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Airbus Demonstrates Autonomous Flight with ATTOL Project

An Airbus A350-1000 widebody airliner achieved fully autonomous taxi, takeoff, and landings in a series of test flights.

FAA and Boeing Begin Max Flight Testing

Flight testing of the 737 Max has resumed, a major step toward recertification of the narrow-body airliner.

Embraer Delivers First Enhanced Phenom 300E

Embraer's first customer delivery of the enhanced Phenom 300E comes just six months after announcing the refresh of its light jet.

Tom Casey Finally Flies West

Tom Casey was never officially recognized for his record-breaking round-the-world seaplane flight in 1990.

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Embraer Completes First Praetor 500 Conversion

The Praetor 500 conversion by Embraer Services & Support extends the fly-by-wire twinjet’s range from 2,900 nm to 3,340 nm.

Korean Start-up Airline Hi Air Orders Two ATR 72-500s

Hi Air, which started operations in February 2020, is doubling the size of its fleet following South Korea's emergence from Covid-19 lockdown.

UAM Sector Set For Tighter Finances and Consolidation

Sameer Saveni from UK industry group ADS says UAM pioneers have reached an inflection point from which a smaller number of eVTOL contenders will emerge.

Bombardier's Global 5500 Enters Service

The 5500 is the last and smallest of the Bombardier Global range of aircraft to enter service

Boeing Directs Spirit To Cut Max Deliveries Further

Spirit AeroSystems will now deliver 72 Max shipsets in 2020 instead of 125.

ZeroAvia Targets Commercial Hydrogen Aircraft Ops by 2023

ZeroAviation is set to flight test a hydrogen-powered six-seat aircraft, but says that by 2040 the technology could carry 200 people more than 3,000 nm.

Honeywell Flight Tests Sensors for UAM Autonomous Ops

Honeywell is working to improve the performance of sensors to support autonomous aircraft operations in challenging urban air mobility environments.

85 Percent Aircraft Recycling Not Enough, Says Industry Exec

Sven Koechler is looking to increase the percentage of aircraft materials that can be recycled while creating social opportunites at the same time.

Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters

The Royal Canadian Air Force is upgrading nearly half of its Hornet fleet while it waits for a new fighter.

Flying the New Embraer Phenom 300E

Flying the New Embraer Phenom 300E

GE Aviation Still Plans Denali Engine Delivery in 2020

GE Aviation still expects to deliver clean-sheet Catalyst turboprop engine for the Textron Aviation Cessna Denali this year.

Preowned Business Aircraft Values Fall 15% in Covid Era

Average preowned business aircraft values have fallen 10 to 15 percent so far during the pandemic, with some individual makes and models down 20+ percent.

HyPoint To Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cells for CityHawk eVTOL

Hydrogen fuel weighs less than jet fuel and for the CityHawk eVTOL it will deliver range of us to around 125 miles when it enters service from around 2028.

Gulfstream To End G550 Production

Gulfstream is nearing the end of the line for its workhorse G550 with the announcement that it taken the last order for the long-range twinjet.

Supersonic AS2 Is Just a Starting Point for Aerion

As it eyes the future of speed in its product lines, Aerion has captured orders valued at more than $3 billion for its initial product, the AS2.

Senators Accuse FAA of Dodging Calls for 737 Max Documents

Senate Commerce Committee chairman Roger Wicker grilled FAA Administrator Steve Dickson on what the senator called a lack of cooperation by the agency.

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