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Piper Appoints Dealer for Bulgaria and Romania

Babcock introduces two H175s to the Southern Hemisphere

Global offshore service provider Babcock International has taken delivery of two H175s at a ceremony in Darwin, Australia. Babcock’s aircraft are the first H175s to be introduced into the southern hemisphere and will be based in Dili, Timor Leste. The new aircraft will be used to tra...

Boeing, Neos and AerCap Celebrate Delivery of Airline's First 787 Dreamliner

Boeing, Neos and AerCap today celebrated the delivery of the leisure carrier's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Neos is leasing the 787-9 through an agreement with AerCap and becomes the first Italian operator of the airplane. "With a significant portion of the 787 produced in Ita...

Airbus and Williams Advanced Engineering team to explore technology collaboration

Companies see shared benefits from Zephyr and Formula 1-inspired innovation Airbus and Williams Advanced Engineering, the innovative engineering and technology business of Williams Grand Prix Engineering, are to explore potential areas of technological collaboration. Under the terms of a newly signed MoU, the two companies will examine in particular applications that may combine Williams&rsq...

Delta Air Lines places order for 100 A321neo ACF aircraft

Underscores airline’s confidence in Airbus single-aisle family Delta Air Lines placed an order with Airbus for 100 of the manufacturer’s modern A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration) aircraft. The U.S.-based carrier selected the largest member of Airbus’ single-aisle Family to meet Delta’s future requirements for aircraft with greater efficiency and additional cap...

Garmin® introduces industry-first, all-in-one portable ADS-B and SiriusXM Aviation receiver

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd.announced the GDL 52/51, a series of portable receivers that are capable of receiving Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) traffic and weather, as well as SiriusXM Aviation weather1 and audio for display and control on select portables and mobile devices. The flagship GDL 52 combines all of these functions into a single device, whi...

Aerion and Lockheed Martin Join Forces to Develop World's First Supersonic Business Jet

Two leaders in supersonic technology, Aerion and Lockheed Martin announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to define a formal and gated process to explore the feasibility of a joint development of the world's first supersonic business jet, the Aerion AS2. Over the next 12 months, the companies will work together to develop a framework on all phases of the program, including...

Airbus Board of Directors Announces Top Management Succession Plan

CEO Tom Enders seeks no further mandate beyond April 2019 · COO and President Commercial Aircraft Fabrice Brégier to step down in February 2018 · Guillaume Faury, currently CEO Airbus Helicopters, to succeed Fabrice Brégier as President Airbus Commercial Aircraft The...

Airbus delivers 50th A320 Family aircraft assembled in the U.S.

Alabama workforce also celebrating meeting goal to produce four A320 Family aircraft a month Less than two years after Airbus delivered the first A320 Family aircraft from its Airbus A320 Family U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, the company today delivered its 50th aircraft. The A321, designated MSN 7943, was delivered to Delta Air Lines. The milestone was celebrated by t...

Boeing, Avation PLC Deliver Philippine Airlines' 10th 777-300ER

Boeing and leasing company Avation PLC celebrated the delivery of Avation's first Boeing airplane, a 777-300ER (Extended Range), that will be leased and operated by Philippine Airlines. This airplane is the 10th 777-300ER for Philippines' national carrier. "The Boeing aircraft will serve our long-haul operations, a move designed to primarily enhance the total...

Project Eagle takes flight

Airbus Helicopters has gone a step further in the experimentation of its Project Eagle, with the in-flight validation of the innovative on-board image processing system. Performed on an H225 flying testbed, the trials have demonstrated the system’s ability to select a small ground “target” from ranges of up to 2 miles and to automatically track it during the approach performed...

Dassault launches new business jet with termination of Silvercrest contract and 5X programme

Dassault Aviation initiates the termination process of the Silvercrest contract leading to the end of the Falcon 5X program and announces the launch of a new Falcon program with an entry into service in 2022. The delivery of compliant Silvercrest engines was originally planned for the end of 2013 in accordance with the Falcon 5X flight test schedule. Safran met recurrent technical issues dur...

Bombardier to Provide Component Management Support for Philippine Airlines’ Q400 Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Air Philippines Corporation, operator of Philippine Airlines affiliate airline PAL Express, has signed an eight-year Smart Parts agreement to provide component management for the airline’s 12 new, dual-class Q400 aircraft. “We selected Bombardier’s Smart Parts program to support the component management requirements for our new Q40...

Airbus Helicopters continues industrial transformation with Paris-Le Bourget blades site

On 1 December 2017, Airbus Helicopters celebrated the inauguration of its Paris-Le Bourget site, where helicopter blades are now being produced for the Airbus range. The blade-specific specialisation is part of the manufacturer’s industrial strategy. Covering an area of 18 hectares and with a total investment of more than 100 M€, the new Paris-Le Bourget site was conceived as a...

New Singapore Airlines A380 takes to the skies

First aircraft delivered with carrier’s latest cabin products and innovations Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of the first of five new A380 aircraft scheduled to join the carrier’s fleet over the coming year, at a special ceremony hosted by Airbus in Toulouse. The aircraft delivered today is the first in the airline’s fleet to feature its recently launched on-board...

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