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Bombardier just landed a huge deal that could rescue its Boeing-challenging new jet

Bombardier's embattled C-Series airliner has finally found the major North American airline customer it has been searching for. Air Canada announced Wednesday that it would order 45 CS-300 airliners with an option for another 30 jets. "We are delighted to announce this important agree...

Vietjet and Airbus to establish A320 Flight & Maintenance Training Services in Ho Chi Minh

Airbus has signed an agreement to provide flight and maintenance training services to Vietjet in Ho Chi Minh City. With this agreement, Vietjet‘s flight training centre will host an Airbus A320 Full-Flight Simulator (FFS) to conduct flight crew training for its A320 family fleet. In additio...

Philippine Airlines selects the A350 XWB for future long haul fleet

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for the order of six A350-900s, with another six purchase options. The news was announced today at the Singapore Airshow by Jaime J. Bautista, President & COO of Philippine Airlines and Fabrice Brégier, President & CEO of Airbus. Philippine Airlines will configure its A350-900s with a premium thr...

A positive kick-off for Airbus in 2016

Airbus got off to a good start in 2016, in particular for its best-selling wide body family with 16 aircraft orders booked in January, comprising 14 all new A330-900neo’s from an undisclosed customer and two A320ceo’s from fast growing Hong Kong based lessor, CALC (China Aircraft Leasing Company). The main highlight of Airbus’ deliveries in January 2016 was the very first A320...

Airbus widebody and single-aisle jetliners continue to make their mark in the dynamic Asia-Pacific region

This week’s Singapore Airshow is shining a spotlight on Airbus’ important commercial presence in the Asia-Pacific region – which is the fastest-growing market globally for new civil aircraft, as well as a key customer base for the company’s product line of modern widebody and single-aisle jetliners. Airbus entered this market in 1974 with a milestone A300B order from Kor...

Legacy 500 Makes Singapore Debut

Claudio Camelier, v-p sales for Middle East and Asia Pacific (not including China) for Embraer Executive Jets (EEJ), told AIN last week that the region accounts for 10 percent of its fleet now. At the Singapore Airshow, the highlight for the Brazilian company will be the debut of its Legacy 500 here; it also has a Phenom 100, a Phenom 300 and a Legacy here on the static display....

Dassault to Feature Falcon 7X and Falcon 2000LXS at Singapore Airshow

 Dassault Aviation will present the top of the line Falcon 7X trijet and the Falcon 2000LXS twin at the Singapore Airshow, the largest aerospace and defence exhibition in the Asia Pacific region. The six day event, which opens on February 16th, will take place at Singapore’s Changi Airport and will coincide with Dassault Aviation’s 100th anniversary. In addition to the Falco...

Singapore Airlines and Airbus sign Flight Hour Services Tailored Support Package (FHS-TSP) contract for its A380 fleet

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a ‘Flight Hour Services - Tailored Support Package’ (FHSTSP) contract with Airbus to integrate and provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance, as well as fleet technical management services for SIA’s 19 A380s. Under this 10-year agreement with Airbus, Singapore Airlines will benefit from the experience and expertise offe...

Boeing Sees SE Asia Aircraft Demand Worth USD$550 Billion

Southeast Asia will need 3,750 new aircraft worth USD$550 billion in 20 years from 2015, a senior Boeing executive told a press conference ahead of the Singapore Airshow. Of this number, 76 percent will be for single-aisle aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, said Dinesh Keskar, senior vice-president for Asia Pacific and India sales at Boeing. This will be largely driven by low-c...

IATA highlights safety margin of audited carriers

Carriers which had passed the IATA operational safety audit were involved in five hull-loss accidents last year, but the accident rate for these operators was nevertheless three times better than for those outside of the scheme. The accident rate was 1.14 per million flights for IOSA-registered airlines compared with 3.23 for non-IOSA operators. IATA says that, over the five-year span from 2...

Bombardier’s all-new CS100 Aircraft Kicks off Worldwide Demonstration Tours with First Stop in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that its all-new, recently-certified CS100 aircraft in the livery of first operator SWISS has kicked off demonstration tours and that its first stop will be Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In addition to stops in the Middle East, the aircraft – which is en route to the Singapore Airshow 2016 - is expected to make stops in a number of Asia-Pac...

Five bidders eye £2bn London City Airport deal

An infrastructure vehicle backed by Asia's richest man is among five short-listed bidders expected to make offers for London City Airport this week. Asia’s richest man is among five suitors that are this week expected to make final bids for London City Airport to clinch a deal that could value the business at about £2bn. Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (CKI), the firm controlled by Hong...

Rolls-Royce Expands Asian Trent 1000 Parts Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce (R-R) has expanded its involvement in the Asia/Pacific aerospace industry with arrangements for producing Trent 1000 engine fan cases in Malaysia. The engine maker  has signed a 25-year agreement covering manufacture, assembly, and supply of the assemblies with UMW M&E, the investment arm of Malaysian conglomerate UMW, and the latter's newly established ...

Dassault Sees Weaker Market for Falcon Bizjets in Asia

Dassault Falcon is exhibiting two of its wide-cabin business aircraft, a Falcon 7X trijet and a Falcon 2000LX twinjet, here in Singapore. The Asian market, after a peak period in the early 2010s, is now much slower, but the French airframer is confident about the coming years. “Business aviation is a cyclical market, including in Asia,” Jean-Michel Jacob, senior v-p f...

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Bombardier marks 40 years of Smart Services programs at NBAA-BACE 2026 in Las Vegas

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FAA certifies Boeing 737-10, bringing the largest 737 MAX variant to market

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has certified the Boeing 737-10, the newest and largest member of the 737 MAX family, paving the way for Boeing [NYSE: BA] to begin customer deliveri...

Airbus expects global freighter fleet to nearly double by 2045

Airbus 2026 Cargo Global Market Forecast, unveiled at the Cargo Facts Symposium, predicts that the global fleet of dedicated freighter aircraft will expand by 46%, rising from 2,360 aircraft in 2026 t...

Elevating Nevis: Premier Mark Brantley on aviation, tourism and economic transformation

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BPE Air reports nearly US$90 million in 2025 revenue as Aldrew Crowe advances integrated aviation platform

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Tecnam P2012 SMP brings faster, safer and more efficient aerial power grid monitoring to TVA

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First production Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 rolls out, marking major step toward entry into service

Textron Aviation has marked a key milestone in the development of the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 with the rollout of the program’s first production aircraft. The achievement brings the next-g...

Gogo unveils Galileo roadmap to continue enhancing customer investments through the mid 2030s and beyond

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AMAC Aerospace records strong business growth as new contracts and approvals drive demand across core services

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TARMAC Aerosave becomes the world’s first triple AFRA-accredited company, doubling aircraft dismantling capacity

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Dassault brings EASy IV upgrade to Falcon 2000 series, extending its latest standard to the best-selling family

Dassault will introduce the fourth-generation EASy IV flight deck on newly built Falcon 2000LXS aircraft, while also making the upgrade available as a retrofit across the entire Falcon 2000 EASy fleet...

Gulfstream expands performance analytics capabilities to enhance aircraft operational efficiency

Gulfstream Aerospace has enhanced the capabilities of its Customer Support Performance Analytics program, further strengthening its ability to transform aircraft data into actionable insight...

“Discover Airlines Shark” takes to the skies as first AeroSHARK-enhanced Airbus begins scheduled operations

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Embraer delivers first E175 with new RECARO cabin interior to American Airlines

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Norway unveils five sites for landmark hybrid-electric aircraft demonstrations in 2027

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Daher Aircraft delivers Europe’s first Kodiak 900 to Swiss couple for outdoor adventures

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Samson Sky taps renowned Italian automotive designer for switchblade flying car interior design

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Velocity Maintenance Solutions expands hangar facilities at Wilmington Airport, enhancing service capacity and growth prospects

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Aviation Capital Group places order for 75 Airbus A320neo family aircraft

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