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Gulfstream G500 Makes Aero Friedrichshafen Debut

The Gulfstream G500 is on display at the Aero Friedrichshafen show, marking the type's German airshow debut.

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April 20, 2023

Comac’s ARJ21 Regional Jet Enters Service in Indonesia

TransNusa Aviation operated the first revenue flight of the ARJ21outside China with service from Jakarta to Bali.

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April 19, 2023

Diamond Aircraft To Begin SAF Testing in Diesel Engines

Austrian aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft along with sister company Austro Engine will soon begin testing engines on sustainable aviation fuel.

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April 19, 2023

Daher's TBM 960 Makes European Airshow Debut

The TBM 960 is the latest in Daher's line of TBM turboprop singles and is making its Eurpopean airshow debut this week at Aero Friedrichshofen in Germany.

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April 19, 2023

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Bye Aerospace Sun Flyer Targets Charter Market

Bye Aerospace Sun Flyer Targets Charter Market

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November 28, 2018

Terrafugia’s eVTOL Concept Taps Hybrid Tech and Detachable Passenger Pods

Terrafugia’s eVTOL Concept Taps Hybrid Tech and Detachable Passenger Pods

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November 14, 2018

Aerion Unveils Stage 5 GE Affinity Engine for Supersonic AS2

Aerion Unveils Stage 5 GE Affinity Engine for Supersonic AS2

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November 5, 2018

Embraer Launches New Praetor 500 and 600 Business Jets

Embraer Launches New Praetor 500 and 600 Business Jets

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October 16, 2018

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Bombardier Smart Link Plus OK'd for Challengers, Globals

Transport Canada, EASA, and the FAA have OK'd installation of Smart Link Plus health monitoring systems on most Bombardier Challengers and Globals.

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April 19, 2023

Attendance Soars at 2023 King Air Gathering

Attendance was up by 70 percent and vendor count nearly doubled at the 2023 King Air Gathering, marking a new era for the annual event.

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April 18, 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.

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April 17, 2023

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.

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April 17, 2023

Boeing Confronted with Another Max Delivery Disruption

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

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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.

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April 14, 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.

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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.

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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.

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April 13, 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.

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April 12, 2023

Demand for Business Jets of Sanctioned Russians Remains High

Demand for Russian business jets remains high despite sanctions.

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April 12, 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.

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April 11, 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

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.

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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.

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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.

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April 6, 2023