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    PICTURE: Hawaiian start-up Wing Spirit receives HondaJet pair

    2019-07-02T14:09:43Z

    Hawaiian start-up operator Wing Spirit has taken delivery of its first two Honda Aircraft HondaJet Elites from a June 2018 order for an undisclosed number of the light-twins.

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    PICTURE: Textron Aviation delivers 300th CJ4

    2019-07-02T12:41:38Z

    Textron Aviation has delivered the 300th Cessna Citation CJ4 to the US metals distribution company and long-time fractional owner of a CJ1+, McNeilus Steel.

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    Bombardier revamps Learjet 75 with six-passenger Liberty

    2019-07-02T12:00:20Z

    ​Bombardier has launched the Learjet 75 Liberty – a "rescoped" version of its light jet that trims accommodation and options to bring the list price below the crucial $10 million mark.

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    PICTURE: Embraer delivers first Praetor 600

    2019-07-02T09:51:13Z

    Embraer delivered the first Praetor 600 on 28 June to an undisclosed European customer – and says it is preparing to hand over more of the super-midsize jets over the coming weeks.

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    Ampaire charged with order for up to 100 Electric EELs

    2019-06-25T10:04:11Z

    Ampaire has secured an order for 50 Electric EELs – an in-development hybrid-electric version of the Cessna 337 Skymaster piston-twin – from fellow US start-up Personal Airline Exchange (PAX), plus an option for a further 50 examples.

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    PARIS: Comac displays CBJ VIP airliner in model form

    2019-06-20T07:31:47Z

    ​China's national airframer Comac is displaying its in-development VIP airliner for the first time at a public event outside China.

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    PARIS: Voliris seeks investment for cargo airship

    2019-06-19T08:05:57Z

    French company Voliris has arrived at the show to promote its new airship and attract investors keen to bring the cargo transporter to market.

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    PARIS: Global 7500 makes its show debut

    2019-06-18T15:59:50Z

    Bombardier's flagship Global 7500 is making its Paris air show debut, with the arrival of the ultra-long-range business jet marking the climax of its six-month, eight-country demonstration tour.

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    PARIS: Cape Air named as launch customer for the Alice electric aircraft

    2019-06-18T15:40:21Z

    Israeli start-up Eviation Aircraft has announced Cape Air as the commercial launch customer for its Alice all-electric aircraft, with the “double-digit purchase option” from a long-established airline helping to validate the in-development design and put the nascent sector on the map.

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    PARIS: Viking Air wins launch order for CL-515 water bomber

    2019-06-18T15:30:52Z

    ​Viking Air has secured a launch order for its new-generation CL-515 water bomber from Indonesia, with a seven-unit deal that also includes a single modernised CL-415EAF.

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    PARIS: Gulfstream G600 makes Paris debut

    2019-06-18T14:43:42Z

    Soaking up the sunshine on the Gulfstream static is the G600, which is making its Paris debut ahead of its planned certification early in the third quarter.

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    PARIS: Qatar Executive debuts its G500

    2019-06-18T13:12:11Z

    Little more than a week since its arrival in Doha, Qatar Executive’s fourth Gulfstream G500 has made the trip to Paris where it is taking centre stage on the Qatar static alongside an Airbus A350 widebody belonging to its sister airline

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    PARIS: EmbraerX shares its vision for urban air mobility

    2019-06-18T08:47:15Z

    EmbraerX has arrived at Paris to share its exciting vision for the future of urban air mobility and the vital role that disruptive technology and industry collaboration will play in creating and sustaining this market.

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    PARIS: Daher buoyant after Quest acqusition

    2019-06-18T07:13:55Z

    Patrick Daher, chairman of French aircraft manufacturing, aerostructures and logistics group Daher, is bullish about the company's prospects with newly acquired US airframer Quest Aircraft as part of its portfolio.

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    PARIS: Embraer and Elta team on P600 AEW aircraft

    2019-06-18T05:36:16Z

    ​Embraer and Israel's Elta Systems have launched at Paris the P600 AEW, an airborne early warning variant of the Brazilian manufacturer's Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet.

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    PARIS: Cranfield fund-raising for new flying lab

    2019-06-17T14:55:57Z

    ​Cranfield University is at the show spreading the word about its fund-raising effort for a new flying laboratory. The UK aviation educational institution is replacing its 35-year-old British Aerospace Jetstream 31, which it has used to give students experience of a flight test environment for the past 16 years.

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    Daher snaps up US firm Quest Aircraft

    2019-06-13T15:10:35Z

    ​Daher, the manufacturer of the TBM line of high-speed turboprops, is to acquire USA-based Quest Aircraft, which makes the Kodiak 100 short take-off and landing aircraft.

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    KAI to supply wings for Gulfstream G280

    2019-06-13T05:53:46Z

    Korea Aerospace Industries will supply the wings of the Gulfstream G280 business jet for the first time, after it inked a deal with Israel Aerospace Industries for a period of about 11 years.

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    Lilium picks London as its software engineering hub

    2019-06-12T14:52:25Z

    German electric aircraft developer Lilium is to base its software engineering hub in London to take advantage of what the company calls “the rich pool of talent” in and around the UK capital.

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    PICTURE: NFT unveils Aska eVTOL flying car

    2019-06-12T12:40:29Z

    US start-up Next Future Transportation (NFT) has unveiled a one-sixth-scale model of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flying car, which it hopes will become leading player in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market and revolutionise point-to-point transport for many thousands of travellers.