Embraer's Bizjet Shipments Double in the Third Quarter
Brazilian airframer Embraer enjoyed a 50-percent increase in its deliveries overall in the third quarter, a result driven by a doubling of business jet shipments coupled with a strengthening in the...
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One Year Later, Gulfstream G500 Program is Flying High
Gulfstream Aerospace’s flight-test campaign for its G500 program has surpassed more than 100 hours over more than 45 missions. The milestone comes exactly one year since the large-cabin twinjet, as...
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Indian Air Force Discusses Future Combat Aircraft–Again
The Indian Air Force continues to mull alternative plans for its future combat aircraft fleet. But despite a recent call by chief of staff AM Arup Raha to speed up production of the indigenous Light...
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Pilot Report: Piper PA-46 M500
The PA-46 M500 refines Piper’s pitch to well heeled, value-conscious general aviation pilots considering the transition from piston to turboprop, making its upsell not with increased power and...
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New Business Jets 2015
The late and rotund actor and poet Victor Buono, whom you recall as King Tut from the long-ago Batman television series, once opined, “Being thin is where it’s been, but being fat is where it’s at.”...
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Eclipse Flies into the Sunshine
You wouldn’t know to look at it from the outside, but there’s a lot going on in Hangar 4 at Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK). This is one of two factory-owned service centers for One Aviation’s Eclipse...
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Malaysia Airlines To Replace London A380s with A350s
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) plans to deploy Airbus A350-900s on the twice-daily Kuala Lumpur-London route currently operated by Airbus A380s starting in the fourth quarter of 2017.According to a...
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Jetcraft Forecasts Moderate Bizjet Market Growth
A 10-year business jet market outlook released today by pre-owned aircraft broker Jetcraft reflects a marked recalibration of growth expectations once inflated by what has proved to be the industry’s...
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AIN Blog: Here Come the Drone Police
The U.S. government is rushing into place new regulations that are going to require registration of drones or small unmanned aircraft systems or whatever you choose to call them.We don't know yet what...
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Embraer Hands Over 300th Phenom 300
Embraer Executive Jets handed over the 300th Phenom 300 last Thursday to an undisclosed U.S. customer, just one year after achieving the same milestone for the smaller Phenom 100/100E. The...
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Boeing’s Muilenburg Rebuts Talk of Widebody Bubble
In an apparent effort to ease investor anxiety about the potential for a so-called widebody “bubble,” Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg insisted that 777 production rates would not drop below seven per...
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Next-gen Avionics Upgrade Offered for Falcon 900A/B
Dassault Aviation received FAASTC approval for its “Select II” avionics upgrade for the Falcon 900A/B that brings next-generation air traffic management functions to these legacy trijets. The upgrade,...
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GA-ASI Describes Progress Toward Certifying the Reaper
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) reported progress toward the creation of a NATO-certifiable version of the Predator B, also known as the Reaper. The company is eyeing potential orders...
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Falcon 5X Timing Still Unclear, As New Engine Issue Surfaces
During a meeting today with AJPAE, the French association of aerospace journalists, Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier said he is “still waiting for a new calendar from Snecma,” regarding delays with...
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Australian MRH-90 Helicopter Problems Aired
The Australian Ministry of Defence is still voicing concern over the capabilities and performance of its NH Industries MRH-90 Taipan helicopter fleet, nearly eight years after the first pair were...
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United's Interim Leadership Stays Course on Improvements
Beleaguered United Airlines pledged to continue efforts to improve its customer and employee relations under the second new chief executive it has appointed in the last seven weeks. “At its core, this...
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U.S. Air Force is 'Very Close' to Selecting Bomber Contractor
While saying that they are “really, really close” to announcing the selection of a contractor to begin development of the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B), U.S. Air Force officials offered precious few...
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Korean Show Highlights KF-X Fighter Project
Korea’s KF-X indigenous fighter project was again a center of attention at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (ADEX 2015), held this week at Seongnam airbase, south of the...
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First F-16V Developed for Taiwan Requirement Takes Flight
Lockheed Martin announced that it completed the first flight of the F-16V configuration it is developing for Taiwan’s air force on October 16. The flight from Fort Worth, Texas, marked the first time...
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Rudder Pedal Glitch Delays MRJ First Flight
An unspecified problem with the Mitsubishi MRJ’s rudder pedal has forced the new regional jet’s manufacturer to reschedule first flight from next week to the week of November 9. In a joint statement,...
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