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Is Boeing Planning a New 737 Jet?

Boeing is on track to start delivering the fourth generation of its workhorse 737 jet next year. However, of the three variants it has designed -- the MAX 7, MAX 8, and MAX 9 -- only the 737 MAX 8 has sold well thus far. Demand for the smallest version has been particularly weak. Boeing has...

Is Bombardier a Threat to Boeing and Airbus’ Monopoly

The recent Delta Air Lines order has restored some confidence in Bombardier and may lead to more CS100 orders. Boeing and Airbus have long been ruling the aerospace market with their single-aisle 737 aircraft and A320 series. However, the recent Delta Air Lines Inc.'s firm order of 75 CS...

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 Completes High Altitude Flight Testing in Bolivia

The Boeing 737 MAX flight test program has embarked on its first international flight, successfully completing the high altitude flight test campaign in La Paz, Bolivia. On its way to the Latin American country, the second 737 MAX prototype (N8702L / MSN 36989 / LN 5668) stopped in Panama for a presentation to Copa Airlines. Last year, the Panamanian carrier placed a firm order for 61 737...

Norwegian crash grounds global H225 fleet

All Airbus Helicopters H225s (EC225LP) have been grounded following a fatal crash of a CHC Helicopter’s H225 off the west coast of Norway on April 29 killing all 11 passengers and two crew on board. The H225, registered LN-OJF, operated on behalf of Statoil, was returning to Bergen from the Gullfaks B platform, 120 kilometres off the Norwegian mainland, when it impacted the rocky shorelin...

Ministry of Defence unveils new armed drone that can spy on targets for twice as long to double RAF fleet

Britain will double its fleet of armed surveillance drones with a new upgraded generation of unmanned aircraft able to fly for nearly twice as long, laden with more bombs, missiles and sensors, the MoD has disclosed. The 79ft wingspan, remotely piloted planes will be able to circle over and spy on targets for nearly two days, while sophisticated new flight computers mean they will be able to fl...

Piasecki touts winged compound helicopters for Future Vertical Lift

Piasecki Aircraft chief executive John Piasecki sees an enduring place for the company’s winged compound helicopters within the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift strategy despite the robust competition that has emerged between compound coaxial and tiltrotor types currently engaged in a Joint MultiRole technology demonstration effort. The advanced aircraft design company – which h...

Bombardier family digs in its heels on dual-class shares

Bombardier Inc’s founding family is rejecting demands by Canada’s government to loosen its control of the company in exchange for financial assistance. “It’s not our intention to change anything in this regard,” Chairman Pierre Beaudoin said Friday in Montreal. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is said to be pushing for corporate governance change...

PGZ and Airbus Helicopters launch industrial talks for the Tiger HAD in Poland

Radom (Poland), Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and Airbus Helicopters are hosting a two-day workshop in Radom on the 28 – 29 April to identify potential areas of cooperation around the Tiger HAD project, in the frame of the Kruk attack helicopter project. The event included the global network of Tiger HAD suppliers who took part in the discussions with a number of Polish companies. T...

Airbus Helicopters hands over first two H145M to Royal Thai Navy

Donauwörth, With successful technical acceptance, Airbus Helicopters has handed over the first two of five lightweight military multi-role H145M helicopters to the Royal Thai Navy. This marks an important milestone in the H145M programme on its way to the final acceptance and entry into service in Thailand at the end of 2016. A delegation from the Royal Thai Navy and Airbus Helicopters G...

P&W wrapping up F135 engine development

Pratt & Whitney expects to wrap up system development and demonstration (SDD) of the F135 propulsion system for the F-35 Lightning II in July after 15 years of work, but the company will remain engaged with the wider Joint Strike Fighter flight test effort which runs until late 2017. The P&W's head of military engines Bennett Croswell tells Flightglobal that the F13...

Is this a totally new kind of aircraft?

Do you want to fly but think a private plane is too conventional? Some Singaporean students may have designed the answer. The age of the drone is in full swing, and unmanned aircraft are being touted for everything from package delivery to search and rescue. We’ve got used to the acronym UAV, short for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. But how about PPD? If current experiments work, “per...

Delta Orders 37 A321s

Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.) – based Delta Air Lines has placed an order for 37 A321ceo aircraft. This order follows previous Delta orders for the Current Engine Option version of the largest Airbus A320 Family member in 2013 and 2014. Delta took delivery of its first A321 in March 2016. Including that aircraft and today’s announcement, Delta has ordered a total of 82 A321s. Each will be po...

Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand and Textron Aviation at Marrakech 2016

Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand and Textron Aviation Inc., all Textron Inc. companies, announced their plans for the Marrakech Airshow at the Menara Airport in Marrakesh, Morocco, which runs April 27-April 30, 2016. Textron will be displaying in chalet A8. Bell Helicopter This year, Bell Helicopter is showcasing the Bell 407GXP, equipped by NorthStar Aviation as a light attack hel...

Russia’s Irkut and Air Tanzania to study possibility to supply MS-21 aircraft to Tanzania

The Irkut corporation and Air Tanzania will study the possibility of supply short and medium-range aircraft MS-21 to Tanzania, according to a memorandum of understanding signed by the companies on Thursday. After the talks executive director of the Tanzanian company Johnson Mfinanga said that in terms of technical and operational characteristics the Russian airliner meets the requirements of th...

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Airbus expects global freighter fleet to nearly double by 2045

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Dassault brings EASy IV upgrade to Falcon 2000 series, extending its latest standard to the best-selling family

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Archer showcases electric air taxi operations in historic San Francisco Bay flights

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Norway unveils five sites for landmark hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrations in 2027

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

Daher Aircraft will present its TBM and Kodiak aircraft families at next week’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), showcasing how their combination of performance, e...