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Used Bizjet Inventory Drops, but Still a Buyer's Market

Over the first nine months, used bizjet sale transactions rose 5.9 percent year-over-year, to 1,946, but jets are taking the same amount of time to sell.

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November 1, 2017

Airbus Shifts into High Gear To Meet A320neo Delivery Target

Reaching goal of 200 for the year appears increasingly unlikely

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October 31, 2017

New Business Jets 2017

Industry at slow end of descent

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October 30, 2017

Legacy Falcon 2000 Components To Be Made in India

Components for legacy Dassault Falcon 2000s will be made in India starting in the first quarter of next year.

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October 30, 2017

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Lockheed Martin Offers Aftermarket Improvements for C-130

The suite of post-production improvements can be installed by operators, Lockheed Martin or manufacturer-certified service centers.

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October 30, 2017

Russia Gives MiG-29s To Serbia

Six fighters have been handed over, to restore combat capability on the type

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October 27, 2017

Chinese Fighter Developments Revealed

New information on the J-10, J-20 and FC-31 emerged on the margins of this week’s Communist Party Congress.

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October 27, 2017

Boeing’s ‘Partnering for Success’ Terms Squeezing UTAS

United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes reveals that his company did not bid on landing gear contract for 777X, 777-300ER

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October 27, 2017

U.S. Military Tackles Vexing Issue of Physiological Episodes

The Navy and Air Force are investigating an increase in incidents involving high-performance jets including the T-45, F/A-18 and F-35.

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October 27, 2017

U.S. Green Lights F-16V Foreign Military Sale to Greece

The Hellenic Air Force seeks to upgrade up to 123 of the fourth-generation fighters to the F-16V configuration.

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October 26, 2017

Boeing's 777 Line Stumbles as Traveled Work Mounts

Program continues to struggle with transition to new automated fuselage assembly process

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October 26, 2017

Gulfstream G500 On Time, but Early EIS Hopes Dashed

CFO reveals that an unnamed supplier is behind on EASA approval of an unspecified component for the G500.

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October 25, 2017

GTF Engine Pains Subside in IndiGo A320neos

Pratt identifies fix for combustor lining degradation

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October 24, 2017

Boeing Stages Launch of 777X Production

Ceremony in Everett, Washington, marks start of new widebody’s early assembly process

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October 24, 2017

Aerion Elevates Barents, Preps To Bring SSBJ To Market

Barents takes a new role as the company works to bring the AS2 to market.

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October 24, 2017

Piaggio Avanti Brake, Wheel Retrofit in Advanced Stages

Launched last year, the upgrade includes forged aluminum wheels and steel brakes, the latter said to reduce overhaul costs by as much as 70 percent.

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October 24, 2017

Preview Tour of Textron Aviation’s Citation Hemisphere Large-cabin Business Jet

Preview Tour of Textron Aviation’s Citation Hemisphere Large-cabin Business Jet

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October 24, 2017

Boeing, Mitsubishi Reach Cost-cutting Pact for 787 Wings

Contract also calls for joint studies on new commercial aircraft technologies

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October 23, 2017

Singapore Signs Firm Order for 39 Boeing Widebodies

Flag carrier inks deal for twenty 777-9s and nineteen 787-10s during White House visit by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

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October 23, 2017

Attitude Adjustment Prompts Airbus About-Face on C Series

Airbus CEO Enders now sees market for at least 3,000 of the jets over the next 20 years

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October 20, 2017