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Boeing, UPS Announce Order for 14 747-8 Freighters

Boeing and UPS today announced an order for 14 747-8 Freighters. The agreement also includes an option to purchase an additional 14 of the cargo airplanes. “These aircraft are a strategic investment for increased capacity for UPS customers around the globe,” said Brendan Canavan, president, UPS Airlines. “The 747-8 will allow UPS to upsize our network in both...

Gogo Business Aviation Enhances Gogo Vision With Multi-Language In-Flight Entertainment Capabilities Globally

Gogo Business Aviation announces it is expanding its in-flight entertainment (IFE) service, Gogo Vision, to better serve its international customer base by offering studio-licensed movies and TV episodes in seven languages. Gogo is the leading provider of wireless in-flight entertainment in business and commercial aviation. The enhanced language capabilities are part of a larger initiative to p...

Boeing Reports Third-Quarter Results and Raises Full Year Guidance

Boeing has reported profit that beat analysts’ expectations as the plane maker benefited from one-time tax gains and moderating production costs for the 787 Dreamliner. Third-quarter earnings were US$3.51 a share excluding a one-time accounting charge and some pension expenses, the Chicago company said. That was more than the $2.67 average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomb...

Boeing, SWISS Confirm Additional Order for 777-300ER

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) today confirmed a new order for one 777-300ER (Extended Range), valued at $339.6 million at list prices. The Swiss airline had previously ordered nine 777s and taken delivery of six this year as it continues to establish the 777-300ER as its flagship. "The 777-300ER will be the backbone of our long-haul fleet for m...

Global Eagle Entertainment and Qatar Executive sign content services agreement

Global Eagle Entertainment announced a strategic, multiyear content service agreement with Qatar Airways. GEE will provide a suite of core inflight entertainment (IFE) content services, including movies, music, TV and audio on in-cabin and seatback systems aboard 164 of Qatar Airways' commercial airliners, 8 Qatar Amiri charter aircraft and 12 Qatar Executive business jets....

NetJets Expands Portfolio with Brokerage Services

Fractional ownership pioneer NetJets is establishing a new division that it says will provide objective, expert support for clients wanting to buy or sell whole aircraft. QS Partners will tap the extensive in-house expertise of its parent company, while insisting that the new venture is not expressly intended as a vehicle to steer business to its fractional, charter and aircraft manageme...

NASA Is About to Test a Plane With Bendable Wings

When you look out the window of an airliner and see the flaps moving up and down, you’re really watching the wing change shape. The flaps change the curvature of the top of the wing, changing the amount of lift generated. But NASA is planning to test out a new plane that will bend its wings in a completely different way for a smoother, and greener, flight. The innovative wings won’t...

Textron: Bizjet Market in Early Stages of Recovery

Textron Aviation is seeing early stages of recovery in the business jet market, Textron chairman, president and CEO Scott Donnelly said this morning during the company’s third-quarter investor conference call. “While the market is still soft, we’ve seen good demand for our new products, which is driving growth.” During the quarter, the aviation subsidiary deliv...

GULFSTREAM G280 ACHIEVES REMARKABLE 57TH WORLD SPEED RECORD

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that its Gulfstream G280 aircraft recently established a speed record between Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands in Europe, and Teterboro, New Jersey, making the trans-Atlantic journey in just seven hours and 26 minutes. The super mid-size business jet departed Guernsey Airport at 7:54 a.m. local time and arrived at Teterboro Airport at 10:20 a....

CH-53K King Stallion Passes Initial Operational Testing

Lockheed Martin announced the CH-53K King Stallion successfully completed initial operational testing by the U.S. Marine Corps to verify the key capabilities of the heavy lift helicopter. The week-long operational assessment by Marine Corps pilots, aircrew and maintainers marked an important step in support of a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Milestone C decision early next year. "This...

Gulfstream G450 production to end, paving way for all-new G500

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced it will end production of the Gulfstream G450, one of the company’s most iconic and dependable aircraft, as it prepares to launch a new era of business aviation with the all-new G500. Gulfstream is scheduled to deliver the final G450 to a customer in early 2018. The G450 built on the successes of the GIV and GIV-SP, which have been class-leading...

Jeppesen to introduce enhanced arrival and departure charts

Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, has worked closely with the pilot community and leading experts to enhance its SID (standard instrument departure) and STAR (standard terminal arrival route) charts to increase situational awareness and reduce 'head-down' time while referencing chart information. "Over the past two years, we have teamed with pilots and experts in human factors to create...