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Avic Pitches Y-12F Aircar for 19-seat Market

Avic unveiled the Y-12F Aircar 19-seat twin turboprop at the 2011 Dubai Air Show.

Aircraft

November 14, 2011

Irkut Introduces MS-21 as Alternative to Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX

Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut announced its MS-21 family of short- and medium-range twin-engine passenger jets at Dubai 2011.

Aircraft

November 14, 2011

Pilatus Selects AMAC As Exclusive Distributor

Pilatus Aircraft has selected Amac Aerospace as its fully authorized service center and exclusive sales center for the Pilatus PC-12 in the Middle East.

Aircraft

November 14, 2011

Comlux Places Airbus ACJ321 Launch Order

Comlux Aviation placed the first-ever order for an Airbus ACJ321 at the Dubai Air Show.

Charter & Fractional

November 14, 2011

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Falcon 7X To Get OnAir Cabin Phone System

OnAir is working on a supplementary type certificate for the Dassault Falcon 7X.

Aircraft

November 14, 2011

Eurofighter, Rafale or Neither for UAE?

Has the Eurofighter Typhoon really unseated Dassault’s Rafale as the UAE Air Force’s fighter-of-choice for a 60-plane order?

Aircraft

November 14, 2011

L-3 Spins SPYDR's Web at Dubai Air Show

The SPYDR aircraft here is similar to the MC-12W, but Smith claims that L-3 is unique in being both sensor and platform-agnostic.

Aircraft

November 14, 2011

Dassault Sees Changing Middle East Bizjet Market

Dassault is here at the Dubai Air Show exhibiting two of its latest models–the Falcon 2000LX and Falcon 7X

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Italians Test UAVs in Bid for Leadership Role

Leading Italian exhibitors at the Dubai show are demonstrating the company’s increasing capability in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

CFM Steps Up Efforts to Maximize the 737’s Power

CFM International is busy developing the Boeing 737 MAX’s version of its Leap turbofan and is zeroing in on specifications.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Hawker Beechcraft Delivering Factory-backed XPR Retrofits for Hawker 400 and 800

Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support will make available factory-completed Hawker 400 XPR and 800XPR business jets.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Emirates Places Massive 777-300ER Order

Emirates orders 50 Boeing 777-300ERs.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Raytheon Special Mission Aircraft Skills Ideal For MENA Region

Raytheon has come to Dubai to press the case for its special-mission aircraft expertise in the Middle East region.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Cessna Expects Latitude, Ten To Appeal to Middle East Customers

There is still plenty of growth potential in the Middle East business aviation market, according to Cessna.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Action Aviation Becomes Nextant 400XT Sales Agent

UK-based Action Aviation is now a sales agent for the Nextant 400XT.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Lockheed Martin Extends Apache Helicopter's Capabilities

Lockheed Martin is continuing to expand the capabilities of the Boeing AH-64D Block III helicopter with sensor upgrades.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Gulfstream Strong In The Middle East As Product Portfolio Grows

Larry Flynn, president of Gulfstream Aerospace, said at a press briefing here yesterday that the Middle East remains a growing market for its business jets

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Adcom Unveils Innovative UAV at Dubai Air Show

Arguably the most impressive new design on display at Dubai is Adcom Systems’ latest unmanned air vehicle, the United 40.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Bombardier 'Very Happy' with Embraer Decision Not To Launch New Jet

Bombardier Aerospace unveiled its new CSeries flightdeck demonstrator Sunday at the Dubai Air Show.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011

Fly-by-wire Software Issue Delays Embraer’s Midsize Jets

Software problems with the Embraer Legacy 500's fly-by-wire system is delaying the aircraft program by some nine months.

Aircraft

November 13, 2011