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Airbus' Venture Capital Arm Lands in Silicon Valley

Its first investment is in a startup that wants to build open-source aircraft and cars. Airbus has opened a new Silicon Valley venture capital arm whose first investment is in a company that wants to build cars, helicopters, and airplanes using open source designs. The fund, Airbus Ventures, o...

Russian Helicopters could go private this year — minister

Russian Helicopters could be partly privatized this year; an option to sell 25% stake to a strategic investor is being considered, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said Thursday. "25%. It all depends on the situation, but we hope that it will happen this year," he said, answer...

A350-1000 to enter final assembly next month

Airbus is expecting the first A350-1000 to enter the final assembly line in February, with first flight set to take place by the end of this year. The aircraft is at the pre-final assembly stage and chief operating officer Tom Williams says its development is progressing relatively smoothly. “It’s coming together really well, probably better than the -900,” he told Flightgl...

Got a spare US$432 million? Walk this way, your A380 awaits…

It always boggles the mind to look over the price-tags of new airliners whenever Airbus or Boeing update their list prices. Earlier this week Airbus released its average list prices for 2016, updated after a “price adjustment” of 1.1 per cent across its range. Not surprisingly the four-engine, double-decker A380 tops the table with a list price now at US$432.6 million...

Bombardier Appoints New Vice President, Investor Relations

Bombardier Inc. announced today the appointment of Patrick Ghoche as Vice President, Investor Relations, effective January 18, 2016. Mr. Ghoche will manage Bombardier’s relations with investors and analysts globally. He succeeds Shirley Chénier, who retired last year. “Patrick Ghoche is a highly dynamic executive with more than 15 years of experience in finance and accounting...

Citation Longitude To Be Built Alongside King Airs

Textron Aviation’s new Cessna Citation Longitude will be built at the former Beechcraft campus—Wichita Beech Field—in the same plant that produces King Airs, Barons and Bonanzas, company executives told AIN. The move to build the first Citation on what is now referred to as “East Campus” in Wichita comes as Textron Aviation further integrates Cessna Aircraft...

Embraer delivers 33 commercial and 45 business jets during Q4 of 2015

Embraer has delivered 33 commercial and 45 business jets, 25 of which are light jets and 20 are large, during the fourth quarter of 2015 (4Q15). The company ended the full year with 101 aircraft delivered to the commercial airline market and 120 to the executive aviation market, totalling 82 light and 38 large business jets. The total of 221 aircraft for both markets represents the highest volu...

Russia announces a $800mn order for 50 additional Su-35S fighter jets

The Russian Aerospace Force ordered 50 Sukhoi Su-35S (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E+) multirole fighters from Sukhoi (a United Aircraft Corporation subsidiary) in late December 2015, with its 2009 order for 48 Su-35s’s fulfilled, a UAC source told journalists on Wednesday. According to the source, the new order is valued at more than $788 million, but $1 billion seems to be more realistic,...

Bombardier and TAG Aeronautics reach agreement to end sales representative and distribution relationship in 21 countries

As a result of a change in Bombardier's strategic approach to aircraft sales, Bombardier and TAG Aeronautics have amicably elected to end their contractual agreements. This concludes nearly 40 years in which TAG Aeronautics served as Bombardier's exclusive sales representative and distributor for new Challenger and Global series aircraft in 21 Middle Eastern and north African countries. Wi...

PhilJets starts the year with Airbus Helicopters H130 order

PhilJets Group has placed an order with Airbus Helicopters for one brand new H130 light helicopter, scheduled for delivery in June 2016. PhilJets through its parents company, Starline Global Industries, already placed an order for an H130 last year and is renewing its confidence in this helicopter type to boost the expansion of its operations in the Philippines. “As a fast growing aviat...

Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department acquires one Airbus Helicopters H155

Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department and Airbus Helicopters signed an agreement for an order of one H155 medium helicopter for police, law enforcement and other public services, to be delivered in the beginning of 2017. Mission equipment for Shaanxi’s H155 includes a powerful searchlight, an electrical hoist and rappelling system, firefighting equipment, and a loud speak...

ANALYSIS: A350 Challenges Are Transitory

The delivery of the first Airbus A350 (an A350-900) to Singapore Airlines has been delayed, according to a report in Australian Business Traveler. The aircraft was scheduled to be delivered this month, but initial delivery was delayed due to issues with the interiors (seats and toilets) provided by component manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace. Singapore Airlines told Australian Business Traveler tha...

KAL-ASD wins $333.5m UAV contract

The Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) has won a $333.5 million contract to produce its KUS-7 UAV for the South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). In a statement, KAL-ASD gave no details about the number of aircraft it will produce, but the contract runs from 2016 to 2020. According to its website, the KUS-7 has an operational radius of 50km and c...

Airbus forms joint venture in bid for Canadian contract

Airbus Defense and Space and Canada's Provincial Aerospace have formed a joint venture company in a bid for a Canadian government contract. The new company, AirPro SAR Services, will be the Canadian in-service support integrator of Canada's Fixed Wing Search and Rescue fleet of C295W aircraft if Airbus wins its bid for the replacement of existing Buffalo and Hercules SAR aircraft. &q...

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