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Charter & Fractional

Royal Jet to Add Two BBJs Next Year

Abu Dhabi-based operator expects to have 20 aircraft by 2020.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Jet Aviation Basel Delivers ACJ320

The aircraft was delivered to an undisclosed European customer.

JSSI Index: Bizav Flying Up 4.3 Percent in 3Q

Flying soared in Africa and Central America—up 12.5 percent and 12.9 percent, respectively—while North America saw a 1.7-percent gain.
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Aircraft

UAE Command Selects AW609 Tiltrotor for Search and Rescue

Deliveries to the UAE Joint Aviation Command are expected to begin in 2019, AgustaWestland said.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Inks Completion Deal with Royal Jet

Agreement covers two Boeing BBJs
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Aircraft

Vietjet Places $3.6B Order With Airbus for 30 New A321s

The order is the third the low-cost carrier has placed with Airbus over the last two years.
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Aircraft

Embraer Set To Take Delivery of First Engines for E-190 E2

Final assembly of first prototype on track for year-end.
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Airports

Shell Fueling Roots Run Deep In The Middle East

Shell provides Jet A aircraft fuel, lubricants and bitumen for runway resurfacing.
Rotorcraft

Apache AH-64E: Boeing’s Next-Gen Attack Helicopter

E-variant of the Apache attack helicopters is meaner than ever but will it win the Polish competition?
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Mini-UAS Maps Buildings In Dubai

Lockheed Martin demonstrated the Indago quadrotor UAS equipped with an EO/IR payload over Dubai.
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Pre-owned Transactions on Downswing, Analysts Say

Analyst reports find some prices firming and time on market shrinking, but transactions are at their lowest in three years.
Aircraft

Transport Canada Gives Nod to Challenger 650

Customer deliveries are expected to start by year-end.
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Industry Veterans Team To Form Bloomer deVere Dahlfors

Brant Dahlfors is joining forces with Mark Bloomer to establish a business jet transaction consultancy.
Aircraft

GAMA: YTD Business Jet, Turboprop Deliveries Climb

Third-quarter delivery numbers reveal a business jet industry firmly on track for its third straight year of gains.
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Accidents

AW609 Crashed During High-speed Testing

Accident aircraft had logged 567 hours since its first flight in November 2006 and was scheduled to complete flight-testing by the end of next year.
Aircraft

Saab Lands UAE Surveillance Deal

Following a long evaluation process the UAE Air Force has selected a Saab Erieye-based system on a Bombardier Global 6000
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No Dubai Order Sprees This Year, but Market Fine

The 2015 Dubai Air Show was quiet on the news front, and not as busy as previous shows, but industry execs insist civil market is fine
Training and Workforce

CAE Signs Training Agreements with Three Middle East Operators

CAE is providing new Boeing 787 and 777 simulators for Saudi Arabian Airlines
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Aircraft

Brégier Speaks Out on Airbus' neos

Current A380 largely fulfills customer needs, Airbus CEO estimates
Aircraft

Piaggio’s MPA Is Launched, and It’s Going Overland

Piaggio Aerospace has unveiled the engineering mock-up of the Multipurpose Patrol Aircraft derived from the Avanti
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Charter & Fractional

Gama Aviation Touts Sharjah FBO

Executive charter operator predicts growth of EMS activity in the region
Aircraft

Boeing and Eurofighter Vie for Kuwait Fighter Order

Both Boeing and Eurofighter are hoping to get a new fighter order from Kuwait, which has hinted at its intentions to buy both Typhoon and Super Hornet.
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Avionics

Rockwell Collins Profits From Long Presence In Region

U.S. company hopes the road is paved with orders in the Middle East market
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Rotorcraft

Lockheed Martin Concludes $9 Billion Acquisition Of Sikorsky

Dan Schultz to lead new Lockheed Martin business unit formed by Sikorsky, which will remain headquartered in Stratford, Connecticut.
Aircraft

Iran could look more east than west

Sanctions relief should help Iran back into market for OEM orders; talks with OEMs started two years ago.
Safety

ACES 5 Ejection Seat Offers A Safe Escape

UTC Aerospace Systems has upgraded the widely-used ACES II with new structure, stabilization and restraints
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

General Atomics Plans Predator XP Deliveries to UAE

Unarmed UAV sale approved by U.S. congress.
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Aircraft

Boeing Talks Up Max Deal with India’s Jet Airways

Execs confirmed a previous deal for 75 of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8.
Maintenance and Modifications

“New Ameco” brings Chinese MRO offering to Middle East

After a corporate rebranding and merger, New Ameco feels well placed to serve Middle East customers in corporate and business aviation.