Airbus Military's delayed A400M transport has been edged closer towards its planned flight debut before year-end, with the type having run all four of its engines simultaneously for the first time. Read more...

The Dubai Air Show may have wrapped up, but you can still catch all the news, photos, videos and even Tweets at our special Dubai Air Show page.

Today's image is from AirSpace user Chipmunker. The Flightglobal team has been reporting on the news pouring out from the Dubai Air Show, but there is also a huge static display of aircraft, which Chipmunker snapped one part of.

This week Flight International takes a look at Germany relishing Baltic duty: the Eurofighter's deployment to Lithuania draws Russian visitors.

We also look at:

• Why Italian aerospace is making steady inroads into the US industry
• Bombardier's Challenger 850 comes with support network and pilots

And don't forget about our cover competition, where YOUR photograph can be on the cover of Flight International.

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This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 5 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user Nir Ben-Yosef (his website is http://www.xnir.com/). The image is of an IAF F-15C Eagle "BAZ" taken on operational activity during the Second Lebanon War.


Start a gallery on AirSpace for your chance at having your photograph featured as our Image of the Week. Also don't forget about our third annual cover competition that gives you a chance to have your photograph featured on the cover of Flight International and win cool prizes.

A futuristic-looking heliport design that could transform VIP travel around the Middle East has been unveiled by international design consultancy Design Q.

The blueprints, being unveiled exclusively by Flight Daily News at the Dubai air show, are for a modular heliport, with all facilities fully integrated. Read more here and see more photos here.

(Image: Design Q)

The Gulf's embryonic low-cost airline sector received an injection from Dubai this year with the launch of the emirate's state-owned operation FlyDubai. And its arrival might just push major airlines from other parts of the region into a response.

Conceived to operate from the all-new airport at Jebel Ali, which had been due to open this year, the airline launched operations on 1 June from Terminal 2 at Dubai's existing international airport, just over 12 months after being established with a start-up capital of 250 million dirhams ($68 million). Read more...

For Flightglobal's latest news from the Dubai air show, go here.

(Photo: FlyDubai)

The Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky MH-60R and NH Industries NH90 remain as potential replacements for the Royal Australian Navy's Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawks and cancelled Kaman Aerospace SH-2G(A) Super Seasprites, the nation's Department of Defence says. Read more...

(Australian Department of Defence)

By popular request from yesterday's Image of the Day comparing the A380 cabins of Singapore Airlines, Qantas, and Emirates, here is the cabin layout for Air France.

Two years on from its service debut, operators have told Flight International that the Airbus A380 has proved itself to be a crowd pleaser from a passenger point of view but suffers some frustrating technical problems.

In our exclusive in-service report, launch customers Emirates, Qantas and Singapore Airlines provide no-holds-barred overviews of the double-decker's performance, while Airbus, Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce give feedback on their experiences. Read more...

Here, we compare the cabin layouts the three operators have chosen.