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Appropriations Deal Eases Boeing's Max Cert Burden

An amendment to the U.S. Congress's Appropriations Bill does away with a requirement for a crew alerting system upgrade for the Max 7 and Max 10 airliners.

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December 20, 2022

Mesa Switches Regional Alliance From American to United

Mesa Airlines is ending its 30-year partnership with American Airlines and will redeploy its CRJ-900 fleet to fly regional routes for United Express.

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December 19, 2022

Air New Zealand Signals Next Steps To Decarbonize Fleet

The carrier plans to acquire up to 23 electric or hybrid-electric aircraft and is now working with four manufacturers to replace turboprop commuters.

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December 15, 2022

How a Zero Carbon Electric Helicopter Could Save Lives and the Planet

How a Zero Carbon Electric Helicopter Could Save Lives and the Planet

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December 15, 2022

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Competition Begins to Find U.S. Air Force’s New T-X Training Jet

Competition Begins to Find U.S. Air Force’s New T-X Training Jet

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January 6, 2017

Flying the Dassault Falcon 8X Business Jet

Flying the Dassault Falcon 8X Business Jet

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January 5, 2017

Spotlight on the Dassault Falcon 8X Business Jet Interior

Spotlight on the Dassault Falcon 8X Business Jet Interior

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December 4, 2016

Top Aircraft Brokers Discuss the Changing State of the Market

Top Aircraft Brokers Discuss the Changing State of the Market

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November 22, 2016

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Boom Supersonic Outlines Its Own Engine Design

Taking on a huge risk to the Overture supersonic airliner program, Boom Supersonic has elected to design and build its own turbine engine.

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December 14, 2022

German Team Performs Remote Carrier Air Launch Test

The launch was the first inflight test of remote carrier technology destined for the Future Combat Air System.

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December 13, 2022

United Turns to Boeing for Reboot of Long- and Short-haul Fleet

The U.S. airline will add up to 200 of Boeing 787 Dreamliner to its fleet and 100 of the 737 Max single-aisle jets in a deal worth at least $65 billion.

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December 13, 2022

Pilatus Aircraft Delivers Last PC-6 Porter

Pilatus marked the end of a 63-year production run for the PC-6 Porter on Dec. 12, 2022, with the last delivery of the venerable turboprop single.

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December 13, 2022

Used Aircraft Values Continue To Climb in November

The higher values come at the same time business jet and turboprop inventories increase.

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December 12, 2022

Airbus Set To Fly Morphing Wing Testbed

Airbus expects to start flight testing early next year of a Cessna Citation VII demonstrator that will be used to test new wing technologies.

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December 12, 2022

Elvis's Jet Hits the Auction Block Again

A Lockheed Jetstar, one of two once owned by the late Elvis Presley, will feature in an auction in January.

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December 12, 2022

Brunei Expands Airlift Capability With Airbus C295s

The order for new transport aircraft will increase Brunei’s ability to not only conduct airlift missions, but also other roles such as search and rescue.

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December 9, 2022

China Eastern Takes Delivery of First Comac C919

China’s Comac ships first of five C919 narrowbodies to launch customer China Eastern Airlines.

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December 9, 2022

Japan Joins Forces with UK and Italy for Future Fighter

Growing industrial cooperation between the two future fighter teams has led to a more formal collaborative approach between the Tempest and F-X programs.

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December 9, 2022

Etihad to Reactivate Airbus A380s Next Year

Four Airbus A380 superjumbos operated by Etihad will fly the Abu Dhabi-London Heathrow route beginning in summer 2023.

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December 9, 2022

Titan Continues To Add Aircraft at Steady Rate

Titan Aviation is looking to nearly double its fleet size and is especially looking to add super midsize or large aircraft to its lineup.

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December 8, 2022

ExecuJet’s OMDW MRO Facility To Open in Early 2023

ExecuJet’s aircraft maintenance facility at Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport is expected to open in the first quarter of 2023.

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December 8, 2022

Airbus Aims to Sell 15 ACJs in the Middle East in the Next Five Years

In 2022, Middle East-based ACJ departures are up 42 percent on 2019.

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December 8, 2022

Gulf Business Boom Driving Interest in Lighter Aircraft, Embraer Says

Embraer is seeing a notable uptick in business in the Gulf region as multiple industries are driving interest in a range of aircraft categories.

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December 8, 2022

Neste, Airbus, and Air France Signal Need to ‘Decarbonize Now’

Sustainable aviation fuel production must increase exponentially to meet aviation’s carbon targets, say stakeholders.

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December 8, 2022