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Phenoms and Legacys Boost Embraer Delivery Rates in 1Q
Embraer achieved a significant boost to its aircraft delivery rate during the first quarter this year. The Brazilian manufacturer today reported that it delivered 44 aircraft during the first three...
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Textron Aviation expanded its partnerships with Africair and Absolute Aviation Group for the companies to represent the complete Beechcraft and Cessna product lines in their respective territories in...
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Western Aircraft Celebrates 200th PC-12 Sale
On Friday, Western Aircraft became the first authorized Pilatus sales representative to sell its 200th new PC-12. In a ceremony at Western Aircraft’s headquarters in Boise, Idaho, vice president of...
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Legacy 450 Approved for Ops at France's La Mole Airport
The midsize Embraer Legacy 450 has received approval to operate at La Mole Airport, allowing the type to be used for charter service into and out of the European vacation destination in St. Tropez,...
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Garuda Indonesia Orders 14 Airbus A330neos
Garuda Indonesia confirmed an order with Airbus for the purchase of 14 A330-900neos during a ceremony in London on Tuesday attended by Indonesian President Joko Widodo and British Prime Minister David...
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Flexjet Takes Delivery of Embraer's 1,000th Bizjet
The Embraer Executive Jets delivered its 1,000th business jet today, some 14 years after the company began delivering a VIP version of the ERJ-135 regional jet and 11 years since forming a dedicated...
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Singapore Close To Super Puma Replacement Choice
Singapore is close to selecting a replacement for its Super Puma medium-lift helicopters. The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) currently operates the survivors of 34 Super Pumas acquired in 1985...
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Bizjet, Turboprop Deliveries Rise at Textron Aviation
Textron Aviation saw slightly higher jet and turboprop deliveries in the first quarter, shipping 34 Citations and 26 Kings Airs, up one each from the same period a year ago, parent company Textron...
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Yak-130 Sales Mount as Russia Orders More
The Russian defense ministry has awarded Irkut Corporation a follow-on order for 30 Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced combat trainers, for delivery by 2018. The move brings the grand total of such aircraft...
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Daher Starts TBM 930 Deliveries in U.S. and Europe
Daher delivered the first TBM 930 to a European customer, Rheinland Air Service (RAS), yesterday at the Aero Friedrichshafen show in Germany. RAS is the TBM authorized distributor for Austria and...
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Honda Aircraft Makes First HondaJet Delivery in Europe
Four months after the HondaJet first entered service following U.S. certification, the aircraft is entering the European market with a ceremonial delivery at AERO 2016 in Friedrichshafen, Germany....
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Boeing Secures More AH-64E Apache Upgrades
Boeing announced another contract to remanufacture AH-64D Apache attack helicopters to the AH-64E Guardian version for the U.S. Army. The latest deal is worth $1.5 billion to the company and covers...
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GAO Questions Deployability, Redundancy of F-35 ALIS System
The F-35 Lightning II is scheduled to enter full-rate production in 2019, but its maintenance and logistics backbone is at risk of not being fully ready, the U.S.Government Accountability Office (GAO)...
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First Swiss C Series to Fly Revenue Service on July 15
The first production Bombardier C Series will enter service with Swiss International Airlines on July 15, the airline confirmed Friday. Swiss expects to take delivery of the airplane—a CS100—at the end...
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Japan’s Own Fifth-Gen Fighter Makes First Flight
Japan’s drive to produce its own fifth-generation fighter took a step forward on April 22, with the first flight of the Mitsubishi X-2. It took off from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) aerospace...
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Airbus Delivers First A321 Airliner Assembled at U.S. Facility
Airbus delivered the first aircraft from its U.S. manufacturing facility in Mobile, Ala., on April 25. The assembly plant’s work force and Airbus senior management gathered to present the A321...
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Fourth and Final Aircraft Joins KC-46A Flight Test Program
The fourth and final aircraft of Boeing's KC-46A flight-test program made its first flight on April 25. The EMD-3 aircraft, a baseline Boeing 767-2C “provisioned freighter” without an aerial refueling...
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FIrst U.S.-built Embraer Legacy To Roll Down Line in May
The first Embraer Legacy that will be assembled in the U.S.—a Model 450—is expected to start rolling down the line at Embraer Executive Jets’ Melbourne, Fla. final assembly plant in about three weeks,...
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Heli-One Secures Upgrade of Malaysia’s S-61 Fleet
Airod, Malaysia’s government-owned maintenance, repair and overhaul group, announced signature of a contract with Heli-One (Norway) for the glass cockpit upgrade of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)...
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Gulfstream Deliveries Dip 15.6% in First Quarter
Revenues and earnings at General Dynamics’ aerospace division slid in the first-quarter as Gulfstream deliveries fell nearly 16 percent year-over-year, the company announced today. The segment, which...
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