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The $22 Million Airbus H160 VIP Helicopter Is The Bugatti Of The Skies

Aviation master Airbus has just unveiled the new must-have luxury helicopter for the billionaire and celebrity set. The $22 million H160 VIP is a super-luxe variant of the world's most technologically advanced chopper, and it's a veritable Maybach for the skies.  It's based on the H160, the world's first all-composite civil helicopter, a lightweight whirlybird that can...

Monacair takes delivery of its 6th and last H130 from Airbus Helicopters

    The six H130s operate scheduled flights between Monaco and Nice.  More than 15,000 passengers transported since start of operations in January. Monacair has received the last H130 of a contract for six units signed in September 2015. Like the previous five aircraft, the new helicopter will join the regular scheduled flight service that Monacair has set up between Monaco He...

Airbus Corporate Jets adds Jet Aviation to Service Centre network

Airbus has added Jet Aviation and its MRO facilities to its ACJ Service Centre network, enhancing choice and geographical reach for its corporate jet customers and operators around the world. The expanded network comprises companies that are owned or controlled by Airbus, as well as independent ones that it has approved. Its capabilities include line and heavy maintenance, cabin-refurbishing, a...

Safran and AFI KLM E&M to create joint venture for aircraft engine parts repair

During a ceremony at the Palais de l'Elysée today in Paris, attended by French President François Hollande, Safran Aircraft Engines and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M, part of the Air France-KLM group) signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the creation of a joint company dedicated to the repair of aircraft engine compressor blad...

Airbus Helicopters introduces the H160 VIP version at EBACE

H160 VIP design intentions revealed  First letters of intent (LOI) signed after recent commercialisation kick-off  Flight test campaign with Arrano engines progressing Airbus Helicopters presents an exclusive first glimpse of the H160 VIP version at this year’s EBACE meeting in Geneva, which will be held from May 24-26. Customers will have the opportunity to experience some of its feat...

TAG Aviation Le Bourget Maintenance Service Centre Becomes an Authorised Honeywell Dealer

TAG Aviation’s Maintenance Service Centre located at Le Bourget Airport in Paris is delighted to announce it has become an Authorised Dealer for Honeywell’s Commercial Aerospace Avionics Products. Under this exciting collaboration and the terms of the 5-year agreement, TAG Aviation is set to provide Honeywell avionics sales and support solutions to its customers worldwide. TAG Aviati...

Airbus launches ACJ350 XWB with Easyfit outfitting

Airbus is launching a new corporate-jet version of its popular A350 XWB airliner, with Easyfit provisions for cabin-outfitting, expanding its corporate jet family with an aircraft that delivers more capacity, capability and comfort. Called the ACJ350 XWB, it features 270 m2/2,910 ft2 of cabin space in the -900 version. The ultra-long range variant can fly 25 passengers up to 10,800 nm/20,000 km...

Airbus Helicopters Foundation supports Ecuador after the earthquake disaster

Airbus Helicopters Foundation has been providing support to on-going humanitarian relief efforts following the earthquake that hit the Manabi and Esmeraldas regions in Ecuador on 16 April 2016. According to national authorities, this disaster has left more than 20,500 people homeless, and many without water and food supplies. This earthquake is the worst natural disaster that has happened in the c...

AMAC Aerospace acquires JCB Aero SAS in France

AMAC Aerospace Switzerland Ltd. is expanding its completion, maintenance, engineering and production services with the acquisition of JCB Aero SAS, a French leader in the luxury design and installation of civil and VIP aircraft interiors. With more than 25 years of expertise, JCB Aero SAS is a key player within the aircraft cabin interior industry. Its core competences are engineering project a...

Dassault's Falcon 8X poised for certification

Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, the Falcon 8X, is expecting imminent certification following the successful completion of flight tests and a demanding month long global operational test campaign. FAA and EASA certification of the 6,450 nm/11, 945 km 8X is at mid-year and entry into service by late summer, right on schedule. In late April, Falcon 8X s/n 03 completed a global proving t...

DAHER presents its 2016 turboprop aircraft range and highlights the “Charter Pack”

Daher’s broad range of capabilities – from the production of aircraft and aerostructures, its expertise in engineering, support and modernization to the new “Charter Pack” coverage for TBM commercial charter flights – are the focus of its participation in this week’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE 2016). Benefitting from signifi...

Dassault Hails Falcon Customer Support Initiatives

This year’s annual Dassault Falcon community get together was a bigger than usual event, in part as the company is marking the 100th anniversary of its origins. The gathering near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 13 drew some 500 customers and Dassault employees from around the world. Before champagne flowed for the 100th birthday party, presentations from key Dassault Falcon offic...