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Essential news for 15 Nov 2017

Falcon Aviation expands its commitment to the H160

Falcon Aviation and Airbus Helicopters have signed a new MoU at the Dubai airshow expanding their commitment to the H160 adding three additional helicopters to the original Letter Of Intent (LOI) signed in May 2016. "We took the decision to increase our request following a flight demonstration where we got the opportunity to test the H160’s excellent passenger flight experience first...

Indigo Partners doubles existing A320neo Family order

Valued at $49.5 billion, this is Airbus’ largest single announcement ever Airbus, Indigo Partners’ four portfolio airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase by the four airlines of 430 additional A320neo Family aircraft. The aircraft will be allocated among the ultra low-cost airlines Frontier Airlines (United States), JetSMART (Chile), Volaris (Mexico) and...

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Bombardier signs Letter of intent with EgyptAir for up to 24 CS300 aircraft

This deal covers 12 firm orders and 12 purchase rights Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced, from the Dubai Airshow, that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for up to 24 CS300 aircraft with EgyptAir Holding Company, of Cairo. This includes 12 CS300 aircraft with purchase rights for an additional 12 aircraft. ‎Based on the list price of the CS300 airliner, a firm-order contra...

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Fleet Tops 400,000 Flight Hours

Boeing and Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. company announced the Bell Boeing V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft, including both CV-22 and MV-22 variants, has surpassed the 400,000 flight hour milestone. The V-22 Osprey has been continuously deployed since entering service in 2007 with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) in 2009. The aircraf...

TAG Aviation Asia wins AsBAA Icons of Aviation 'Best Management Company & Operator' Award

TAG Aviation Asia has once again been recognised by the Asian Business Aviation Community (AsBAA), receiving this year’s award for ‘Best Aircraft Management Company and Operator’ for the Greater Asia and Asia Pacific Region.  The AsBAA Icons of Aviation Awards, which are presented annually, were launched in 2015 and recognise outstanding achievement across 12 key categori...