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Cirrus Announces 2022 G6 SR-series Improvements

Cirrus Aircraft announced its 2022 SR-series model improvements at its Cirrus CX customer experience convention in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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January 14, 2022

New Tu-160M Missile Carrier Makes First Flight

Russia is building up its strategic missile-carrying force by placing Tupolev's mighty Tu-160M “Blackjack” back into production.

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January 13, 2022

Gulfstream Selects GKN as G400, G800 Supplier

GKN Aerospace continues a nearly 30-year relationship with Gulfstream through aa new supplier agreement.

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January 13, 2022

Embraer Seeks Trademarks for Energia Aircraft Family

Recent trademark applications confirm that Embraer is pressing ahead with its plans to bring a family of nine to 50-seat aircraft to market.

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January 13, 2022

Videos

HondaJet Nears Delivery After Provisional FAA Certification

HondaJet Nears Delivery After Provisional FAA Certification

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March 31, 2015

Nextant's G90XT Prepares to Enter Service

Nextant's G90XT Prepares to Enter Service

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March 26, 2015

Sikorsky’s New S-76D Evaluated by Former North Sea Helicopter Pilot

Sikorsky’s New S-76D Evaluated by Former North Sea Helicopter Pilot

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March 16, 2015

How the Universal Avionics InSight Flight Deck is Modernizing MD Helicopters’ Explorer

How the Universal Avionics InSight Flight Deck is Modernizing MD Helicopters’ Explorer

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March 10, 2015

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Trainer Leasing Firm FlytFinance Launches

Flight schools can lease new training airplanes from FlytFinance.

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January 12, 2022

Hungary to Upgrade Saab Gripen Fighters

Modifications to Hungary’s Gripens will allow them to fire new weapons, such as the IRIS-T and Meteor air-to-air missiles.

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January 12, 2022

First flights in the past 50 years (January and February)

These aircraft took to the skies for the first time during January and February, from 1972 through 2021

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January 12, 2022

Embraer Selling Évora Aerostructures Units to Aernnova

Embraer is selling its Évora, Portugal-based metal and composite aerostructures subsidiaries to Aernnova for $172 million, with closing expected by April.

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January 12, 2022

Boeing Doubles Delivery Total in 2021, Net Orders Reach 535

A record year for freighter orders partially offset Boeing’s dismal showing in passenger widebodies, but it still came a distant second to rival Airbus.

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January 11, 2022

Turboprop Values Climb as Inventory Thins

Overall turboprop inventory is down 56.6 percent year-over-year, according to Sandhills Global aviation market report.

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January 11, 2022

Airbus Beats Full-year Target for Commercial Aircraft Deliveries

The European airframer handed over 611 aircraft to customers in 2021, which marks an 8 percent improvement over pandemic-hit 2020.

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January 10, 2022

AINsight: Who Would You Like To Be with at the Altar?

Given the hot preowned business aircraft market, who you chose to help you buy an aircraft is more important than ever.

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January 7, 2022

Flashback: Beech Super King Air 300 Bows in at $2.34M

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.

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January 6, 2022

Flashback: Kitbuilt Supersonic Jet Single Next on Jim Bede’s Hit List

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.

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January 6, 2022

Dassault Beats Falcon Delivery Forecast, Backlog Rises

Dassault Aviation delivered five more Falcons than it forecast last year while backlog grew for the French-made business jets grew to 55 aircraft.

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January 6, 2022

Flashback: Diamond Aircraft Joins the Small-jet Fray

We look back at some memorable events and coverage from AIN's half-century-old archives.

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January 6, 2022

All-Airbus Operator Allegiant Orders New Boeing Max Jets

Las Vegas-based Airbus A320-family operator Allegiant chooses Boeing Maxes over A220/A320-family jets as it abandons its Airbus-only fleet model.

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January 5, 2022

Autonomous Flight Opening Orderbook for Y6S Plus

Autonomous Flight is preparing for a Series C fundraising round as it prepares to complete the assembly of the Y65 Plus production version in 2023.

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January 4, 2022

Airbus Launches Reconstituted Aerostructures Division

Airbus Atlantic—the new aerostructures subsidiary of Airbus—started operations on January 1.

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January 3, 2022

Sabca Morocco Plant To Build PC-12 Components in 2022

Sabca and Pilatus struck an agreement to build PC-12 wing, fuselage, and flight controls in Casablanca.

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December 29, 2021