Boeing Business Jets Lands First Order for BBJ Max 7
A month after Boeing Business Jets unveiled the 7,000-nm (12,965-km) BBJ Max 7, the company has announced the first order for the model. BBJ president David Longridge revealed the order—from Orient...
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HondaJet Makes MEBAA, and Middle East, Debut
Honda Aircraft’s new light jet, which features a unique over-the-wing engine mount configuration, is making both its Middle Eastern and MEBAA debut this week in Dubai at the show static display, as the...
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Norway To Acquire P-8s as Boeing Delivers to Australia
Norway signaled its intention to become the fourth export customer for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. It will buy five for delivery in 2021-22 as a replacement for six Lockheed...
View ArticleBBJ Develops ‘All Access Pass’ To Boost Used Market
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) is working to boost the used market for its airplanes by developing a package of purchase support services and coordinating with completion centers on power-by-the-hour...
View ArticleNexus Opens Manila Flight Operations Center
Flight operations support group Nexus this week officially launched its new Asian subsidiary and the opening of its flight operations center (FOC) in the Philippines capital Manila. Nexus (Chalet P5)...
View ArticleDornier Seastar Set To Fly Next Year
The revived Dornier Seastar amphibious aircraft is on track to make its first flight by the end of next year, Simon Schell, chief of technical sales, told AIN yesterday at the MEBAA Show.The first...
View ArticleHoneywell Decreases Bizjet Delivery Forecast
Honeywell Aerospace has lowered its annual 10-year business jet delivery forecast to 8,600 aircraft worth an approximate $255 billion. The avionics and engine maker’s 25th annual Global Business...
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Bombardier, Philippines Airlines Conclude Q400 Order
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Philippine Airlines concluded a purchase agreement for five Q400 turboprop airliners, with purchase rights for an additional seven aircraft, Bombardier announced on...
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Boeing Starts Final Assembly of 787-10
Boeing has started final assembly of the first 787-10 at its factory in North Charleston, South Carolina, the company announced Thursday. Built exclusively at the non-union plant, the third member of...
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Canada Chooses Airbus C295W for Search and Rescue
Canada selected the Airbus C295W to meet its long-standing fixed-wing search-and-rescue (FWSAR) requirement. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) will buy 16 of the twin turboprops with modifications...
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Boeing, Iran Air Announce Deal Worth $16.6 Billion
A definitive agreement between Boeing and Iran Air announced Sunday calls for delivery of fifty 737 Max 8s, fifteen 777-300ERs and fifteen 777-9s valued at $16.6 billion at list prices. But questions...
View ArticlePiper M600 Turboprop Single Gets Aussie Nod
Piper Aircraft recently obtained approval from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for its M600 turboprop single, the Vero Beach, Florida-based aircraft manufacturer announced today....
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Boeing Details Latest 777 Production Rate Cut
Boeing has decided to cut 777 production rates to five aircraft a month in August 2017, a move the company expects will result in the loss of a still undetermined number of jobs and a “modest” effect...
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Boeing Defense Leadership Will Move to Washington, D.C. Area
Boeing will relocate the leadership of its Defense, Space and Security Group from St. Louis to a Washington, D.C., suburb to be closer to the Pentagon and the seat of the federal government. Fifty or...
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Indian Navy Charts Independent Course for Carrier Fighter
The Indian Navy has started the process of identifying twin-engine fighter candidates for its Indian Aircraft Carrier-2. It has rejected the naval version of the single-engine, domestically producted,...
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Embraer Delivers First Florida-assembled Legacy 450
Embraer Executive Jets delivered the first Legacy 450 assembled at its Melbourne, Florida plant today. The fly-by-wire midsize jet was delivered to an undisclosed U.S. customer, who traded up from an...
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Bombardier’s CS300 Enters Service with Air Baltic
The first Bombardier CS300 entered service with Latvia’s Air Baltic on Wednesday, flying 120 people including local media from Riga to Amsterdam. Hours after the completion of the flight, Bombardier...
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Pratt-powered A321neo Certified by EASA, FAA
The Airbus A321neo powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G turbofans received joint type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the...
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Israel’s First F-35s Delivered to VIP Reception
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is aiming to go operational on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter by December next year. Its first two aircraft were delivered from Fort Worth, Texas, to...
View ArticleYoung Pre-owned Business Jet Inventory Stable, Says UBS
Pre-owned business jet inventory inched down by 0.1 points last month to 11 percent, below the historical average of 13 percent, according to the latest data from UBS Global Research. At 2,326, the...
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