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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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More Rafale Fighters for India?
At a time when it prepares to formally accept its first aircraft, India appears likely to sign for a second batch of Rafales in the coming months.
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Mitsubishi Touts Heavy Investment in SpaceJet Support
The Japanese company has made what one executive called a "huge" investment in staffing this year.
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Reno Air Races: From Biplanes to Jets
AIN visited air racing's big league at Reno and recorded these observations
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Conflict Over An-124 Program Continues
A conflict over the An-124 freighter between Ukraine and Russia puts Germany In the middle.
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Avic Completes MA700 Wing Attachment
China’s MA700 regional turboprop has made steady progress in 2019.
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Boeing Acts On Board of Directors’ Safety Recommendations
Company chairman and CEO Dennis Muilenburg announces a series of 737 Max-related policy and process initiatives.
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Textron Marks 500th Grand Caravan EX Delivery
The EX is the third variant of the successfully selling Cessna Caravan line.
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Airbus Inaugurates Automated Fuselage Line in Hamburg
The European airframer’s automated line in Germany employs 20 robots and a digital data acquisition system among other innovations.
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Embraer's Praetor 500 Wins U.S., European Nods
Following in the footsteps of its Praetor 600 larger sibling, the midsize Praetor 500 is now triple approved following ANAC certification in August.
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Bombardier's Global 6500 Enters Service
The first Bombardier Global 6500 to enter service will be used as a demonstrator.
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China Shows Supersonic UAV, Bombers, and SAMs
Among the debutants at the October 1 parade in Beijing were the much-anticipated supersonic UAV and the latest missile-carrying version of the H-6.
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Cessna Citation Longitude Enters Service
Textron Aviation has begun deliveries of its super-midsize twinjet following FAA type certification on Sept. 21.
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WTO Allows U.S. to Impose $7.5 billion of Duties in Airbus Row
The EU is calling for a negotiated solution and a new regime on aircraft subsidies.
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EC Opens In-depth Probe of Boeing-Embraer Combination
Boeing and Embraer now expect the acquisition to close in early 2020 rather than this year.
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More Hawkeye Exports as U.S. Navy Introduces Enhancements
Japan and France are in the process of buying E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes to replace their current E-2C fleets.
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Aircraft Broker Speculates On Two New Gulfstreams
The speculation dominated Hagerty Jet Group's just-released Quarterly Market Update for Gulfstream aircraft.
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X-57 Experimental Electric Aircraft Lands at NASA
NASA Armstrong took delivery of the agency’s X-57 all-electric experimental aircraft, aiming for a 500 percent increase in high-speed cruise efficiency.
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TBM Owners Wrap Up 2019 Convention
Attendees included 135 owners and 102 aircraft representing the entire Daher TBM single-engine turboprop lineup.
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AirMed Eyes APAC Reach with New Challenger 601
AirMed's fleet comprises Beechjet, Cessna Citation, Hawker, Learjet, Nextant ,Beechcraft King Air, and Pilatus PC-12 turbine aircraft.
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TAP Airbus A321LR Takes Off on Transatlantic Flight to D.C.
Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air says its long-range narrowbody lowers trip costs on its Lisbon-Washington route by 50 percent.
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Dubai Airshow Remains World's Number Three Aviation Event
The Dubai Airshow expects to host 1,300 exhibitors and 87,000 visitors.
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Bombardier Global 7500 Completes 8,225-nm Flight
The October 6 flight by Bombardier's Global 7500 demonstrator bested an earlier record flight by 235 nm.
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Boeing Deliveries Slip as Max Effect Fully Takes Hold
Third-quarter deliveries from Boeing totaled 63 during the third quarter, compared with 190 a year earlier.
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Pilatus Unveils NGX, Its Third-Generation PC-12
Pilatus says it has taken more than three years to develop the PC-12 NGX, FAA and EASA certification of which it hopes to obtain in December.
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Piaggio Taps Traxxall for Maintenance Tracking
Traxxall's mx tracking service to be offered as an option on all new Piaggio Avanti Eve deliveries.
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Learjet 75 Liberty Mockup To Debut at NBAA 2019
Bombardier's Learjet 75 Liberty already is attracting sales, but executives are offering incentives at NBAA as it showcases a full-scale mock-up.
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ATR Board Greenlights Short-runway ATR 42-600 Variant
The European turboprop manufacturer secured 20 commitments from operators and lessors for the ATR 42-600S.
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American Airlines Pushes Back Max Return to January 16
American Airlines still expects the Boeing narrowbody to receive certification for service re-entry by the end of this year.
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Daher TBM 940 Makes NBAA-BACE Debut
New TBM 940 first production turboprop single equipped with auto throttle.
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Operators Ground 38 Boeing 737NGs for Pickle Fork Cracks
Airlines around the world have completed inspections on 810 NGs in compliance with an FAA airworthiness directive.
