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50 years of Dassault Falcon

May 20, 2013 by feryomaha

Dassault is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Falcon brand at EBACE by showing off one of the latest members of the family – although not the long-anticipated SMS, which is likely to be launched at NBAA. The French company’s line-up includes the recently certificated Falcon 2000S, Dassault’s new entry-level jet, along with the Falcon 900LX long-range aircraft and the top-of-the-line Falcon 7X. The show will also highlight the EASy II advanced avionics suite, FalconCabin HD+ entertainment system and FalconBroadcast […]

Categories: Aircraft, Business Aviation • Tags: Dassault, Falcon

Bombardier launches Challenger 350

May 20, 2013 by feryomaha

Bombardier raised the stakes in the hotly contested super-midsize sector with the launch this morning of the Challenger 350. The 10-seat business jet will be produced alongside the 10-year-old Challenger 300 – the best-selling super-midsize type on the market with deliveries fast approaching 400. As with its established stablemate, the Challenger 350 will be pitched against Dassault’s recently certificated Falcon 2000S, Gulfstream’s G280, and the in-development Cessna Citation Longitude when it enters service in 2014. US fractional ownership giant NetJets […]

Categories: Aircraft, Business Aviation • Tags: Bombardier, Challenger 350

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China Eastern receives first China-built A320 with sharklets

May 20, 2013 by feryomaha

China Eastern Airlines has received its first Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with sharklets. The aircraft, which is powered by International Aero Engines IAE V2500 engines, is also the first sharklet-equipped A320 assembled and delivered in Tianjin. China Eastern started using the aircraft on the route from Shanghai to Dalian on 18 May. “In the near future, China Eastern will further expand our sharklet-equipped A320 family fleet”, says China Eastern vice-president flight operations Shu Mingjiang. The carrier is the first in […]

Categories: Aircraft, Airlines • Tags: A320, Airbus, China Eastern

KLM to add two more 777s

May 18, 2013 by feryomaha

KLM is to take delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs in spring 2015, one from Boeing and another from Air Lease, taking its total 777-300ER fleet to 10 aircraft. It has also extended leases on three 737-800s and one 777-200ER that are already operating in KLM’s fleet. A KLM spokesman confirmed that the Dutch carrier has ordered one aircraft direct with Boeing. This is due to arrive in April 2015. The Air Lease aircraft, also a new 777-300ER, will be delivered […]

Categories: Aircraft, Airlines • Tags: 777, Boeing, KLM

First Boeing P-8I for India

May 16, 2013 by feryomaha

The Indian navy’s first of eight Boeing P-8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft has touched down at the service’s Rajali naval air station, with more of the 737-based type scheduled to follow during 2013. “We’re on track to deliver the next two P-8I aircraft later this year,” says Boeing Military Aircraft president Chris Chadwick, who hailed the company’s on-schedule achievement with transferring the first example. Carrying the registration IN321, this had been formally accepted by the Indian navy at […]

Categories: Aircraft, Military • Tags: Boeing, India Navy, P-8I

Southwest launches Boeing 737-7 MAX

May 16, 2013 by feryomaha

Southwest Airlines, the U.S. low-cost carrier which launched the original Boeing 737-300, 737-500, 737-700 Next Generation and 737 MAX has become the first customer for the shorter-bodied -7 version of Boeing’s re-engined MAX family. The announcement brings total MAX orders to 1,315, including the recently confirmed deal with Turkish Airlines for 40 737-8s and 10 737-9s. It also marks the launch of the third variant of the MAX family, which Southwest officially inaugurated with a deal for 150 firm orders […]

Categories: Aircraft, Airlines • Tags: 737, 737-7, Boeing, Southwest Airlines

Turkish Airlines finalizes 737 MAX and 737NG order

May 14, 2013 by feryomaha

Boeing and Turkish Airlines today finalized a firm order for 40 737 MAX 8s, 10 737 MAX 9s and 20 Next-Generation 737-800 jets, valued at $6.9 billion at list prices. The order, originally announced as a commitment last month, also includes options for an additional 25 737 MAX 8s and is the largest Boeing order in Turkish Airlines’ history. “We are delighted to finalize the order, which will considerably expand our fleet and contribute to our continued growth,” said Temel Kotil, PhD, President and CEO of Turkish […]

Categories: Aircraft, Airlines • Tags: 737, 737 Max, Boeing, Turkish

Kuwait Airways to order Airbus A350-900s and A320neos

May 13, 2013 by feryomaha

State-run Kuwait Airways will spend 850 million dinars ($2.98 billion) on 25 new Airbus jets and aims to lease a further 13 to upgrade its ageing fleet, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Sunday. Daily Al-Watan cited sources close to the decision-makers as saying that the airline would start receiving the new aircraft from Airbus, owned by aerospace and defense group EADS, from 2019. Kuwait Airways plans to buy 10 wide-bodied A350-900 jets and 15 of the slimmer A320neo, the newspaper […]

Categories: Aircraft, Airlines • Tags: A320, A350, Airbus, Kuwait Airways

First flight-test A350 emerges in full colours

May 13, 2013 by feryomaha

Airbus has unveiled the first A350-900 flight-test prototype in its full paint scheme, as the airframer makes final preparations for the twinjet’s maiden sortie. The aircraft has been fitted with its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and the painting process marks one of the final stages before the flight-test regime begins. Customers have ordered 414 of the -900 variant, the first of the three-member family to be developed. Having been painted the aircraft will undergo a series of ground tests and […]

Categories: Aircraft • Tags: A350, Airbus

Boeing increases 787 production rate

May 10, 2013 by feryomaha

This month the first 787 Dreamliner built at the new seven-airplane-per-month production rate rolled out of the Everett Final Assembly facility. The airplane is the 114th 787 to be built and 100th to be built in Everett. “I’m extremely proud of the focus this team has demonstrated,” said Larry Loftis, vice president and general manager of the 787 program. “We’ve faced some challenges this year, but the team members have kept their heads down and executed the plan. Production health […]

Categories: Aircraft, News • Tags: 787, Boeing

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50 years of Dassault Falcon

Bombardier launches Challenger 350

China Eastern receives first China-built A320 with sharklets

KLM to add two more 777s

First Boeing P-8I for India

Southwest launches Boeing 737-7 MAX

Turkish Airlines finalizes 737 MAX and 737NG order

Kuwait Airways to order Airbus A350-900s and A320neos

First flight-test A350 emerges in full colours

Boeing increases 787 production rate

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