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Canada Lends $20M to Diamond for D-Jet Program

Diamond Aircraft on Saturday received a $19.6 million “repayable investment” from the Canadian government for research and development of its $1.4 million
Charter & Fractional

Club328 Cuts 328Jet, Premier Is, 14 Pilots

London Biggin Hill Airport-based charter firm PlaneChartering, owner of the loss-making Club328 brand, has disbanded its Fairchild Dornier 328Jet and Hawke
Charter & Fractional

BJets Launches India Frax, Charter Service

At the Singapore Airshow today, new business jet operator BJets launched its block charter, fractional and aircraft management service with a massive $600
Avionics

‘Entegra Plus’ Launch Near for Avidyne

Avidyne is close to launching components for a next-generation integrated avionics system that the company is hinting will feature ultra-high-resolution gl

Adam Aircraft Files Bankruptcy

On Friday, Adam Aircraft voluntarily filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the U.S.
Aircraft

Boeing promises 787 ‘satisfaction’

Boeing has acknowledged its embarrassment over the effect of delays on customers in the Asia Pacific region and despite a characteristic refusal by some ex

Big Changes at Changi

An all-new show site awaited visitors to Singapore for this year’s event.
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Show bows in as air traffic soars

The air transport industry’s center of gravity is shifting to Asia and Singapore’s aerospace industry is poised to reap the benefit, the country’s prime mi
Charter & Fractional

BJets makes bizav’s A-list with $600m, 40-ship order

New business jet operator BJets launched its block charter, fractional and aircraft management services at the air show yesterday with a $600 million order

Malaysian firm signs for an AW139

Malaysia’s YTL Corporation Berhad signed an order at the show for an AgustaWestland AW139 twin-turbine helicopter for VIP and corporate transport operation

AIN Editor on Camera

AINtv.com editorial director Charles Alcock cohosted Tuesday’s live CNBC broadcast from the Singapore Airshow.
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Taiwan company is told to amend its logo

It appeared that organizers took special care to avoid a political faux pas with mainland China yesterday, exerting direct control over at least one compan
Aircraft

AirAsia Opts for Rockwell Collins Avionics

AirAsia has selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics for 60 new Airbus A320s, with options for 40 more.
Aircraft

Boeing’s order book swells by 60 airplanes

Boeing announced new firm orders from two Indonesian airlines–ambitious low-fare 737 operator Lion Air and Garuda Indonesia–for a total of 60 airplanes.
Charter & Fractional

Indian firm joins VLJ parade

Very light jet pioneer Eclipse Aviation has sold 10 of the twin-turbofan aircraft to Indian charter operator Club One Air of New Delhi.
Aircraft

Britten-Norman soldiers on refurbing BN2B Islanders

The Britten-Norman Group (B-N) (Stand No.
Aircraft

Composites or aluminum; the choice for OEMs

Cessna, Bombardier and Raytheon have taken fundamentally different approaches to their new business jet designs.
Aircraft

Cessna crowing over its orders for 26 aircraft

Cessna Aircraft has received new orders for 26 single-engine aircraft from companies in the Asia Pacific region.Susi Air of Indonesia placed an

Nordam backs composite training program

U.S.-based Nordam will support the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) here in Singapore in the creation of an aerospace composites training program und

Satair Asia on acquisition roll

Denmark’s Satair announced yesterday that it has agreed to acquire a 49-percent stake in the Chinese hydraulics repair specialist Ruibo.

ST Aerospace solidifies standing as a top MRO

Already the world’s largest third-party MRO, ST Aerospace (Stand No.

Long history of C-130 support is bedrock for avionics upgrade

Singapore Technologies Aerospace is highlighting its C-130 avionics upgrade capabilities on Stand No.
Charter & Fractional

Skyjet hopes Olympics open doors

This year’s Olympic Games in Beijing could provide the catalyst for Chinese authorities to adopt a more user-friendly attitude toward business aviation, ac
Aircraft

SIA serves as standard bearer for Airbus’ A380 megaliner

Many Singapore Air Show visitors are seeing the Airbus A380 paying for itself in commercial service for the first time as it lands and takes off here at Ch

Japan’s new fighter takes

Japan’s defense budget for Fiscal Year 2008 includes only Y7 billion ($66 million) for the Mitsubishi ATD-X Shin-shin (Spirit) new-technology fighter demon

SmartStem works well under pressure

Crane Aerospace & Electronics has new developments to demonstrate and display on Stand No.
Aircraft

Japan’s ANA mulls Mitsubishi MRJ

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has confirmed its interest in the proposed Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) for its planned fleet expansion.

June first flight anticipated for P&W geared turbofan

With two airframe applications already secured and early test results looking “very, very good,” Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan (GTF) development engine

Malaysian UAV excels at some unusual missions

Beginning life as a research project at the Universiti Putra Malaysia’s (UPM) Department of Aerospace Engineering, the UPMX unmanned air vehicle has demons