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Qatar sells the world’s largest private plane, a Boeing 747

Qatar Amiri Flight, an airline owned and operated by Qatar government, put one of two 747-8i Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) aircraft on sale. Today this aircraft is known as the largest private aircraft in the world... Read More...

Tecnam P2010 validated in Australia and New Zealand

Tecnam announced that the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand have validated the Tecnam P2010 four-seater based on the EASA type certificate A.576, includi... Read More...

Tecnam, BRP-Rotax and Siemens team up for hybrid propulsion for general aviation

The Project selected for Horizon2020 had a Successful Kick-Off Meeting

Last May 17th, 2018 H3PS(acronym for “High Power High Scalability Aircraft Hybrid Powertrain”) kick-off meeting took place in Capua (Italy), at TECNAM headquarters, coordinator of the project. The European Comm... Read More...

PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to Authorized Pilatus Center Western Aircraft Delivered

The Authorized Pilatus Sales and Service Center Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, took delivery of the first PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to the Pilatus dealer network. In a ceremony at Pilatus B... Read More...

Singapore Airlines takes delivery of world’s first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

26 March 2018 - Singapore Airlines (SIA) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 from the manufacturer’s production facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. SIA is the world’s first airline to take d... Read More...

10th anniversary of first A380 flight to London Heathrow

More than 200 million passengers have enjoyed the A380 experience

Airbus and Heathrow airport are celebrating the 10th anniversary of A380 operations at the airport. They began on March 18th, 2008 with the arrival of the first A380, a Singapore Airlines flight SQ308 from Sing... Read More...

Boeing 737 MAX 7 First Flight

Boeing's new 737 MAX 7 successfully completed its first flight. The aircraft remains on schedule and now begins a comprehensive flight test program leading to certification and delivery in 2019. "Everything ... Read More...

Turkish Airlines expands its fleet with the Airbus A350 XWB and the Boeing B-787 Dreamliner

Turkish Airlines, the carrier based in Istanbul, has signed on March 9 a Letter of Intent (MoU - Memorandum of Understanding) for the purchase of 25 Airbus A350-900 aircraft plus five options and on March 12 an... Read More...

Cobham Helicopter Services announces launch customer

Chinese Rescue and Salvage announced as launch customer at the Cobham Helicopter Academy

Cobham announced China Rescue and Salvage (CRS) as the launch customer for the new Cobham Helicopter Academy based at Newquay Cornwall Airport, Cornwall. China Rescue and Salvage is China’s dedicated national m... Read More...

Meridiana launches new look Air Italy

Ambitious business plans aim to take Air Italy to 10 million passengers by 2022. Air Italy will provide travellers with an innovative, sophisticated and stylish carrier, offering an enhanced travel experience. ... Read More...

Leonardo: Japan first maintenance, repair and overhaul center for helicopters

Leonardo and Shizuoka Air Commuter Corporation (SACC) of Japan announced the signing of a Service Centre Agreement to set up helicopter MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) capabilities in Mt. Fuji Shizuoka A... Read More...

A350-1000 begins demonstration tour in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific

The A350-1000, the newest member of Airbus’ leading widebody family, has embarked on a three-week demonstration tour to the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region. The demonstration tour follows the completion ... Read More...

Boeing Sets Airplane Delivery Record, Finishes 2017 with Larger Order Book

Boeing delivered more commercial airplanes than any manufacturer for the sixth consecutive year and set an industry record with 763 deliveries in 2017, driven by high output of the market-leading 737 and 787 je... Read More...

Airbus Commercial Aircraft delivers record performance

Airbus’ Commercial Aircraft deliveries in 2017 were up for the 15th year in a row, reaching a new company record of 718 aircraft delivered to 85 customers. Deliveries were more than four percent higher than the... Read More...

First Airbus BelugaXL transporter rolls off assembly line

This next-generation super transporter is one of the largest aircraft in existence, it will fly in 2018

The first structurally complete airframe for the new BelugaXL rolled out from its assembly hangar in Toulouse, France this month. Once operational, a fleet of these next-generation airlifters will be used t... Read More...

GEVEN ESSENZA aircraft seats for FLYNAS A320

FLYNAS will be the first airline in the world to fly Essenza seat on A320 aircraft

Contract with Geven to deliver the seats for its new fleet of A320NEO aircraft

Largest Saudi Arabia low-cost carrier Flynas has selected the new italian Geven ESSENZA seat model to equip its upcoming A320NEO aircraft. Flynas will undergo a large fleet renewal project as part of its deve... Read More...

First flight for Tecnam P2012 Traveller 002

Tecnam announced the successful first flight of a second P2012 Traveller aircraft occurred on December 22nd. Serial number 002 will be configured as the “Conforming Production Aircraft’ and will be the template... Read More...

Rolls out for the first new Airbus A321neo ACF

New evolution with longer range and higher capacity

Airbus has completed assembly of the first A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex) at its facilities in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, will undergo ground tests prior to its scheduled f... Read More...

Aerion Lockheed Martin supersonic business jet

Aerion and Lockheed Martin to develop world’s first supersonic business jet

Aerion and Lockheed Martin announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to define a formal and gated process to explore the feasibility of a joint development of the world's first supersonic business jet, the ... Read More...

Pilatus Obtains PC-24 Type Certificates

Historic Milestone in Swiss Economic History

On 7 December 2017 Pilatus obtained type certificates from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US-American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first ever Swiss business jet. Certificati... Read More...