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Brazil Seeks More Gripens as Saab/Embraer Strengthen Ties

Further Gripen fighter purchases for Brazil were discussed at the start of the program, but now serious evaluations are getting under way.

Aircraft

April 17, 2023

C&L Aero Clinches Sale of VVIP Bizliner to Argentina

C&L Aerospace has completed the sale of a VVIP Boeing 757 to the secretary general of the presidency of Argentina for presidential travel.

Aircraft

April 17, 2023

VietJet Expands Service to Australia amid SE Asian Rebound

VietJet A330-300 debuts in Sydney as Vietnamese authorities project traffic recovery to 2019 levels by year-end.

Aircraft

April 14, 2023

SkyDrive Signs First Preorder for Private-use eVTOL

SkyDrive opened the order book to private individual customers for its SD-05 two-seat eVTOL, and Drone Fund director Kotaro Chiba was the first to order.

Aircraft

April 14, 2023

Videos

China’s August 1st Ba Yi Aerobatics Team Performs Flying Display at Dubai Airshow

China’s August 1st Ba Yi Aerobatics Team Performs Flying Display at Dubai Airshow

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November 14, 2017

Sweden’s Saab JAS 39 Gripen Flies at Dubai Airshow 2017

Sweden’s Saab JAS 39 Gripen Flies at Dubai Airshow 2017

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November 14, 2017

Russian Knights Perform Aerobatics with Sukhoi Su-30SM Fighters at Dubai Airshow

Russian Knights Perform Aerobatics with Sukhoi Su-30SM Fighters at Dubai Airshow

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November 12, 2017

Russia’s Sukhoi Su-35 Flying Display at Dubai Airshow 2017

Russia’s Sukhoi Su-35 Flying Display at Dubai Airshow 2017

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November 11, 2017

More Articles

Boeing Confronted with Another Max Delivery Disruption

Aft fuselages for the 737 Max supplied by Sprit Aerosystems are the source of another delivery disruption.

Aircraft

April 14, 2023

Gulfstream G400 Cabin Tour Launches, First Flight Nears

Gulfstream is launching a G400 cabin mockup tour in the U.S. as it prepares to fly the first of the twinjets later this year.

Aircraft

April 14, 2023

Dutch Start-up Maeve Unveils All-Electric Regional Airliner

The company claims battery technology will be sufficient to carry 44 passengers over 250 nm by 2029, with range and payload to increase in the future.

Aircraft

April 13, 2023

Demand for Business Jets of Sanctioned Russians Remains High

Demand for Russian business jets remains high despite sanctions.

Aircraft

April 12, 2023

Honda Aircraft Settles Lawsuit Against Jet It

Honda Aircraft and business jet operator Jet It have reached a confidential resolution in their legal dispute.

Aircraft

April 12, 2023

Liebherr Developing Air Supply System for Airbus ZeroE Program

Toulouse-based Liebherr-Aerospace has entered the second phase of study into an air supply demonstrator for Airbus’s hydrogen fuel-cell system.

Aircraft

April 11, 2023

Boeing Reports Nearly Half of Chinese Max Fleet in Service

Eleven Chinese airlines have returned 43 Boeing Max jets to service as of April 10, accounting for 45 percent of the fleet.

Aircraft

April 11, 2023

AINsight: 1 in 60 Rule and Why Accuracy Matters

Aircraft specification on aircraft listings need to be extremely accurate since buyer deals are often predicated on installed equipment per the specs.

Aircraft

April 10, 2023

AINsight: Matching Words with Action

With the preowned business aircraft market normalizing, it's important to right-size pricing rather than overprice and assume the market will correct it.

Aircraft

April 6, 2023

Airbus To Build Second Assembly Line at Chinese A320 Site

An agreement to expand Airbus’s production capacity in China came during an official visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Beijing.

Aircraft

April 6, 2023

Wichita's Clemens Aviation Buys Rival Midwest Corporate

Clemens Aviation has cornered the FBO market at Colonel James Jabara Airport with its purchase of Midwest Corporate Aviation.

Aircraft

April 6, 2023

Tight Helicopter Market In Hover

Pent-up demand erupts as supply chain problems continue in the helicopter market.

Aircraft

April 3, 2023

Kenai Aviation Takes Delivery of Another Tecnam P2012 Traveller

Alaska based air charter operator Kenai Aviation accepted its second 11-seat Tecnam P2012 Traveller this week at the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo.

Aircraft

March 31, 2023

Instant Insurance Quotes Now Available for Aircraft Owners

SkyWatch eliminates the middleman in the aircraft insurance-buying process.

Aircraft

March 31, 2023

Blog: Where’s My Electric-powered Airplane?

Development of electric aircraft by the experimental aircraft community seems to be lagging, but there are some interesting efforts underway.

Aircraft

March 30, 2023

ATR Targets 40 New Aircraft Deliveries This Year

European turboprop manufacturer ATR shipped only 25 new aircraft to customers in 2022 as supply chain and staffing bottlenecks slowed production.

Aircraft

March 30, 2023