June 2016

Civilian aviation news June 30, 2016

Tibet Airlines receives its first A330

242 tonne maximum take-off weight for high altitude airport operations Lhasa based Tibet Airlines has received its first widebody aircraft, an A330-200 with increased 242…

AviationNews Articles June 30, 2016

Russia Supplies Mi-26TS Heavy Transport Helicopter to China

The Russian Helicopters company on Thursday announced that it had supplied the fourth Mi-26TS heavy transport helicopter to China. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Mi-26TS is an…

Military Aviation News June 30, 2016

F-35B Lightning II Lands in the UK

The first of Britain’s new supersonic ‘stealth’ strike fighters has touched down in the UK for the first time. The F-35B Lightning II jet was…

Civilian aviation news June 30, 2016

Cessna makes first Mexican delivery of class-leading Citation Latitude

WICHITA, Kan. (June 30, 2016) – Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced it has delivered…

Military Aviation News June 29, 2016

Russian Helicopters and Rosoboronexport deliver first 2 Mi-17V-5 helicopters to Serbia

Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, delivered two medium military-transport helicopters to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia. The rotorcraft was…

Civilian aviation news June 29, 2016

Ethiopian Airlines takes delivery of its first A350 XWB

Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 aircraft, opening a new chapter for the East African carrier, which also becomes the first…

Civilian aviation news June 29, 2016

Air Canada and Bombardier Finalize Landmark C Series Order for up to 75 Aircraft

Agreement includes firm order for 45 CS300 and options for an additional 30 Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Air Canada announced today that they have finalized…

Military Aviation News June 29, 2016

Typhoon with P3E Weapons Fit to Fly at Major Air Shows

A BAE Systems Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft featuring the latest weapons fit will display at the 2016 Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) and Farnborough International Air…

Military Aviation News June 29, 2016

Training Upgrade Delivered to the Royal Air Force

An upgrade to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF)’s synthetic simulator software has been successfully completed by the Air Service team at our site in…

Military Aviation News June 29, 2016

USAF introduces first fully built HH-60G Ops Loss Replacement helicopter

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The Air Force introduced the first of 21 fully built HH-60G Pave Hawk Operational Loss Replacement (OLR) helicopters June 28 at a…

National Museum of the United States Air Force

Spotters News June 29, 2016

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton Opens New Building

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, is showing off its brand new hangar…

General Aviation News June 28, 2016

Airbus chief says UK is ‘indispensable’ to Airbus

Britain is an indispensable part of the European aerospace industry, the head of Airbus Group said on Wednesday, softening earlier comments he made on the…

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