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Honda Aircraft CEO Michimasa Fujino To Retire March 31

Michimasa Fujino will continue as an advisor to Honda Aircraft after retiring.

Aircraft

February 24, 2022

Foley: Bizjet Shipments To Reach 900 Annually by 2025

Industry analyst Brian Foley is calling for business jet shipments to “get out of their 700-unit-per-year rut and approach 900 units as soon as 2024."

Aircraft

February 23, 2022

Airbus, CFM To Fly Hydrogen-powered A380 Demo by 2026

Testing of a hydrogen-powered A380 would help Airbus meet its stated goal of introducing a narrowbody-class commercial aircraft by 2035.

Aircraft

February 22, 2022

Rolls-Royce Taps FACC for Pearl 10X Composite Parts

Rolls-Royce has selected Austria-based FACC to develop and manufacture the complete composite package for the Pearl engine to power the new Falcon 10X.

Aircraft

February 22, 2022

Videos

AgustaWestland AW609 Test Pilot Describes What its Like to Fly a Tiltrotor

AgustaWestland AW609 Test Pilot Describes What its Like to Fly a Tiltrotor

Aircraft

March 5, 2015

Sud SA-318C Helicopter Lands at HAI HeliExpo 2015

Sud SA-318C Helicopter Lands at HAI HeliExpo 2015

Aircraft

March 5, 2015

Bell Helicopters Announces Order of New 407GXP Model

Bell Helicopters Announces Order of New 407GXP Model

Aircraft

March 4, 2015

Airbus Helicopters Unveils All-Composite H160 Medium Twin at HeliExpo

Airbus Helicopters Unveils All-Composite H160 Medium Twin at HeliExpo

Aircraft

March 3, 2015

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Textron Aviation Nets King Air Order at Singapore Show

Textron Aviation Special Missions this week delivered four Cessna Skyhawk 172s to the Philippine Navy and an order for two Beechcraft 360s for Aerodata.

Aircraft

February 18, 2022

Thrive Expands Owned Fleet with G600 Addition

The Gulfstream G600 will be Thrive Aviation's first long-range business jet and bring its owned and managed fleet total to 18 business jets.

Aircraft

February 18, 2022

HAL LCA Tejas Mark 1 Fighter Flypast at Singapore Airshow

HAL LCA Tejas Mark 1 Fighter Flypast at Singapore Airshow

Aircraft

February 18, 2022

AINsight: Honoring the Past, Forging the Future

Business aviation has come a long way in 75 years regarding diversity, but the industry still has a long way to go.

Aircraft

February 18, 2022

Airbus Targets 720 Commercial Aircraft Deliveries for 2022

The European OEM is on track to lift A320 family monthly production rates to 65 in 2023 on the back of strong demand as air transport recovers from Covid.

Aircraft

February 17, 2022

Bombardier Global 7500 - Runway Performance

Bombardier Global 7500 - Runway Performance

Aircraft

February 17, 2022

Boeing's 777X Flies at the Singapore Airshow

Boeing's 777X Flies at the Singapore Airshow

Aircraft

February 17, 2022

Growing Links Between Japan’s F-X and Anglo-Italian Tempest

Developing two aircraft with common basic requirements and timeline have drawn Japan and the UK closer together in terms of technology development.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

Deliveries of Comac’s ARJ21 Approach 70 Units

Comac concentrates on delivery of the ARJ21 to China Southern, China Eastern, and Air China.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

Regional Opportunities Grow for Boeing Defense Products

A growth in tension in the Asia-Pacific region is fueling greater defense spending by nations looking to align themselves more closely with the U.S.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

SIA Finalizes Deal for Future-compliant A350F Freighter

Singapore Airlines Cargo is scheduled to become the first operator to put the new-generation Airbus freighter into service.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

Asian Recovery Could Lag Rest of World, Says Boeing

Boeing Commercial Airplanes v-p of marketing Darren Hulst pointed to Covid restrictions on international connections creating some “headwinds.”

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

Airbus, Rolls, Safran, SIA Sign Global SAF Declaration

Singapore Airlines is the first air carrier to sign the Global SAF Declaration.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

Eve Sees ‘Massive Market’ for APAC Urban Air Mobility

Evtol developer Eve signed LOIs for up to 90 more aircraft at the Singapore Airshow, bringing its order total to 1,785 worth $5.4 billion.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

Turkish Fighter Makes Asia-Pacific Debut

Turkish Aerospace is showing off the TF mock-up in Singapore as part of a wider effort to gain export orders for its indigenous products and technology.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022

EFW Draws Order for Six A321P2Fs

European operator SmartLynx Airlines is adding six more A321 passenger-to-freighter conversions to its single existing aircraft.

Aircraft

February 16, 2022