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Big Win for Bell and Fuji in Japan
In a deal potentially worth $3.2 billion, the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected a Bell-Fuji team to replace the fleet of 130 Bell-Fuji UH-1Js currently operated by Japan's Ground...
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Boeing Seals Contract with Japanese Suppliers of 777X
Boeing has formalized an agreement with “key” Japanese partners to supply some 21 percent of the major structural components for the 777X, the company announced Thursday. The deal completes last year’s...
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Chinese Authorities Issue Type Certificate for Legacy 500
Embraer’s new Legacy 500 is cleared to operate in China after the country’s civil aviation authority issued type-certificate validation on July 24. Chinese movie star Jackie Chan, who is a brand...
View ArticleTBM 900 Gets Off to Fast Start
A little less than 18 months after Daher rolled it out, the TBM 900, the newest member of the TBM family, is the company's fastest seller, said Nicolas Chabbert, senior v-p of Daher’s airplane business...
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Yet More Mil Mi-17s Going to India
The Indian defense ministry has asked Russia for the sale of an additional 48 Mil Mi-17V5 helicopters worth an estimated $1.1 billion. The new order was discussed at the Aero India show earlier this...
View ArticleTextron Bullish on Bizjet Market in North America
Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly is optimistic about the outlook for Textron Aviation, as the dominant North American business jet market remains “fairly strong,” he said this morning during a...
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Gulfstream Parent Company Chief: What Bizjet Slump?
During a second-quarter investor call this morning, General Dynamics chairman and CEO Phebe Novakovic dismissed “speculation” and “rumor intelligence” by competitors of a slumping business jet market—a...
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L-410NG Upgrade Makes First Flight in Czech Republic
A prototype of the upgraded Let L-410NG 19-seat turboprop completed its first flight on July 29, manufacturer Aircraft Industries Company of the Czech Republic announced. The prototype took wing from...
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Boeing Presents First of 12 EA-18G Growlers to Australia
Boeing and the U.S. Navy presented the first EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a July 29 event at the manufacturer’s facility in St. Louis....
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Product Support Survey 2015 Part I: Aircraft
AIN readers selected Gulfstream as the top provider of product support services for its large-cabin jets in the combined overall average category in the 2015 AIN Product Support Survey, hoisting the...
View ArticleAbove and Beyond: Product Support Survey 2015
As part of AIN Publication’s annual survey of users of business aviation, we asked qualified subscribers of Aviation International News, our monthly print publication, to identify "specific individuals...
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Global 7000 Faces Two-Year Delay
Bombardier, citing complexities of developing its Global 7000/8000 program, is pushing back entry into service of the first model, the 7000, by two years. At the same time, Bombardier detailed plans...
View ArticleEmbraer Reports Revenue Slide Despite Bizjet Upswing
Despite increased business jet deliveries and a record $22.9 billion overall backlog for executive jets, commercial airliners, and military aircraft, Embraer reported declining revenues in its...
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Embraer Delays Deliveries of KC-390 Airlifter By Two Years
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer has delayed the planned first deliveries of its KC-390 airlifter/tanker by two years to 2018, citing a slowdown in defense spending. Announcing its second quarter...
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Bombardier Refocusing on CSeries Order Book
With Bombardier insisting that the first of the CSeries family is now firmly on a schedule to reach the market next year, the airframer is transitioning from technical requirements to filling an order...
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Wing Section Suspected of Coming From MH370 Boeing 777
Authorities strongly suspect that a wing section discovered on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean on July 29 was the first evidence to emerge from the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The Boeing...
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Marines Make Fighter History, Declare F-35B Combat Capable
The U.S. Marine Corps declared initial operational capability (IOC) of the F-35B Lightning II on July 31, a milestone that represents official recognition that the vertical takeoff and landing variant...
View ArticleBusiness Jet Transactions Slow In 2015
The number of business jet transactions dipped in the first half of 2015, but aircraft remained on the market fewer days and many at higher prices, market analysts report. JetNet cited a 6.1 percent...
View ArticleAPI Gets EASA Ok for BBJ Split Scimitar Winglet
The European Aviation Safety Agency approved the Aviation Partners, Inc. Split Scimitar Winglet (SSW) aboard Boeing Business Jet aircraft. The approval, obtained on July 28, follows U.S.FAA...
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Russia's Rostec Denies Major Impact from U.S., EU Sanctions
Russian technology and defense industry conglomerate Rostec, the country’s largest government-controlled corporation, insists that sanctions the U.S. and European Union imposed against Russia for its...
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