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Daher-Socata Teams With Airbus On E-Fan Project

Daher-Socata will collaborate on design, development and certification of electric plane.

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December 18, 2014

Dassault Rolls Out the First Falcon 8X Jet

Dassault Rolls Out the First Falcon 8X Jet

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December 18, 2014

HAV Delays Hybrid Airship Flight; Selex To Study Sensors

The former LEMV won’t fly again until late 2015, but its maker and Selex are developing an ISR sensor payload

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December 17, 2014

Finnair’s First Airbus A350 Takes Shape

Delivery to first European operator scheduled for next fall

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December 16, 2014

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Comlux Orders Two Boeing BBJ Max 8 Jets

Comlux Orders Two Boeing BBJ Max 8 Jets

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December 16, 2014

AirAsia X Firms Order for 50 A330neos, Adds Five More

Plans to take first airplane in 2018

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December 15, 2014

Italy and Turkey Win Major F-35 Overhaul Work

Choices for the MRO of components will follow these initial depot awards

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December 15, 2014

Learjet 70 and 75 Get Nod from Mexican Civil Aviation Agency

Jets were certified by the FAA and Transport Canada late last year and by EASA in September.

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December 15, 2014

A400M Deliveries Proceed, but Tactical Capabilities Are Late

A schedule to add airdrop, paratrooping etc is being amended

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December 12, 2014

Airbus Eyes New Engines, Stretch for A380

Company attempts to allay concerns over talk of program's demise

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December 12, 2014

Unmanned K-Max Tested for Firefighting

The Indago can be used by firefighters to identify hot spots more precisely through heavy smoke and then transmit that data back to the remote operator.

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December 11, 2014

Spirit Sheds Gulfstream Wing Work

Triumph will take over G280 and G650 wing programs, making it the supplier for four of Gulfstream's five in-production models.

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December 11, 2014

Sea Turtle Rescue Seeks Emergency Transport

Endangered sea turtles need flight from Boston for rehabilitation.

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December 11, 2014

Boeing Selects Longridge To Take Helm Of BBJ

Longridge was part of the original Boeing Business Jets team.

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December 11, 2014

Empire Aviation Adds Global Express XRS to its Fleet

Formed in 2007, EAG offers various aircraft management services, depending on the needs of the owner, including acquisition and charter.

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December 10, 2014

Viking Names Thor African Dealer

Viking Air, manufacturer of the Twin Otter 400, is to be the regional sales representative for sub-Saharan Africa.

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December 10, 2014

Indian Navy Chooses Sikorsky S-70B

The Seahawk was preferred to the NH-90

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December 10, 2014

Delivery of First A350 Delayed

Airbus "working hard" with Qatar to reschedule

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December 10, 2014

Airstrikes Slow Over Iraq and Syria

Difficult targeting decisions cited; long campaign foreseen

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December 10, 2014

Embraer To Deliver First Legacy 500 in Middle East

Embraer Executive Jets is currently focusing much of its efforts on bringing the Legacy 500 and the smaller 450 to market.

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December 9, 2014