Firm Order From DHL Is For 14 Airplanes, Qatar To Acquire Five

International express carrier DHL has placed an order and commitment for 14 Boeing 777 Freighters, and purchase rights for 7 additional freighters. The $4.7 billion order agreement, at current list prices, was unveiled at the opening of the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow.

Company Plans To Start Selling Tickets Next Year

If you want to take a suborbital space tourism flight with Blue Origin, you can plan to pony up not less than $200,000, according to the company.

Jodie Gawthorp Was The Two-Millionth YE, Flew With Harrison Ford At AirVenture, 2016

The young woman who was the two-millionth Young Eagle, who had the special experience of flying with Harrison Ford at AirVenture 2016, has earned her Private Pilot certificate at the age of 18.

Sets 22 City Pair Records During The Tour

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced the all-new Gulfstream G500 recently wrapped up its world tour after flying nearly 130,000 nautical miles, stopping at 44 cities and visiting 18 countries on six continents in just seven months. The tour, which included a stretch of flying to 20 cities in 18 days, demonstrated the G500’s tremendous reliability and maturity while showcasing its exquisite interior and streamlined flight deck to customers around the world.

Company Is Transforming Its Business Model To Realize Strategic Value

Gogo has completed a comprehensive analysis of its business and is implementing an Integrated Business Plan ("IBP") designed to improve the Company's operational and financial performance. The IBP, branded as "Gogo 2020", transforms Gogo's business model and is intended to significantly reduce its cost structure, improve quality, drive revenue, streamline business processes and prudently strengthen its balance sheet.

Includes 21 AW139 Helicopters

Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), a GECAS company, and Leonardo have been selected to renew the medium helicopter fleet of Aramco Overseas Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco (“Aramco”) – a fully integrated, global petroleum and chemicals enterprise. Leonardo and Milestone have signed a contract for 17 Leonardo AW139 helicopters plus 4 options, and Aramco expects to take delivery of a total of 21 aircraft over the next three years, starting this year.

Shipped To Airbus Facility In Toulouse For Installation On A330neo Aircraft

The first Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 production engine has been despatched to the Airbus facility in Toulouse, in readiness to power Airbus’s latest aircraft, the A330neo, into service.

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If you aren’t already in awe of the work of the US Coast Guard, you should be. Two Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescued 11 people after a floatplane went down 39 miles south southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island, Tuesday. The Jayhawk crews arrived on scene, and were able to safely hoist all 11 people from the side of a mountain, approximately 2,000 AGL. The Jayhawk crew then took them to a staging area for further transfer to Ketchikan. All were reported to have minor injuries, but otherwise in good condition. To help incentivize owners of GA aircraft to meet the FAA's ADS-B Out equipage mandate in the United States, the Aircraft Electronics Association will randomly award five aircraft owners with $1,000 each toward an ADS-B compliant upgrade duri

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Over the years, ANN’s Jim Campbell has often remarked about a fondness for the smallest twin-engine aircraft he ever flew and the half-a dozen varieties that he had the chance to test. This year, a Colomban CriCri, the smallest twin-engine manned aircraft in the world, will take off from the top of a moving Ford Explorer as part of the air show on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday night. The CriCri, designed by French engineer Michel Colomban in the early 1970s, will be flown by Lionel Adroit of Team Cricri. Lucie Chapirot-Sarda and Daniel Pratviel, will be in the Ford Explorer launch groundcraft. Trig Avionics has announced plans for a future Nav/Com product family, for early 2019 -- the newly designed TX56 Nav/Com. There is an introductory list price of $3,195 for the TX56A, the