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Is Urban Air Mobility Part of Business Aviation's Future?

Multiple exhibitors at the 2019 NBAA-BACE show are involved in developing technology for the fast-emerging urban air mobility sector

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October 18, 2019

Daher's 940 Wins FAA Approval

Now certified by EASA and the U.S. FAA, Daher's $4.13 million TBM 940 turboprop single succeeds the TBM 930 on the production line.

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October 18, 2019

Southwest Airlines Delays Max Schedule Again

Southwest Airlines expects to have to cut 175 weekday flights through February 8 due to delays in returning the 737 Max to the air.

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October 18, 2019

Cessna's Citation Jet Line Surpasses Five Decades

Cessna delivered 691 Citation 550s and a variant until production ended in 1985.

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October 17, 2019

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Vertical Says Seraph eVTOL Is Top of the Pack for Payload

Vertical Aerospace is flight testing its Seraph eVTOL prototype and has boosted its engineering capacity with the purchase of motorsport group MGI.

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October 17, 2019

Kremlin Invites Gulf Monarchies Aboard SSBJ

The Middle East and Southeast Asia are two possible markets for the Russian SSBJ.

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October 17, 2019

Short-field Landings in the Falcon 8X

A practice session in the Falcon 8X demonstrates the big business jet's capabilities at airports with short runways.

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October 17, 2019

Textron Aviation Sees Mixed Aircraft Deliveries in Q3

The Wichita airframer delivered four more jets than last year's quarter but four fewer turboprops.

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October 17, 2019

Riyadh, Moscow Agree To Establish Aircraft Leasing Company

The joint leasing enterprise between Russia and Saudi Arabia also involves a German financial group.

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October 17, 2019

Challenger 350 Sets 10 Speed Records in Less Than a Day

The Bombardier Challenger 350 journey included city-pair speed records on each of 10 legs that took the aircraft coast-to-coast and back.

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October 17, 2019

After Long Wait, Citation Longitude Enters Service

At last year's NBAA Convention, NetJets agreed to purchase up to 175 of Cessna's new super-midsize jet.

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October 16, 2019

T-6C Texan II Sale Possible for Tunisia

Buying the Texan II would significantly enhance Tunisia’s training capabilities, as well as further strengthen Tunisia’s relations with Washington.

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October 16, 2019

Gulfstream Nabs EASA Nod for G500

EASA approval of the Gulfstream Aerospace's G500 follows U.S. FAA certification by a little more than a year.

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October 16, 2019

Pilatus Marks 50th PC-24 Delivery

The Swiss airframer also will introduce a new modular forward galley for the twinjet.

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October 16, 2019

ADEX 2019: KAI Unveils KF-X Mockup, New Surion Variants

South Korea’s fifth-generation fighter program recently completed a major milestone with the passing of its critical design review.

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October 15, 2019

Bombardier Adds EASA to Global 5500/6500 Approvals

The first Global 6500 to enter service, on lease back to Bombardier, will be on display at NBAA's convention in Las Vegas.

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October 15, 2019

S7 Plans To Resurrect Single-engine Victory Jet

S7 Group aims to revive the former Epic Aircraft Victory single-engine jet program in a bid to produce Russia’s first serial business jet.

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October 15, 2019

Grounded Swiss Airbus A220s Start to Return to Service

The third Swiss A220 inflight shutdown within four months happened on the same route involved in the previous two incidents.

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October 15, 2019

ADEX 2019: Raytheon and Korean Air Partner for ISTAR

Korean Air and Raytheon are proposing to modify the Bombardier Global 6500 business jet to meet a RoKAF requirement.

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October 15, 2019

An Introduction to Gulfstream’s G600 Touchscreen Symmetry Flight Deck

An Introduction to Gulfstream’s G600 Touchscreen Symmetry Flight Deck

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October 15, 2019