February 2014

General Aviation News February 28, 2014

Milestone Aviation Group Signs Contract to Purchase First Eight New-Generation AgustaWestland Helicopters

Milestone Aviation Group, the global leader in helicopter leasing, together with AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced today at Helicopter Association International’s Heli-Expo that they have…

General Aviation News February 28, 2014

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Four New Leased Boeing 737-800s to VRG Linhas Aéreas S. A.

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of four new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft…

General Aviation News February 28, 2014

Airbus Helicopters scores 78 bookings for its new rotorcraft product line at Heli-Expo

Contracts cover the next-generation EC175; new EC145 T2, evolved EC225e and AS332 C1e versions, and the cornerstone EC225 The 78 bookings announced by Airbus…

General Aviation News February 28, 2014

Bombardier to Premiere its new Learjet 75 aircraft on a Tour of Latin America

Bombardier Aerospace today announced that its new Learjet 75 aircraft will be showcased for the first time in Latin America during a special demonstration tour….

Civilian aviation news February 28, 2014

Skymark Airlines becomes first Japanese A330 operator

A330 confirms its position as Asia’s favourite wide-body Skymark Airlines, Japan’s third largest airline has taken delivery of the first two A330-300s out of a…

Air Races News February 28, 2014

McLeod on Cloud 9 with Qualifying win in Abu Dhabi

Canada’s Pete McLeod won a thrilling Qualifying session in Abu Dhabi on Friday ahead of the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season opener…

Civilian aviation news February 27, 2014

Fokker partners with Orenair for introduction of CPDLC in their Boeing fleet

Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, has closed an agreement with Russian based operator Orenair for the introduction of the CPDLC modification on their Boeing…

Air Races News February 27, 2014

Red Bull Air Race aces tune up over Abu Dhabi sights for season opener

Red Bull Air Race World Championship pilots Kirby Chambliss, Michael Goulian and Nigel Lamb tuned up for the first race of the 2014 season in…

Space News February 27, 2014

Russia to Build Equipment for European Jupiter Probe

MOSCOW, February 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russian scientists will construct equipment for a European Space Agency probe to Jupiter, the Moscow Institute of Physics and…

Military Aviation News February 27, 2014

Boeing Receives $2.4 Billion Contract for 16 P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

US Navy orders 1st full-rate production lot SEATTLE, Feb. 27, 2014 — Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] P-8A Poseidon program will enter full production, following a $2.4…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News February 27, 2014

Turkish Airlines considering acquiring Airbus A380 or Boeing 747-8, chairman says

(Reuters) – Flag carrier Turkish Airlines is continuing feasibility work on acquiring either the Airbus A380 or Boeing 747-8, Chairman Hamdi Topcu said on…

Military Aviation News February 27, 2014

Turkey likely to order Lockheed F-35 fighters in 2015

* Turkey to order two F-35 jets, likely to start in 2015 * Aiming progress on missile talks with China in April * Turkey to…

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