All aerospace news – Page 65
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SIAEC to set up MRO joint venture at new Phnom Penh airport
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) has signed a joint venture agreement with Cambodian infrastructure investment firm Cambodia Airport Investment (CAIC) to form a line maintenance joint venture.
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Analysis
Can Boeing ecoDemonstrator's Asian flight be catalyst for air navigation efficiencies?
Now, in partnership with ANSPs in the USA, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand, Boeing will deploy the 787, its first ecoDemonstrator Explorer aircraft, to test trajectory-based operations (TBO), through which multiple nations work together to optimise flight paths, from takeoff to touchdown.
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HAECO appoints Swire veteran Richard Sell as new CEO
HAECO has appointed Richard Sell as its new group chief executive officer from 1 July.
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Indonesian Aerospace foresees local market for 120 N219s
Indonesian Aerospace is upbeat about the commercial and military prospects for its 19-seater N219 turboprop.
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Malaysia’s Weststar orders five AW139s
Malaysian helicopter operator Weststar Aviation has placed an order for five Leonardo AW139 intermediate twins in an offshore configuration.
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Natilus picks ZeroAvia to provide hydrogen-propulsion option for ‘Kona’ concept
California start-up Natilus is now offering its blended-wing-body conceptual autonomous aircraft with optional hydrogen-electric powerplants produced by ZeroAvia.
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Boeing now delivering some reworked 737s following fuselage issue
Boeing has started the process of delivering 737s that have been fixed to address a recently disclosed manufacturing quality problem involving fuselage clips.
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Airbus Helicopters nets 43-unit Italian order
Italian business aviation operator Air Corporate has placed a firm 43-rotorcraft order with Airbus Helicopters
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In depth
Boeing safety revamp is ‘journey’, will take time
Boeing’s chief aerospace safety officer says the company has learned lessons since overhauling safety processes in the wake of the 737 Max tragedies, but is ”not there yet”.
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Honda Aircraft to finalise HondaJet 2600 suppliers in June ahead of autumn announcements
Honda Aircraft is finalising the supply chain for its proposed HondaJet 2600 as the airframer seemingly moves closer to an official launch of the new aircraft.
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Stratolaunch bids for rocket-drop 747 as Virgin Orbit assets are carved up
Three companies have successfully bid for assets of Virgin Orbit, with aerospace firm Stratolaunch picking up the modified Boeing 747-400 which was used to carry air-dropped satellite launch vehicles. Virgin Orbit entered US bankruptcy protection earlier this year, weeks after the 747’s first attempt to launch satellites from the UK ...
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Inmarsat rolls out ‘fastest ever’ Jet ConneX in-flight connectivity plans
Satellite communications company Inmarsat is now selling a series of faster in-flight broadband plans as part of its Jet ConneX service with business partner Satcom Direct.
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ASL Group firms order for six Lilium Jets
Belgium-based ASL Group has firmed up an agreement for six Lilium Jets, converting a memorandum of understanding first disclosed at 2022’s Farnborough air show.
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VoltAero powers ahead with development of hybrid-electric Cassio 330
French hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero is gearing up for the maiden sortie of its initial Cassio 330 prototype, which the company expects to take place later this year.
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Latest Cassio commitments add to VoltAero’s backlog
VoltAero has boosted its backlog with a pre-order for 15 of its hybrid-electric aircraft – a deal that could include all three models in the French developer’s Cassio line-up.
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Lilium unveils Pioneer Edition interior as boss Roewe hails ‘tremendous progress’
German start-up gives first glimpse of high-end cabin that will equip the first 50 units of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet, as the company looks to accelerate the development of the Lilium Jet having recently secured its near-term funding requirements.
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Russia’s SSJ-New edges towards serial production
Serial production of the Irkut SSJ-New, the domestically-modified variant of the Superjet 100, is scheduled to commence next year, Russian state technology corporation Rostec insists. Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov says prototypes of the SSJ-New are being assembled at the Irkut plant in Komsomolsk, while certification structural testing of an SSJ-New ...
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Textron Aviation delivers first passenger-configured SkyCourier
Textron Aviation has delivered the first passenger variant of its Cessna SkyCourier turboprop to Hawaiian charter company Lanai Air.
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Textron Aviation celebrates as 100th Cessna Citation Longitude rolls off production line
Textron Aviation recently rolled the 100th Cessna Citation Longitude out of its Wichita factory, after delivering the first of the type in 2019.
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Swiss bliss for Lilium as it signs deposit-backed deal
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer Lilium has booked a firm order from Swiss private jet and helicopter operator Air-Dynamic for up to five units of its Lilium Jet.