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85 Percent Aircraft Recycling Not Enough, Says Industry Exec

Sven Koechler is looking to increase the percentage of aircraft materials that can be recycled while creating social opportunites at the same time.

Canada Cleared for Upgrade of 36 Boeing CF-18 Fighters

The Royal Canadian Air Force is upgrading nearly half of its Hornet fleet while it waits for a new fighter.

Flying the New Embraer Phenom 300E

Flying the New Embraer Phenom 300E

GE Aviation Still Plans Denali Engine Delivery in 2020

GE Aviation still expects to deliver clean-sheet Catalyst turboprop engine for the Textron Aviation Cessna Denali this year.

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Preowned Business Aircraft Values Fall 15% in Covid Era

Average preowned business aircraft values have fallen 10 to 15 percent so far during the pandemic, with some individual makes and models down 20+ percent.

HyPoint To Provide Hydrogen Fuel Cells for CityHawk eVTOL

Hydrogen fuel weighs less than jet fuel and for the CityHawk eVTOL it will deliver range of us to around 125 miles when it enters service from around 2028.

Gulfstream To End G550 Production

Gulfstream is nearing the end of the line for its workhorse G550 with the announcement that it taken the last order for the long-range twinjet.

Supersonic AS2 Is Just a Starting Point for Aerion

As it eyes the future of speed in its product lines, Aerion has captured orders valued at more than $3 billion for its initial product, the AS2.

Senators Accuse FAA of Dodging Calls for 737 Max Documents

Senate Commerce Committee chairman Roger Wicker grilled FAA Administrator Steve Dickson on what the senator called a lack of cooperation by the agency.

Embraer Wins Major Financing Commitments

Brazilian export bank BNDES and other financial institutions have committed to provide up to $600 million in debt financing.

Gameco Inaugurates Boeing 737-800 Freighter Conversion Line

China’s Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company has opened the sixth 737-800BCF conversion line in the People’s Republic.

Embraer to Reintegrate Commercial Aviation, Slattery To GE

Embraer will reverse its “carve out” of Commercial Aviation while division CCO Arjan Meijer assumes the chief executive’s role from John Slattery.

Jetcraft, JSSI To Offer Buyers Unscheduled Mx Plan

The program will provide a six-month unscheduled maintenance plan from JSSI that's cost-free to buyers of an aircraft through Jetcraft.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Triggers M90 Management Shakeup

Chief development officer Alex Bellamy will leave Mitsubishi Aircraft as the company names a new chief engineer for the M90.

Textron Delivers 250th Citation M2 Light Jet

Fast Rabbit Aviation LLC in Seattle takes delivery of the milestone copy of the latest variant of the Citation Model 525 from Textron Aviation.

Cessna's Skyhawk 172 Marks 65 Years Of Flight

The largest Cessna 172 operator is the Civil Air Patrol, which this this week ordered 11 more of the type.

EASA Awards First Electric Aircraft TC to Pipistrel

EASA this week completed what it says is the world's first type certification for a fully electric aircraft, indicating it will pave the way for others.

Spirit Aero to Pause Boeing Max Fuselage Production

Boeing sent a letter to fuselage supplier Spirit Aerosystems asking it to delay production of twenty 737 Max shipsets.

Taiwan Flies Indigenous Advanced Trainer

The AT-5 is a derivative of the F-CK-1 Ching-kuo and will replace aging AT-3s and F-5s in the Republic of China Air Force.

Airflow Launches eSTOL Electric Cargo Aircraft

Former members of Airbus's Vahana eVTOL development team now believe that electric short takeoff and landing aircraft could be more cost effective.

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