2016

Civilian aviation news, Spotters News July 22, 2016

Boeing Announces Presence for EAA AirVenture Air Show at Oshkosh

Largest air show in the United States to celebrate Boeing centennial OSHKOSH, Wis., July 22, 2016 – Boeing (NYSE: BA), a Platinum Sponsor of the…

Civilian aviation news July 22, 2016

SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines Extend Heavy Maintenance Agreements Covering Bombardier CRJ Series Regional Jets

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Bombardier Services Corporation has extended Heavy Maintenance Agreements with SkyWest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYW) carriers SkyWest Airlines, Inc. and ExpressJet…

Military Aviation News July 22, 2016

100-plus aircraft fly in for exercise Red Flag 16-3

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) — The three-week long Red Flag 16-3, a U.S.-only exercise that tests all participating units’ combat capabilities in a…

Pilatus PC-21 Royal Australian Air Force A54-001

Military Aviation News July 21, 2016

Australian Defence Force PC-21 Completes First Flight

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is pleased to announce that the first of 49 PC-21 aircraft destined for the Australian Defence Force has successfully completed its initial…

General Aviation News July 21, 2016

Dassault cuts Falcon jet delivery forecast as first-half profit falls

(Reuters) Dassault Aviation (AVMD.PA) cut its delivery forecast for Falcon business jets by 17 percent after posting lower first-half operating income and revenue on Thursday,…

Civilian aviation news July 21, 2016

Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines receives world’s first CFM powered Airbus A320neo

Airline becomes launch operator for A320neo with CFM engines Pegasus Airlines, Turkey’s leading low-cost airline, took delivery on Tuesday July 19th, its first Airbus A320neo…

Military Aviation News July 21, 2016

Airbus to operate Heron 1 drones for Germany also in Mali

The German Defence Procurement Agency (BAAInBw) and Airbus Defence and Space have signed a contract to provide Heron 1 surveillance drones to support the Bundeswehr…

Military Aviation News July 20, 2016

Bell, Boeing Win $544Mln Contract to Build Osprey Combat Aircraft for Japan

Bell Helicopter and Boeing have received a more than half a billion dollar US Navy contract to build four MV-22 Osprey tilt rotors for Japan,…

Civilian aviation news July 20, 2016

Lufthansa, Honeywell and Airbus sign MoU to deploy Airbus’ ROPS and Honeywell’s SmartLanding systems on Lufthansa Group’s fleet

Cooperation to set the highest standard in runway safety Combining the strengths of two innovative technologies for a maximum number of aircraft types Lufthansa Group,…