on the horizon. He feels the industry is still on track to achieve growth in 2016 compared to 2015, and forecasts a bett...

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