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Russia To Ramp-Up Production of Sukhoi Su-34
Russian Deputy Defence Minister for Procurement, Yuri Borisov, last month announced that the nation’s Aerospace Forces (VKS) would receive 16 new-build Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft in 2017. New...
View ArticleCirrus To Ramp Up SF50 Production
Six Vision SF50 jets have been delivered to customers since the airplane was certified in October, and Cirrus Aircraft anticipates receiving FAA production certification by the end of June, Gabriel...
View ArticleNew Program Assists Buyers of Pre-owned ACJs
Airbuss Corporate Jets (Chalet 5) is rolling out a new program to offer tailored support for buyers of pre-owned ACJ or government variants. Dubbed Easystart, the program is designed to provide buyers...
View ArticleDassault: Chinese Business Jet Market Is ‘Waking Up’
Dassault Aviation is showing its flagship Falcon 8X this week at ABACE 2017 in Shanghai, and if the success of the 7X in China is any indication, the 8X should do quite well in this market. According...
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Gulfstream Expands Regional Product Support
Gulfstream Aerospace continues to add product support resources for operators in Asia Pacific, the U.S.-based aircraft manufacturer announced on Monday at ABACE 2017. This region accounts for the...
View ArticleIlyushin Il-96-400M Widebody Taking Shape
The Ilyushin design house has issued its first official presentation of the Il-96-400M, a four-engine design meant to fulfill Russia’s aspirations to develop a new indigenous widebody as a contingency...
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Iran Says Deal Completed for 20 ATR Turboprops with IranAir
Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has reported that Iran Air closed on a contract calling for 20 new ATR 72-600s and said that the state airline will take the first four airplanes over the...
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Dassault: Chinese Bizjet Market ‘Waking Up’
Dassault Aviation brought its flagship Falcon 8X to the ABACE 2017 static display (Chalet 9), and if the success of the 7X in China is any indication, the 8X should do quite well in this market....
View ArticleBombardier Business Aircraft Sees Asian Growth Ahead
Fresh off the heels of what Bombardier Business Aircraft regional vice president for Greater China Michael Han described as “a great year” in the country, the airframer is confident that private...
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Business Booms in China for BBJ
Greater China has become a central market for Boeing Business Jets (Chalet 2) for both new and pre-owned aircraft, according to Greg Laxton, the new head of the company. Over the past five years, the...
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Cirrus Building China GA Infrastructure
Cirrus Aircraft has seen steady improvements in China’s general aviation infrastructure, and this has helped drive sales of its airplanes in the country. There are now 100 Cirrus SR-series piston...
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Argus: North American Bizjet Flights Increased In March
Business jet operations in the U.S., Caribbean and Canada increased by 4.6 percent last month, led by double-digit gains in the large-jet category, according to the latest Argus Business Aircraft...
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Major Pieces of Airbus BelugaXL Hit the Road
The first large sections of Airbus’s new transport aircraft, the BelugaXL, have arrived at the company’s final assembly facility in Toulouse following a five-night-long road convoy from Aernnova’s...
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Gulfstream’s China Market Share Continues To Climb
Gulfstream Aerospace will deliver its first B-registered ultra-long-range G650 to a Chinese customer this month, following certification of the G650 and G650ER by the Civil Aviation Administration of...
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Flat LAAD Show Reflects Brazil's Economic and Political Woes
Not surprisingly after Brazil’s recent economic and political woes, only one piece of significant news emerged from the Latin American Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio de Janeiro last week. The...
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One Aviation’s Eclipse Lands in China
“It comes down to balancing the optimism of the future with the realism of the present,” One Aviation president Alan Klapmeier told AIN, while standing next to the first Eclipse 550 to arrive in China....
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Honeywell Outlook Upbeat on China Prospects
During the next 10 years, Honeywell Aerospace (Booth P336) is forecasting delivery of 9,300 business jets, ranging from very light jets to bizliners, worth $275 billion, according to its updated...
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Oxai Aircraft Nearing First Flight for M2 Amphibian
After introducing its M2 Skywave amphibious airplane at ABACE last year, Oxai Aircraft (Static Display) returned to this year’s iteration of the show with certification plans firmly in place. Water...
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U.S. Drops 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS Tunnel Complex
The U.S. military for the first time in combat used a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb to strike an ISIS-Khorasan target in Afghanistan, the government announced on April 13. The...
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Boeing 737 Max 9 Completes First Flight
Marred only by a 90-minute takeoff delay and “a couple of squawks” in flight, the newest iteration of Boeing’s iconic 737, the Max 9, made its initial flight over Washington State Thursday.“The initial...
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