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Airbus To Produce A321s in Toulouse from 2022

The new digitally enabled narrowbody final assembly line will replace the current A380 facility.

Aircraft

January 21, 2020

Boeing Moves Target for Max Service Re-entry to Mid-2020

The U.S. manufacturer’s latest re-certification estimate for the Max remains subject to “known schedule risks.”

Accidents

January 21, 2020

Falcon Business Jets Here for the Long Haul

The Falcon 6X is making progress in Dassault's various manufacturing facilities.

Aircraft

January 20, 2020

Chinese LCC Takes Its First ARJ21, MA700 Set for Assembly

Jiangxi Air’s acceptance of its first ARJ21 brings to 23 the total number of airliners delivered by Comac.

Aircraft

January 20, 2020

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Spotlight on the New Bombardier Global 6500 - AIN

Spotlight on the New Bombardier Global 6500 - AIN

Aircraft

January 20, 2020

Dassault Readies Extra AOG Support for Davos Forum

The extra customer support will come from Dassault Aviation's recently acquired service centers in Switzerland.

Aircraft

January 17, 2020

Russia Considers Redundant Jetliners for Anti-Sub Role

Russia’s naval aviation is looking at the cheap-to-acquire Tu-204 and Tu-214 to supplant its elderly Tu-142s and Il-38s on maritime patrol duties.

Aircraft

January 16, 2020

Expert Panel Endorses Max Cert Process, Calls for Upgrades

The special committee formed by Transportation Secretary Chao calls for better assessment of “human-machine interaction.”

Accidents

January 16, 2020

Bombardier Bizjet Deliveries Up, but Short of Target

Bombardier delivered 142 business jets in 2019, short of the estimate of 150 to 155, as four Global 7500 deliveries were pushed into first quarter 2020.

Aircraft

January 16, 2020

Bombardier Mulls Exit from A220 Program

The Canadian manufacturer’s retreat from the Airbus narrowbody program would spell its complete exit from the commercial aircraft business.

Aircraft

January 16, 2020

India's Naval Light Combat Aircraft Goes to Sea

The delayed naval version of the Light Combat Aircraft has undertaken its first carrier trials.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

Clay Lacy Adds Legacy, Praetor To Embraer Mx Bona Fides

Clay Lacy operates a 152,000-sq-ft service center at Van Nuys Airport.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

TBM, Quest Deliveries Both Soften in 2019

Daher reported combined shipments of 68 TBMs and Kodiaks in 2019, the first time it reported results for both lines since acquiring Quest in October.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

Toyota Invests Big In eVTOL Developer Joby

Toyota Motor Corp. also will provide Joby Aviation with expertise in manufacturing, quality, and cost control of its eVTOL.

Aircraft

January 15, 2020

Dassault and Thales Awarded Archange Contract

The French government has ordered the first two Falcon-based platforms to replace aging Transall Gabriels in the Sigint-gathering role.

Aircraft

January 14, 2020

Boeing’s 2019 Deliveries Shrink to Less than Half of 2018 Tally

The 737 Max crisis saw the U.S. airframer lose more orders than it gained last year.

Aircraft

January 14, 2020

Calhoun Assumes Duties as Boeing CEO, Sets 2020 Goals

The former GE executive moves from the Boeing boardroom to the chief executive’s office.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020

First Airbus BelugaXL Enters Service

The oversize Airbus airlifter transports complete aircraft sections across the airframer’s European production network.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020

Russia’s Aerospace Sector May Be Headed For Consolidation

Folding Russian Helicopters into the OAK structure to form one single entity is a possibility.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020

First Ilyushin IL-96-400M Takes Shape

UAC mates the fuselage and outer wing sections of the IL-96 family’s latest iteration.

Aircraft

January 13, 2020