Shares in Virgin Galactic jumped nearly 40% on news that Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship company has been given approval for passengers to fly into space on a commercial basis, while putting pressure on ‘space race’ rivals Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with Space X and Blue Origin, respectively. Shares in Virgin Galactic have all but …
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BOC Aviation has delivered three of four new Airbus A321neo aircraft for lease to Scoot Airlines (Scoot). The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines. Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BOC Aviation, said: “We are delighted to have delivered these aircraft to Scoot, and we’re pleased to be …
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The Italian Minister of Defence Lorenzo Guerini and Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Alberto Rosso have attended the acceptance ceremony of an Italian Air Force HH-139B helicopter during an official visit to Leonardo’s helicopter facility in Vergiate (Italy). The HH-139B is a dedicated Air Force variant of the AW139 type. The aircraft will …
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An agreement signed on June 25 has positioned Airways Aviation as the launch customer in France for VoltAero’s family of Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft, to be deployed for regional mobility and for pilot training. Based on this memorandum of understanding (MoU), VoltAero will collaborate with Airways Aviation on defining the utilization of Cassio aircraft in its …
With this acquisition the company adds a second FBO terminal, two private ramps and two hangars to its Zurich footprint and 17 aircraft to its European fleet. Located opposite Jet Aviation’s FBO at Zurich Airport, the ExecuJet Zurich FBO includes one near-5,000 m² hangar and one 2,500 m² hangar; two private ramps at 4,620 and …
Iridium Communications has been awarded a research and development contract worth up to US$30 million by the United States Army (the Army) to develop a payload to be hosted on small satellites that supports navigation systems, guidance, and control for the global positioning system (GPS) and GPS-denied precision systems. The new experimental Iridium® payload is …
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