All news – Page 2035

  • e-cigarette
    Opinion

    OPINION: Why aviation should stub out e-cigarette threat

    2014-10-23T12:01:00Z

    ​Until now, the debate around electronic cigarettes has centred on their health credentials. While their makers – and many medical experts – claim they are a safe and effective method of quitting tobacco, others fret that so-called vaping is as antisocial as smoking and can be a gateway into that ...

  • News

    Vistara inks deal for pilot training

    2014-10-23T07:57:36Z

    Vistara has signed an agreement with the Flight Simulation Technique Centre (FSTC) in India to train its pilots.

  • News

    NBAA: Beechcraft heads for happier times

    2014-10-23T00:00:00Z

    ​The last five years have not been easy for customers of Hawker or Beechcraft-branded aircraft. With hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars invested, those loyal to the brand faced a gloomy future for an asset whose value is substantially based on whether there is a commercial system available to ...

  • News

    Start-up targets large business jet financing with $2bn fund

    2014-10-22T20:03:42Z

    ​Three global investment firms have launched a new leasing service – dubbed Global Jet Capital – with more than $2 billion in available financing catering to the large-cabin, long-range business jet market.

  • News

    Thailand grows EC725 order, adds EC645 T2s

    2014-10-22T18:48:36Z

    Thailand has added to a recent planned acquisition of Airbus Helicopters UH-72A Lakotas with a separate deal for five light-utility EC645 T2s and two 11t EC725s.

  • Singular Aircraft Flyox I
    News

    Flyox multipurpose UAV heads for the Arctic

    2014-10-22T18:23:46Z

    ​Singular Aircraft is to begin a flight test certification campaign of its new Flyox I unmanned air vehicle in the next two weeks, starting in the arctic.

  • Twin Otter British Antarctic Survey
    News

    UK to acquire UAVs for Antarctic research

    2014-10-22T18:05:57Z

    The British Antarctic Survey expects to order unmanned vehicles that can carry sensors or spare parts in weather too harsh for manned aircraft.

  • KC-390 front - Embraer
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: How Embraer attracted a global audience to the KC-390 roll-out

    2014-10-22T16:35:59Z

    Towed through a haze of green and yellow smoke, depicting Brazil’s national colours, and columns of fireworks, the civilian-marked KC-390 exited Embraer’s construction hangar in Gavião Peixoto into an apron spot located directly in front of guests at a roll-out ceremony on 21 October.

  • Dassault Falcon 5X
    News

    NBAA: Dassault's Trappier pokes fun at rival Gulfstream

    2014-10-22T16:18:10Z

    Dassault Aviation boss Éric Trappier has congratulated rival Gulfstream on the unveiling of two new models, while also cheekily suggesting that the Savannah firm is merely following in its footsteps.

  • News

    ATS to service Southwest 737s at new Kansas City site

    2014-10-22T15:55:04Z

    ​Aviation Technical Services (ATS) announces a new agreement with Southwest Airlines that will bring additional work to the MRO provider’s new facility at Kansas City International airport.

  • News

    NBAA: Discovery Aviation debuts XL-2 piston single and plots expansion

    2014-10-22T15:42:22Z

    ​Discovery Aircraft is debuting its XL-2 piston single at the show where it announced plans to expand its general aviation aircraft offering beyond the two-seat type and the five-seat, twin-engined Discovery 201, which is also on display.

  • Airbus A350-1000
    News

    First A350-1000 structures emerge

    2014-10-22T15:03:00Z

    ​Initial carbonfibre wing covers for the first Airbus A350-1000 have been completed, as structural work on the largest member of the family progresses.

  • Q400 radar - IAI
    News

    IAI unveils new maritime patrol radar

    2014-10-22T13:01:00Z

    ​Israel Aerospace Industries has expanded its range of airborne maritime surveillance radars by announcing the availability of its ELM-2022ES for patrol aircraft and the ELM-2022ML for unmanned air systems.

  • News

    MPL students bust transfer myth

    2014-10-22T11:55:25Z

    A group of UK multi-crew pilot licence (MPL) trainees dropped by their sponsoring carrier because of restructuring were immediately taken on by another airline, busting the “myth” that an MPL is not transferable, according to CTC Aviation chief commercial officer Anthony Petteford.

  • A321neo
    News

    Airbus tackles 757 range with higher-weight A321neo

    2014-10-22T11:47:00Z

    ​Airbus is aiming to introduce a higher-weight version of the A321neo in early 2019, in a bid to reinforce the type’s challenge to the Boeing 757 market.

  • News

    Elbit lands Asian F-5 upgrade deal

    2014-10-22T11:37:34Z

    ​An unnamed Asian country has awarded Elbit Systems contracts worth approximately $85 million to perform an avionics upgrade on its air force fleet of Northrop F-5 fighters. The work also will include installing new communications equipment and electro-optical sensors, and will be conducted over a three-year period, the Israeli company ...

  • Aerosonde 4.7 - AAI
    News

    Aerosonde UAV adapted for ship-based operations

    2014-10-22T11:18:57Z

    Textron Systems is anticipating the release of two naval requests for proposals which would see its Aerosonde unmanned air vehicle adapted to launch and land on a ship.

  • News

    France opens PSO process for Aurillac and Castres routes

    2014-10-22T10:15:32Z

    France is inviting airlines to apply for subsidies to operate routes connecting two regional cities with Paris.

  • NBAA placer
    News

    NBAA: Kestrel Aircraft seeks funding to complete single-engined turboprop

    2014-10-22T00:51:22Z

    ​US start-up Kestrel Aircraft has returned to NBAA with a mock up of its Kestrel single-engined turboprop and is keen to stress it's business as usual for the programme while it continues to search for funding to complete development.

  • Legacy 500
    News

    NBAA: Embraer Legacy 500 cleared for US flights

    2014-10-22T00:43:49Z

    ​With the stroke of a pen on 21 October, an FAA official cleared the Embraer Legacy 500 jet for flights over US soil.