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Embraer Delivers its 1,300th E-Jet to Tianjin Airlines

Boeing, AerCap Celebrate Delivery of Air France's First 787

Boeing and AerCap, a global leader in aircraft leasing, celebrated the delivery of the first 787 for Air France. The airplane, a 787-9, signifies the delivery of AerCap's 50th Dreamliner and will be deployed on Air France's Paris to Cairo route starting in Janua...

Rolls-Royce wins Trent 7000 order from new customer Aircalin

Rolls-Royce has won an order from New Caledonian airline Aircalin for Trent 7000 engines to power two Airbus A330neo aircrafts, supported by Rolls-Royce’s flagship engine service, TotalCare®. The order marks the first time that Aircalin has selected Rolls-Royce engines. The A330neo is e...

Bombardier to Showcase its Class-Leading Business Jet Portfolio at MEBAA 2016

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced it will showcase its class-defining business aircraft at this year’s Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) show at Al Maktoum International airport in Dubai (UAE) on December 6-8, 2016. The company’s most advanced business jets will be on static display, including the Learjet 75, Challenger 650, Global 5000and Globa...

GA Telesis Launches ACCESS - the First-Ever Globally Positioned Aircraft Flight Control Surface Support Program

GA Telesis, LLC has launched ACCESS - a new ready-to-go exchange program for aircraft flight control surfaces. ACCESS connects airlines to its extensive pool of ready-to-go flight control surfaces, leveraging the world’s largest independent inventory of the GA Telesis’ Component Solutions Group (CSG) with the comprehensive repair and overhaul capabilities...

Airbus corporate jet is highlighted at MEBAA show

Airbus Corporate Jets is exhibiting an ACJ318 at the MEBAA show, highlighting the greater comfort and space that its ACJ320 Family offers when compared with traditional business jets. The aircraft, which has the widest and tallest cabin of any business jet while being similar in size externally, is operated by Nasjet. Its cabin has several lounge areas, an office that converts to a bedroom, bat...

Next-gen supersonic jet travel on cards – at business-class fares

It is something of a truism to say commercial aircraft fly only as fast as they did in the 1950s. But given the range of aerospace advances in the past half-century, plus the technological leaps in almost every other area of human endeavor, it seems reasonable to ask: why do they not fly faster? That is the question driving a start-up called Boom Technology, which says it is time to bring su...

Airbus Group to cut net total of 934 jobs

European planemaker Airbus is to cut a net total of 934 jobs as part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at stripping out bureaucracy and simplifying its brand. Airbus Group said it would be cutting 1,164 jobs while also creating around 230 positions in other areas - confirming details released earlier by a French trade union. The company added it was in "constructive"...

TRU Simulation + Training to Deliver Avionics Training Systems for Bell Helicopter's 407GX and 412EPI

TRU Simulation + Training Inc.announced that it will provide Bell Helicopter’s Training Academy with avionics bench training systems for the Bell 407GX and Bell 412EPI helicopters. These two training systems are expected to be delivered to Bell Helicopter, also a Textron Inc. company, in the summer of 2017. These modern maintenance training devices will ensure that Bell Helicopter tr...

Panasonic partners with Safety Line to deliver airline fuel savings

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) and Safety Line unveiled a strategic partnership that will enable airlines to benefit from significant fuel savings. Panasonic Weather Solutions (PWS) provides Safety Line with enhanced global weather forecast through real-time weather data collection from its TAMDAR sensors and FlightLink[TM] Iridium system. TAMDAR data provides observati...

WTO delivers knockout blow to Boeing’s record-breaking subsidies with historic ruling

Today’s report from the World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel (DS487) confirms that the United States has ignored international trade rules by permitting illegal subsidies to Boeing, this time targeted at the 777X aircraft. The Panel found Washington State’s multi-billion dollar subsidy regime for Boeing to include “prohibited” subsidies, which in the Panel’s wor...

Daher's external paint scheme configurator for TBM 900 and TBM 930 very fast turboprop aircraft now available on iTunes App Store

Daher announced the release of a new iPad application that allows future TBM 900 and TBM 930 owners to customize the paint scheme of their very fast turboprop aircraft, while also enabling TBM fans to visualize the airplane of their dreams. This free-of-charge application displays a full 3D view of the TBM that enables the aircraft to be seen from all angles. For each area defined by one of Dah...

Bombardier Delivers First CS300 Aircraft to airBaltic

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced the delivery of the first CS300 aircraft to launch operator Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic), the flag carrier of Latvia. The CS300 is the larger variant of Bombardier’s all new C Series aircraft, which is designed to carry between 130 and 150 passengers. The handover to airBaltic comes just five months after the successful entry into service of...

Gulfstream Continues Sonic-boom Mitigation Research

Gulfstream Aerospace continues to pursue technologies that would enable building a supersonic business jet (SSBJ). The company has logged two new patents for sonic-boom mitigation technologies in the past two months alone. Queried about the new patents, a company spokeswoman told AIN, “Gulfstream has a small team committed to researching sonic-boom mitigation. We also continue to work t...

The Helmet That Gives Air Force Pilots X-Ray Vision

When Major Will Andreotta began flying for the Air Force in 2006, he had to do a lot of work. He was training on the F-16, a fighter jet first deployed in 1978, and almost everything was analog. "I would tell my wingman to target something, then call over: 'Confirm your this, because I'm seeing that,' " he says. In comparison, the F-35 that Andreotta flies now is a marvel:...

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Daher highlights expanding business aviation role of TBM and Kodiak at NBAA-BACE 2026

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Western Aircraft marks dual Pilatus milestones with 300th PC-12 delivery and 30 years of authorized sales & service excellence

Western Aircraft, an Authorized Pilatus Center and Greenwich AeroGroup company, is celebrating a trio of significant achievements in 2026 that underscore its enduring partnership with Pilatus. The mil...