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GE Aviation announces first run of Advanced Turboprop engine

GE Aviation’s Advanced Turboprop engine, the first clean-sheet turboprop engine to hit the Business and General Aviation (BGA) market in more than 30 years, successfully completed its first engine test run at GE Aviation’s facility in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday (December 22). The Advanced Turboprop engine will begin certification testing in 2018. The engine […]

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GE Aviation announces first run of Advanced Turboprop engine

GE Aviation’s Advanced Turboprop engine, the first clean-sheet turboprop engine to hit the Business and General Aviation (BGA) market in more than 30 years, successfully completed its first engine test run at GE Aviation’s facility in Prague, Czech Republic, on Friday (December 22). The Advanced Turboprop engine will begin certification testing in 2018. The engine

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IAI board approves consolidation of three business groups into single aviation group

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) board of directors has approved IAI’s CEO and President, Joseph Weiss proposal to implement a structural transformation. The main initiative implemented under the transformation is the establishment of a single aviation group for all of IAI’s aviation businesses. Currently, IAI is structured in six independent groups, each with turnover of several

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IAI board approves consolidation of three business groups into single aviation group

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) board of directors has approved IAI’s CEO and President, Joseph Weiss proposal to implement a structural transformation. The main initiative implemented under the transformation is the establishment of a single aviation group for all of IAI’s aviation businesses. Currently, IAI is structured in six independent groups, each with turnover of several

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FL Technics completes major aircraft modifications for the fifth Airbus A321

FL Technics has completed a major upgrade project for already the fifth Airbus A321 in 2017. The latest modification comprised fundamental equipment and furnishing changes in cargo compartment, including the removal of ACT in the AFT cargo hold and the installation of semi-automatic cargo loading system to both cargo compartments. The passenger’s compartment had to

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FL Technics completes major aircraft modifications for the fifth Airbus A321

FL Technics has completed a major upgrade project for already the fifth Airbus A321 in 2017. The latest modification comprised fundamental equipment and furnishing changes in cargo compartment, including the removal of ACT in the AFT cargo hold and the installation of semi-automatic cargo loading system to both cargo compartments. The passenger’s compartment had to

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First Tiger HAD retrofit delivered to French Army Aviation

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first Tiger retrofitted into the HAD version to the French Army Aviation, after having previously completed its formal acceptance process with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA). This retrofit from the HAP to the HAD version involves performing over 100 airframe modifications and installing over 1500 new parts and 250

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Last journey of a Challenger 604 – to be parted out by FAI

A Bombardier Challenger 604, D-AMSC, made its final journey on December 19, 2017 aboard an Antonov 124. The flight, from Muscat in Oman to Albrecht Duerer International Airport, Nuremberg, Germany was arranged by FAI Germany, which purchased the aircraft for parting out. Formerly operated by Munich-based operator MHS, the 604 made an emergency landing at

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ExxonMobil’s Mobil Jet Oil II supports the first flight of COMAC’s second test aircraft

ExxonMobil’s Jet Oil II has supported COMAC’s second C919 test airliner on its maiden flight. The second C919 test aircraft took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport on December 17. The first maiden C919 test flight, which occurred on May 5, 2017, also used Mobil Jet Oil II. With nearly 600 million hours of on-wing

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Further blow to Bombardier CSeries as U.S. Commerce Department upholds tariff

It has been announced by the U.S. Commerce Department that any of the Bombardier CSeries aircraft ordered by Delta Air Lines are likely to face a tariff of 292.21% if they enter the U.S. in a partially- or fully-assembled state. This follows on from a preliminary estimate made in September, and is seen as a

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