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Air Astana takes delivery of its first A320neo

Royal Jet sets new benchmark with latest Boeing Business Jet delivery

Royal Jet, the Abu Dhabi-headquartered, award-winning international luxury flight service provider, has taken delivery of a striking new 34 seat Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) in the latest phase of its fleet renewal programme. This exciting news comes on the heels of the company's recent announcemen...

Airbus sold 19 jets in October

Airbus sold 19 aircraft in October, bringing new business this year to 585 jets and leaving the European planemaker about 85 airplanes short of its target for the year with two months to go, company data showed on Tuesday. Net orders adjusting for cancellations in the first 10 months of the year...

Air BP and BP Ventures announce investment of $30 million in biojet producer, Fulcrum

BP announced the creation of a strategic partnership between its BP Ventures and Air BP businesses with Fulcrum BioEnergy, a pioneer in the development and production of low-carbon jet fuel, in which BP will invest $30 million. As an equity investor, BP has secured a 10 year offtake agreement with Fulcrum for 50 million US gallons per year, from their plants under development across North...

Singapore Ministry of Defence orders H225M helicopters

Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with the Singapore Ministry of Defence for the acquisition of H225M - Medium Lift Helicopters. “We are greatly honoured that Singapore has selected the H225M as its next-generation Medium Lift Helicopter” said Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus Helicopters. “The Super Puma has served Singapore well for the last 30 years. The addition of the...

Singapore to buy Airbus and Boeing helicopters

Singapore has agreed to buy new military helicopters from Airbus and Boeing Co to replace its aging fleet of Super Pumas and Chinooks, the city-state's defense ministry said on Monday. Singapore has the largest defense budget in Southeast Asia at a time when China's increasingly assertive actions in the disputed South China Sea spur regional nations to step up defense spending. The d...

GE Aviation and its Joint Ventures Receive More than $3 Billion in Orders/Commitments at 2016 Zhuhai Airshow

GE Aviation and CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, announced more than $3 billion (USD) in orders and commitments at last week’s Zhuhai Air Show. The orders and commitments included more than 200 GE and CFM engines as well as agreements for TrueChoiceTM suite of engine maintenance offerings. Orders/commitments include (...

First CFM56-5C engine flies more than 100,000 flight hours on Lufthansa Airbus A340

There’s every reason to celebrate at CFM International and Lufthansa Technik AG, with the first CFM56-5C engine having passed the 100,000 flight hour threshold. The engine drives the Airbus A340 and has reliably been in continuous use since 1993 at Lufthansa Passage. The engine with the serial number ESN 740146 began its career on November 16, 1993...

India to buy rescue aircraft from Japan for $1.5-$1.6 billion

India's Defence Ministry will agree on Monday to purchase 12 amphibious rescue aircraft from Japanese manufacturer ShinMaywa Industries worth $1.5 billion-$1.6 billion, the Nikkei news paper reported on Sunday. Japan and India have been holding talks on the purchase for more than two years. It would one of Japan's first sales of military equipment since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe li...

Russia’s Workhorse An-2 Gets New Lease on Life With New Engine

In an interview with Sputnik, Vladimir Barsuk, director of the Siberian Aircraft Research Institute in Novosibirsk SibNIIA), spoke about the modernized Antonov An-2 planes Vietnam wants to buy. “We recently had a delegation of specialists from an aircraft repair plant in Vietnam visiting our institute. We showed them an An-2 plane with a new engine and offered supply s...

GE Aviation fires up engine made from 35 percent printed parts

3D printing has come a long way since the certification of a single printed part for aircraft was big news. General Electric Aviation has gone considerably further in the development of its Advanced Turboprop (ATP) for the Cessna Denali single-engine aircraft. The company has completed testing of a demonstrator engine on which the ATP will be based that is made from more than 35 percent 3D-pr...

If your Gulfstream’s just too slow, fear not – the supersonic private jet is coming

For the ultra-wealthy, a Gulfstream 650 or a Bombardier 6000 is fine but, given the choice, most would jump at the chance of their own supersonic luxury jet that could whisk them from Abu Dhabi to London in under four hours, or cut the flight time from Dubai to Singapore by about 2 hours. And that is exactly what they will be offered once the plane maker Aerion, backed by the Texas billionaire...

Bombardier Global 7000 Aircraft Successfully Completes First Flight

Bombardier Business Aircraft announced that its segment-defining Global 7000 aircraft program completed the successful maiden flight of its first flight test vehicle (FTV1). This first flight marks the start of a flight test program for the newest member of Bombardier’s flagship Global aircraft family, which is scheduled to enter into service in the second half of 2018....

Finnair and CFM celebrate 3 million flight hourswith airline’s CFM56-5B fleet

Finnair and CFM International are celebrating the achievement of three million flight hours by the airline’s CFM56-5B engine fleet. The Helsinki-based Finnish flag-carrier first became a CFM customer in 1998 with an order for CFM56-5B engines to power 12 Airbus A319/A320/A321 aircraft. The airline took delivery of its first aircraft in 1999 and is currently operating a...

Bell and Mecaer unveil new 505 luxury interior

Bell Helicopter and Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG), an acclaimed designer and manufacturer of high-end cabin comfort systems, today announced the collaboration for the MAGnificent interior for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X . “Bell Helicopter continues to raise the bar for our customers in bringing innovative and well-designed offerings to our product line,” said Patrick Moulay, B...

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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...