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Jetcraft Predicts $30B Annual Bizav Market by 2023

After studying historic transaction data and factors both in the industry and wider economy, Jetcraft forecasts robust overall 5-year growth.

Jetnet's Preowned Aircraft Analysis Shows Good and Bad News in 1Q19

Lower inventories is the good news, but as always, it is not all good news in pre-owned aircraft markets.

Idair Inks Trio of VIP Cabin System Orders

Hamburg-based company offers advanced entertainment and communication systems for single-aisle and wide-body VIP airliners.

Textron's SkyCourier Takes Shape

Assembly is underway on the prototype Sky Courier and five more flight test and ground test articles.

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ACJ319neo Nears Delivery as Orders Flow in for ACJ350

Airbus received a contract from the German government for three ACJ350-900 XWBs, and another from Four Seasons for an A321LR.

Textron Aviation Nears Completion of Denali Prototype

Also in development are two more flight and three ground test articles, as the company prepares for first flight later this year,

GAMA Sees Good Start for Airplanes in 2019

All three GA airplane segments showed an increase year-over-year in the first three months of 2019.

Bombardier's Global 7500 Connects London City to LA

London City Airport's Gary Hodgetts said the May 11 flight was the longest ever out of LCY.

HEMS Operator Reports Double-digit Rise In Night Ops

DRF Luftrettung operates a total of 31 helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) bases in Germany and Austria.

Cirrus Opening Dallas Area Service and Training Center

Cirrus says its new McKinney, Texas maintenance and training facility will be fully operational in 2020

Putin Calls for Additional Su-57s and Mi-28NMs

While it has been acknowledged that the Sukhoi Su-57 has some way to go before fully entering service, the order for the VKS is being increased

G550 Captures 55th Record with Shanghai/Seattle Trip

The aircraft traveled from Shanghai to Seattle in 10 hours and 29 minutes, averaging Mach 0.85.

Boeing Completes Max Software Update

The U.S. airframer has conducted more than 360 hours of flight-testing on the 737 Max with updated MCAS software.

Embraer Sees Revenues Dip, Preps for Praetor Delivery

Embraer's first quarter revenue dipped in its bizjet unit, but it is sticking by its 2019 guidance and expects to hand over the first Praetor soon.

Big Changes in Store for Mitsubishi’s Next MRJ Derivative

The smaller of the two MRJs will get a makeover to better suit U.S. airline needs.

European Bizav Activity Slips in April

Most of the declines in biz traffic were noted for flights originating and terminating within Europe, WingX said.

Textron Aviation Looks To Ramp Service In Europe

New Textron Aviation CEO Ron Draper also putting greater emphasis on sustaining engineering of company's installed fleet.

New Missiles for the ‘Bear’ and ‘Blackjack’

Russia's missile industry is developing new air-launched weapons to equip the recently upgraded Tu-95MSM and Tu-160M strategic bombers.

With Brazilian Cert, Embraer's Praetor Heads North

The aircraft flew 3,678 nm, flying around Venezuelan airspace, and still landed with NBAA IFR reserves.

Urban Air Mobility Market Pegged at $1 Trillion

A NASA official says that urban air mobility's impact will be larger than man's return to the moon.

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