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Iranair could buy Boeing planes but any deal faces many hurdles

Airbus under new pressure over A400M as deliveries slip

Airbus Group (AIR.PA) faces renewed pressure from France and other European buyers to meet performance and delivery pledges for its A400M military transport plane but is struggling to meet the deadlines, people familiar with the matter said. After partly successful efforts to overcome delays on E...

Avmax Certifies Lithium-ion Battery on Twin Otter Aircraft

True Blue Power and Avmax today announced the receipt of a Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) Part 23 Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of the True Blue Power TB44 (46 amp hour) lithium-ion aircraft battery on Viking Air DHC-6 aircraft, commonly known as the Twin Otter. T...

Aerospace firm successfully tests solar-powered aircraft

A test pilot successfully flew a solar-powered prototype aircraft on Friday for a company that envisions manufacturing a fleet of drones to provide aerial internet service for an estimated 4 billion people worldwide. The test flight by Luminati Aerospace LLC took place at a former Northrop Grumman defense plant on eastern Long Island that once made military aircraft. Speakers at a ceremony befo...

Bombardier seeking bailout because of past 'mistakes,' Brazilian rival says

Bombardier Inc. is seeking government money because of “mistakes” it has made in the past, the newly named chief executive officer of rival Embraer SA said as he warned that Brazil might fight Canada over taxpayer aid offered to the Quebec-based plane maker. “We are competing against the government; we are not competing any more against a private company,” Paulo Ces...

Airbus raises $2.69 bln from Dassault stake sale

Airbus Group SE Friday said it raised EUR2.38 billion ($2.69 billion) through the sale of its remaining 23.6% stake in French Rafale combat jet maker Dassault Aviation SA. For over a year Airbus has been reducing its stake in Dassault Aviation, which it held as part of the formation of the European plane maker. It began the gradual disposal in 2014 and sold an 18.75% holding last year, leaving...

Russia Says Its New Commercial Airliner Is as Good as Any Boeing or Airbus

The Russian government is getting into the business of commercial planes. The Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), which is majority owned by the government, has just unveiled the MC-21 300, which it boasts will be a rival to the best planes coming out of commercial aerospace, like the Airbus A320neo and the Boeing 737Max. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev praised the plane, which...

The Russian air force has grounded its entire fleet of Sukhoi-27 fighter jets

The Russian air force grounded its entire fleet of Sukhoi-27 fighter jets on Thursday after a fatal crash near Moscow which aviation sources told Russian agencies looked like the result of some kind of technical failure. Viktor Bondarev, the head of the air force, ordered the country's fleet of the twin-engined fighter jet grounded until the reasons for the crash had been determined, Russia...

Operations underway at Gulfstream's new Product Support Distribution Center

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced that its new Product Support Distribution Center (PSDC) has begun the core operations of shipping and receiving parts. The 405,868-square-foot/37,706-square-meter environment-friendly facility consolidated several of the company’s material distribution departments near the main Gulfstream Savannah campus. The climate-controlled PSDC, which was announce...

Human-carrying drone will start tests in Nevada

The first human-carrying drone has the green light to start testing as early as this year. The makers of EHang 184, an autonomous drone, will work with the state of Nevada on product development, flight testing and training. Huazhi Hu, founder and CEO of EHang, called the agreement a "big step" for the Chinese company. "[The partnership] will lay the foundation for its comm...

Boeing, Hainan Airlines Celebrate Delivery of Airlines' First 787-9 Dreamliner

Boeing and Hainan Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the carrier's first 787-9 Dreamliner. Hainan becomes China's first operator of both the 787-8 and 787-9 variants of the Dreamliner family. Hainan Airlines, the largest privately owned airline in China, leased the airplane through an agreement with Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The delivery is also the first 787-9...

Qatar signs deal for 24 AH-64E Apaches

Boeing and the US government have signed a contract for the provision of 24 AH-64E Apache rotorcraft to Qatar. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress in 2014 that an authorisation had been granted to provide 24 of the type to Qatar, and a $667 million contract was signed on 7 June. In addition to the aircraft, one Longbow radar crew trainer will also be provided, plus grou...

Viking Announces 1st Factory Endorsed Service Center for Twin Otter Aircraft in Russia

Viking Air Limited of Victoria, BC, Canada has appointed AeroGeo of Krasnoyarsk, Russia as the first Russian-based Factory Endorsed Service Center (“FESC”) to join the Twin Otter Series 400 and legacy de Havilland support network. AeroGeo’s central location in Krasnoyarsk, combined with their extensive turbo-prop experience, makes them the ideal choice for a Viking-certifie...

Irkut Rolls Out First Yak-152 Trainer Prototype

Russian jet maker Irkut Corp. on June 7 showed the first Yak-152 light piston engine trainer prototypes being assembled at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant in East Siberia. The prototype’s first flight is expected to take place this year, according to Sergey Yamalov, the plant’s lean manufacturing director. Three more airframes—one for flight trials and two more for static and...

Airbus narrows gap with Boeing after 83 orders in May

Airbus AIR.PA sold 83 aircraft in May, but remained behind rival Boeing BA.N in the race for orders after a slow start to the year, figures released on Tuesday showed. Airbus lost ground in volume terms but fractionally narrowed the gap in terms of market share by grabbing 38 percent of net orders in the first five months of the year. New business included 60 new-generation narrow-body jets...

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