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The Shape of Things that Fly

Blackshape’s trainer aircraft at Singapore Airshow

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February 12, 2020

Airbus Restarts A320 Assembly in China as Virus Hits Airlines

Airbus is gradually resuming A320 assembly work at its factory in China, but the scale of disruption to the aerospace supply chain remains uncertain.

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February 12, 2020

Preowned Bizcraft Inventory Climbs 2% in 2019

Preowned business aircraft inventory climbed 2 percent across all market segments to 6,324 aircraft, up from 6,201 at year-end 2018.

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February 12, 2020

Air Baltic A220 Flight Diverts After Latest PW1500G Shutdown

The captain of an Air Baltic A220 narrowbody shut down the left PW1500G engine before diverting to Bordeaux on a fight from Riga to Malaga.

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February 12, 2020

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Piper Touts Updated Flagship, New Trainers in Singapore

Piper’s M600/SLS is first aircraft with Garmin Autoland as standard, while Pilot 100 training aircraft are “value priced.”

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February 11, 2020

Israel Boutique Firms Punching Above Their Own Weight

Steadicopter and UVision are at Singapore looking to make inroads in the Asia-Pacific market.

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February 11, 2020

Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator Makes Airshow Debut

The ex-Air China 777-200 flies final test mission from Seattle to Changi via Osaka.

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February 11, 2020

Asia-Pacific Offers Prospects For New ATR Turboprop

Almost a third of the total number of short-runway airports open to service by the new ATR variant are in the Asia-Pacific region.

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February 11, 2020

De Haviland Sees APAC Opportunities for New Dash 8-400s

Strong interest in the version from Asia-Pacific carriers persuades De Havilland Canada to exhibit an Extra Capacity Dash 8-400 at Singapore.

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February 11, 2020

DHC Explores OEM Dash 8-400 Freighter Conversion

Interest from cargo companies in a Dash 8-400 freighter has persuaded DHC to consider launching its own conversion program.

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February 11, 2020

Boeing 737-800BCF Defies Freighter Market ‘Softness’

The U.S. airframer’s narrowbody cargo conversion has drawn orders and commitments for 130 units since its launch three years ago.

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February 11, 2020

PPG Showcases Products and Services in Singapore

New industry offerings from PPG include lightweight, sustainable aircraft products.

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February 11, 2020

Singapore F-35 Buy Moves Closer

The island state is buying four F-35B STOVL versions, with an option for eight more.

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February 11, 2020

U.S. Navy Receives First Osprey Tiltorotor

The carrier onboard delivery version of the tiltrotor has greater internal fuel capacity than the Marine and Air Force versions.

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February 11, 2020

Airbus Unveils 'Maveric' Blended-wing Demonstrator

The Maveric demonstrator began flying in central France in June last year.

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February 11, 2020

PNG Air Signs Up for ATR's STOL Regional Airliners

Three new short-takeoff ATR airliners will help Papua New Guinea PNG Air expand its network further into rural communities.

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February 11, 2020

Major Aircraft Acquisitions in U.S. DoD Proposed FY21 Budget

U.S. FY2021 defense budget funds 247 new aircraft from major programs worth a collective $23.8 billion.

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February 11, 2020

Daher Delivers 300th TBM 900-series Turboprop

The airplane was delivered last week to Dr. Ian Bair Fries and his wife, Susan, who previously owned a TBM 700B, TBM 850, and TBM 900.

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February 11, 2020

Jet Aviation Singapore Completes APAC Lineage Inspection

It also made a major pylon modification and CPDLC system upgrade.

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February 11, 2020

Bell Partners With Japan Airlines and Sumitomo on Air Mobility

A memorandum of understanding between Bell, Japan Airlines and Sumitomo covers work to developing an ecosystem for urban air mobility services.

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February 11, 2020