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Rolls Trent 1000 Fixes Progressing, Though Problems Persist

The UK engine maker has cut the loss per large engine sold to £1.3 million.

Airbus Starts Building First A220s in Mobile

The European manufacturer expects Delta Air Lines to take the first U.S.-built A220 in the third quarter of 2020.

India Expected To Sign for More MiG-29s and Su-30MKIs in October

New fighter aircraft and air-to-air missiles are at the heart of a procurement effort based on re-engineered arms purchasing processes with Moscow

Leonardo Logs First Order for the M-346FA

An undisclosed “major international customer” has ordered six of the fighter/attack derivative of the M-346 Master advanced jet trainer

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IAG Looking To Bring Max Deliveries Forward

The group inked a letter of intent with Boeing for 200 units at the Paris Air Show in July .

IATA Focus on CORSIA as Air India Takes Pole Position

India is gathering information as it works through political challenges CORSIA faces in the nation.

Unmanned Korean MD500 Flies for the First Time

Korean Air’s Aerospace Division has modified a former armed forces helicopter to an unmanned configuration with the aim of creating an armed platform

Light UAV Family Launched in Hungary

The Ku-ME Invest MP-H family uses a similar central body matched to various wing sizes to cater for a wide range of payload options

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

F-16s Ordered for Slovakia; Bulgarian Buy Reinstated

Lockheed Martin has received the go-ahead to begin the construction of 14 F-16Vs for Slovakia, while the “on-off” Bulgaria deal is back on again

How Spirit Is Dealing with Max Grounding

Spirit AeroSystems has been storing completed 737 Max fuselages for 10-20 days before shipping them off to Boeing.

Avianca Brasil Left without Slots, Future, or Identity

Brazil’s civil aviation agency awards idle takeoff and landing rights at Congonhas Airport to three airlines.

Airbus Deliveries Up, Orders Down

Airbus more than doubles earnings for the first half of 2019 while new orders fall sharply

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Tariffs, Brexit Threaten Airbus as A321 ACF 'Challenge' Persists

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury raises the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit and the prospect of tariffs leveled by the U.S.

Air France Pilots Greenlight Expansion of Transavia France

A new deal allows the Paris Orly-based low-cost carrier to grow beyond the 40 Boeing 737-800 cap imposed in 2014.

Helicopters, Defense Push Leonardo Higher

Leonardo's orders increase by 34 percent in the first half of 2019.

First Apaches Arrive in India

The Indian Air Force is receiving an initial batch of eight AH-64E(I)s to form the first unit

Airlines Feel Effects of Japan-Korea Trade and Economic Row

Boycotts by South Koreans prompt carriers to cut services to Japan.

Embraer Commercial Shipments Dip in First Six Months

Deliveries finished flat overall as executive jets offset commercial shipments.

Air France To Renew Short- and Medium-haul Fleet with A220s

The French airline also confirms it will dispose of its entire fleet of 10 A380s by 2022.

Russia Resurrects Stored Ka-29s

The growth in Russia’s assault ship capability has created a renewed demand for the shipborne assault support Ka-29 helicopter.

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