Cessan Citation Longitude super-midsize jet makes first flight
Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced the successful first flight of its Citation Longitude super-midsize…
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First Dassault Falcon 8X delivered
Aviation Hands Over First Falcon 8X. Greece’s Amjet takes delivery of initial ultra long range trijetBordeaux-Mérignac, France, October 05, 2016.Dassault Aviation has delivered today its…
First Sikorsky S-92 helicopter for Alaska
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (NYSE:LMT) today announced that North Slope Borough (NSB), Alaska, received its first S-92® helicopter dedicated to search and rescue. Acceptance…
Japanese Mitsubishi Regional Jet MRJ first flight to USA
Japan’s problem-plagued new passenger jet on Thursday completed a flight to the United States for testing, its maker said, after aborting two earlier attempts. The…
First Airbus produced in US delivered to Spirit Airlines
Airbus delivers the new A321 to 140 Spirit employees at ceremony in Mobile, Ala. The first delivery of an A321 aircraft from the Airbus U.S….
First A320neo for South America goes to Volaris
Largest Airbus customer in Mexico first to operate best-selling, fuel-efficient aircraft Low-cost carrier Volaris took delivery of its first A320neo, making the airline the first…
First flight of COMAC’s C919 at the earliest by end of this year
COMAC plans C919 inaugural flight by year-end, early 2017 The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) plans to launch the C919 inaugural flight by the…
Thai Airways International becomes new operator of the A350 XWB
Thai Airways International (THAI) has become the eighth operator of the A350 XWB, following the delivery today of the first of 12 aircraft set to…
23 Fokker aircraft transactions in first half of 2016
GKN Aerospace’s Fokker Technologies business unit announces that a total of 23 Fokker aircraft were placed with 6 existing Fokker operators and 3 new operators…
Leonardo confirms certification activities of the AW609 on track as the first prototype lands at the Company’s Philadelphia facility
AW609 flying prototype relocated to Philadelphia after recent resumption of flights Company facilities in Italy, the United Kingdom and Poland will continue to play critical…
THAI’s first A350 XWB takes to the skies
The first A350 XWB for Thai Airways International (THAI) has completed its maiden flight over the skies of South West France. The aircraft bearing the…
First Flight of a Purely Electric Aerobatic Aircraft
On Monday 4 July, EASA approved the Flight Condition for the first ever flight of a purely electric aerobatic aircraft which took place 100 km…