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Boeing Starts Change Incorporation Work on 787

The 23rd 787 Dreamliner, flown from Everett, Wash., to San Antonio, Tex., last Friday, began undergoing so-called change incorporation work today at Boeing

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March 7, 2011

Pratt & Whitney Canada sinking money into the future

Pratt & Whitney Canada landed at Heli-Expo 2011 (Booth No.

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March 5, 2011

Pratt & Whitney Canada Invites PW200 and PT6 Variant Customers to Attend M&O Sessions at Heli-Expo

Pratt & Whitney Canada invites owners, operators and maintenance personnel of its PW200, PT6B and PT6C-67C to attend special maintenance and overhaul sessi

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March 5, 2011

Boeing Was 'Clear Winner' of KC-X Contest

Boeing has won the KC-X competition and been awarded a $3.5 billion contract for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of the <a href="ain-defens

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March 4, 2011

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UAE Fighter, Trainer and Air Defense Buys Still Undecided

Held in Abu Dhabi, the IDEX defense exhibition is traditionally the platform for the United Arab Emirates to announce major deals.

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March 4, 2011

Predator UAV Cleared for Wider Export  

In a significant move, the U.S.

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March 4, 2011

UAE To Weaponize Black Hawks

On the first day of the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the UAE announced that it is to upgrade 23 Black Hawk helicopters to an armed <a href="news/single-ne

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March 4, 2011

Jordan Orders Gunships, Receives Camcopters

Jordan is to modify two of its Airbus Military CN-235

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March 4, 2011

Will revolt spell the end of Egypt's bizjet boom?

Business aviation flew to the rescue of several thousand people fleeing Egypt during protests that led to the overthrow of long-standing President Hosni Mu

Charter & Fractional

March 1, 2011

Gama expands its Gulf fleet

Gama Aviation has added a new Bombardier Challenger 850 to its managed fleet of business aircraft in the United Arab Emirates.

Charter & Fractional

March 1, 2011

China Firm To Buy Cirrus Aircraft

Cirrus Aircraft president and CEO Brent Wouters announced yesterday morning that China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (Caiga) has signed an agreement t

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March 1, 2011

Metalcraft Emerges as Bidder for SJ30 Maker Emivest

The SJ30 twinjet saga has taken another interesting twist in the wake of last year’s <a href="news/single-news-page/article/sj30-maker-emivest-files-for-ch

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March 1, 2011

China bizjet count moves into triple digits as demand broadens

China's business aviation sector took a leap forward last year when the number of private jets registered in the country went into three figures for the fi

Charter & Fractional

February 28, 2011

TAM Signs Latest Airbus A320neo Contract

Airbus has secured its third potential customer for the A320neo</lin

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February 28, 2011

NTSB: GA airbags, shoulder harnesses save lives

After a study of the effectiveness of airbags and restraints, the NTSB has concluded that airbags in general aviation would save lives and urged the FAA–as

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February 27, 2011

Phenom 100 Belted Lav Wins European, Brazilian STCs

Embraer has received supplementary type certificates for the Phenom 100 belted lavatory from Brazil’s civil aviation agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Ci

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February 27, 2011

BAE sees stronger demand for Avro RJ/146 fleet

by Charles Alcock BAE Systems’s asset management division has reported an uptick in demand for its portfolio of pre-owned Avro RJ and 146 reg

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February 25, 2011

Superjet wins Russian certification

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 has gained Russian certification</

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February 25, 2011

FAA Issues Avanti II AD

The FAA issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD)-2011-01-53 on December 20 to owners and operators of the Piaggio Avanti twin turboprop.

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February 25, 2011

Political Revolt Spells Bad News for Airlines in the Middle East and Beyond

No one can say where, when or how the rolling political crisis in North Africa and the Middle East will end, but it already seems clear that it doesn’t spe

Aircraft

February 25, 2011