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Boeing 777X’s GE9X engines receive FAA certification

GE Aviation announced today its GE9X engine has been certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorities, a key milestone in its journey to power the new twin-engine Boeing 777X family. The ... Read More...

ZEROe: the Airbus vision about the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft powered by hydrogen

By 2035, the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft could take to the skies. To bring this vision to reality, Airbus is exploring game-changing concept aircraft – known as ZEROe – powered by hydrogen, ... Read More...

15million USD HCare Infinite support contract will cover NASA’s H135 fleet for up to 10 years

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a $15million HCare Infinite full-availability support solution with Airbus Helicopters, Inc. The comprehensive contract, initially covering tw... Read More...

HTM-Helicopters to become the first operator to use the new H145 for offshore wind operations

Airbus Helicopters and HTM-Helicopters have signed a contract for the purchase of two additional H145 helicopters. HTM will be the first operator to use the new five-bladed H145 in the Offshore Wind segment. ... Read More...

Italian Air Force Eurofighters will fly over Mugello to celebrate the 1000th Gran Prix of Ferrari in Formula 1

A formation of Eurofighers with the symbol of the Prancing Horse on the fuselage will fly over the starting grid before the race begins. For about 100 years now, the Prancing Horse has been a lasting link betwe... Read More...

Airbus delivers first of 16 advanced law enforcement H125 helicopters to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (AHI) has delivered the first of 16 new H125 helicopters uniquely configured for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO). AMO collaborated with AHI as p... Read More...

Emirates’ Airbus A380s return to the skies

Emirates will deploy its iconic A380 on its daily Amsterdam service, and add a second daily A380 service to London Heathrow starting from 1 August. This announcement follows the Emirates A380’s return to the... Read More...

The Airbus Helicopters H160 receives EASA approval

Airbus Helicopters’ multi-role twin engine helicopter H160 has been granted its type certificate by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), marking a new chapter for the programme. The company is expe... Read More...

Alaska’s North Slope Borough now flies a Piltaus PC-24 air ambulance

Operated by the North Slope Borough Search and Rescue Department (SAR) in the northernmost region of the United States, the PC-24 provides basic medical care for 9,800 residents across a territory of 95,000 squ... Read More...

Babcock provides dedicated Beech 200 air ambulance for swedish Covid-19 patients

Babcock’s team at Scandinavian Air Ambulance have refitted one of their Beech 200 aircraft into a dedicated COVID-19 air ambulance to help relieve intensive care departments in Sweden. Babcock has been assis... Read More...

Airbus adapts aircraft production rates in COVID-19 environment as update on March commercial aircraft orders & deliveries

After a solid commercial and industrial performance at the beginning of the year, Airbus (stock exchange symbol: AIR) is now revising its production rates downwards to adapt to the new Coronavirus market enviro... Read More...

First Airbus A350-900 for Aeroflot

Aeroflot, the Russian flag carrier and member of the SkyTeam alliance, has taken delivery of its first A350-900, becoming the launch operator of the latest-generation widebody aircraft in Eastern Europe and CIS... Read More...

55th anniversary of maiden flight of the world’s largest turboprop AN-22 Antei

On February 27, 1965, the AN-22 Antei, the first widebody transport aircraft in the world, performed its maiden flight. AN-22 was the biggest transport at that time. Antei’s parameters were impressive: take-off... Read More...

PC-24 business jet rough field certification campaign

The swiss business jet is now fully certified for operation on unpaved runways

Pilatus obtained certification for take-offs and landings on grass, wet earth and snow, making the PC-24 the world’s most flexible business jet ever. Pilatus has now obtained full rough field certification for ... Read More...

Gulf Helicopters launch customer for italian helicopter Leonardo AW-189K

Leonardo is strengthening its leading position in the super medium helicopter market by announcing the launch customer for the all new AW189K variant. Gulf Helicopters of Qatar, a major force in the offshore t... Read More...

New Boeing 777X completes successful first flight

The new Boeing 777X jetliner took to the skies today, entering the next phase of its rigorous test program. Based on the popular 777 and with proven technologies from the 787 Dreamliner, the 777X took off in fr... Read More...

ATTOL Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off & Landing: Airbus demonstrates first fully automatic vision-based take-off

Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft A350-1000 at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two pilots, two flight t... Read More...

The Airbus BelugaXL has entered into service with its first operational flight

The BelugaXL has entered into service, providing Airbus with 30% extra transport capacity in order to support the on-going production ramp-up of commercial aircraft programmes. The aircraft, which is an integra... Read More...

Airbus delivers strong 2019 commercial aircraft performance with 863 aircraft deliveries

8 percent higher than in 2018 and 1,131 new aircraft orders, 768 net orders, backlog stands at 7,482 aircraft

Airbus delivered 863 commercial aircraft to 99 customers in 2019, outpacing its previous output record set in 2018 by eight percent. In the 17th yearly production increase in a row, Airbus progressed on the tra... Read More...

Avion Express reached record production results in 2019

Avion Express, leading ACMI operator in the world, is delighted to announce that the company reached record yearly production results in 2019. During 2019 Avion Express expanded its fleet to the all-time high n... Read More...