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Bombardier Challenger 3500: Engineered for Total Performance

Bombardier Challenger 3500: Engineered for Total Performance

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December 13, 2021

Boeing 787 Delivery Halt Spoils American Airlines’ Summer Plans

As the FAA continues its analysis of Boeing’s 787 fixes to gaps between fuselage sections, American Airlines must delay international expansion.

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December 10, 2021

Finland Selects F-35 Fighter As Hornet Replacement

After an exhaustive and well-publicized evaluation, Finland has followed Switzerland in choosing Lockheed Martin's F-35 to replace its F/A-18s fighters.

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December 10, 2021

Eviation Unveils Bizav Version of All-electric Alice

Eviation today introduced a six-passenger executive-cabin version of its Alice all-electric aircraft.

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December 10, 2021

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Airbus Helicopters Unveils the New H160 Helicopter at HeliExpo

Airbus Helicopters Unveils the New H160 Helicopter at HeliExpo

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March 3, 2015

Textron Cessna Citation X Elite Business Jet

Textron Cessna Citation X Elite Business Jet

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February 24, 2015

Dassault Has An Export Order for the Rafale Fighter. See what Egypt is Getting

Dassault Has An Export Order for the Rafale Fighter. See what Egypt is Getting

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February 13, 2015

Embraer KC-390 Military Transport First Flight

Embraer KC-390 Military Transport First Flight

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February 4, 2015

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Textron Aviation Delivers Cessna 206s to West Point

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point will use the Cessna 206 Turbo Stationair HD airplanes for its cadet aviation training program.

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December 10, 2021

Some Sustainability Steps Can Lower Bizav Ops Costs

Improving aircraft efficiency is also a way for business jet operators to become more sustainable.

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December 9, 2021

EFW A320 Passenger-to-freighter Conversion Makes First Flight

Following an eight-month conversion process, the A320P2F took flight from Singapore’s Seletar Aerospace Park.

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December 9, 2021

Jet It Goes Bigger with Gulfstream G150 Fleet Additions

Fractional ownership company Jet It seeks longer ranges and more capacity with the addition of two Gulfstream G150s.

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December 9, 2021

Gulfstream's G500, G600 Demonstrate Steep-approach Ops

After completing trials for steep approach approvals, Gulfstream's G500 and G600 each set speed records

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December 9, 2021

Airbus Fires Back at Qatar Airways on A350 Claims

Calling Akbar Al Baker's claims that it did not address surface degradation in the carrier’s A350s a mischaracterization, Airbus considers legal action.

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December 9, 2021

Western Wraps Up Milestone Gulfstream Inspection

Western Aircraft has completed its first 192-month inspection of a Gulfstream jet.

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December 8, 2021

RightJet Partners on New Iraq Office

RightJet sees Kurdistan’s tourism potential as factor behind decision to team up with Future Travel.

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December 7, 2021

Falcon Aircraft Operators Group Growing Rapidly

The Independent Falcon Aircraft Operators Association has gained 55 more members since its soft launch in September.

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December 7, 2021

Boeing Lands 30-aircraft Max Order from 777 Partners

A $3.7 billion deal for thirty 737 Max jets brings the total number of the narrowbodies ordered by 777 Partners to 68.

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December 7, 2021

UK Reveals Plans For Hydrogen-powered, Long-haul Airliner

The Aerospace Technology Institute says the 279-passenger, intercontinental design is the first of three liquid hydrogen-powered airliner concepts.

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December 6, 2021

Yingling Gets Into Beech 1900D Cargo Conversions

The Wichita-based FBO and MRO is converting Beech 1900Ds from passenger to cargo operations for Alpine Air Express.

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December 6, 2021

Airbus Completes Structural Assembly of First A321XLR

The first Airbus A321XLR has undergone final structural assembly ahead of final testing and interior finishing.

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December 6, 2021

Bombardier Global 5500 Walkthrough of the Flight Deck and Cabin

Bombardier Global 5500 Walkthrough of the Flight Deck and Cabin

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December 6, 2021

First NetJets 7500 Is Bombardier's 1,000th Global

NetJets took delivery of the first of an order for 20 Bombardier Global 7500s on December 2.

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December 3, 2021

France Lands Large Emirati Rafale and Caracal Order

While the UAE awaits the outcome of its intended purchase of F-35s from the U.S., the air force has ordered 80 Rafales.

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December 3, 2021