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Boeing Inks Major Max Order from GECAS

Placed in December, order increases Boeing 2016 sales backlog by 75 airplanes

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January 4, 2017

T-X Trainer Program Under Way as U.S. Air Force Releases RFP

The service expects to make a contract award this year for the $16.3 billion acquisition of a new jet trainer and ground-based training system.

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January 3, 2017

2016 Chock-full of Airliner Milestones

Headliners include A350-1000 first flight, C Series EIS.

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December 29, 2016

Panama City To Host Second AEPP Business Aviation Show

AEPP show organizers expect the number of visitors to double for the 2017 event.

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December 29, 2016

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U.S. Air Force Requests Proposals for JStars Replacement

The service expects to award a contract for the JStars Recapitalization program engineering and manufacturing development phase in FY2018.

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December 29, 2016

Delta Cancels Inherited Order for 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliners

Two years after it merged with Northwest Airlines, Delta deferred the earlier order to 2020 and beyond.

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December 28, 2016

2016 Year in Review: Business Aircraft Milestones and a Look Ahead

A number of projects came to fruition in 2016.

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December 27, 2016

Pharewell to the Phantom

The US Air Force retired the classic jet with the final flight of a QF-4 that was serving as an unmanned aerial target.

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December 27, 2016

Emirates, Airbus Agree To Postpone Deliveries of 12 A380s

The Dubai-based carrier will now take six of the superjumbos in 2018 and six in 2019, postponing the schedule by a year.

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December 27, 2016

Iran Air and Airbus Seal Historic Aircraft Order

Agreement excludes tentative order for A380s

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December 22, 2016

Long-range Sukhoi SSJ100 Gains European Approval

Increased maximum takeoff weight helps extend range by 50 percent

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December 22, 2016

Hawaiian Airlines Confirms A321neo Delivery Delays

First of its Pratt-powered Airbus narrowbodies now scheduled to enter service in next year’s fourth quarter

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December 21, 2016

Bombardier Delivers First CRJ200 Special Freighter Conversion

Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc., expects to covert 100 CRJ passenger jets to the freighter version over the life of the program.

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December 21, 2016

China's Wanfeng Takes Control Of Diamond Canada

Production of the DA62 and DA40 models to move from Austria to Canada, and there may be fresh investment in the D-Jet program.

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December 21, 2016

Leonardo Delivers ATR 72 Maritime Patrollers to Italy

Four ATR 72 600s with radar, EO and ESM sensors are replacing the air force’s Breguet Atlantics

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December 20, 2016

A400M Makes Progress Toward Full Promised Performance

Tactical capabilities have been extended, and a new support contract signed. But helicopter refueling remains a problem.

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December 20, 2016

Third Mitsubishi MRJ Prototype Arrives in U.S.

Second flight test article joins FTA-1 and FTA-4 in Moses Lake

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December 20, 2016

Embraer Completes First E2VS Retrofit on Legacy 500

The retrofit comes two months after the combined enhanced vision system won U.S., European and Brazilian approvals for the Legacy 500 and 450.

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December 20, 2016

Brazil Launches WTO Complaint Over C Series Support

Claims Bombardier benefitted from more than $4 billion in illegal subsidies

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December 20, 2016

Boeing Completes First Flight of T-X Training Jet Contender

The single-engine jet made its maiden flight from St. Louis as industry teams awaited imminent release of the T-X request for proposals.

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December 20, 2016