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Full-Scale Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Flight Deck and Cabin Demonstrators on Display at Munich Airport

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Full-Scale Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Flight Deck and Cabin Demonstrators on Display at Munich Airport

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the CSeries aircraft flight deck and cabin demonstrators are on display at Hangar 3 (Augsburg Airways GmbH) at Munich Airport until September 24, 2012. Direct from a roadshow in Riga, Latvia where they were on display for newly announced CSeries aircraft customer, airBaltic, the demonstrators have travelled across Europe from […]

A Fourth Bombardier Global Aircraft Added to US Air Force Inventory

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A Fourth Bombardier Global Aircraft Added to US Air Force Inventory

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it delivered a Global 6000 aircraft to the US Air Force last Thursday, in a ceremony conducted at a Bombardier facility in Connecticut. This aircraft is the fourth Bombardier Global aircraft to be added to the existing US Air Force inventory with E-11A Military Designation. The intention is to equip this new addition with […]

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First Learjet 75 Production Aircraft Lights Up with Power On

Bombardier Aerospace’s Learjet 75 jet continues to achieve its development milestones with the first powering up of the aircraft’s electrical systems on the Wichita production line. Aircraft power, including to the new Bombardier Vision flight deck, was switched on during the week of August 21, 2012, as the aircraft progresses towards its 2013 entry-into-service. “This is a fantastic achievement […]

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Eurolot to Add Six More Bombardier Q400 NextGen Aircraft to its Fleet

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Warsaw-based Eurolot has converted options on six Q400 NextGen airliners to a firm order that will increase its fleet to 14 Q400 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen airliner, the transaction announced today is valued at approximately $190 million US. Eurolot’s firm order for eight […]

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Air France lands on wrong runway

Pilots of an Air France Airbus A319 erroneously landed on the wrong runway at Casablanca after accepting a visual approach and failing to notice that the jet was aligned on a parallel centreline. Moroccan investigators found that the aircraft, cleared to land on runway 35L, had correctly acknowledged the clearance but approached high and fast, […]

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PAL to buy 54 Airbus Jets

  Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order with Airbus covering 34 A321ceo, 10 A321neo and 10 A330-300s. The aircraft are being purchased under a major fleet modernisation programme at the airline, with deliveries starting in 2013.   The single aisle A321 aircraft are being purchased to enhance the airline’s product offerings on domestic […]

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Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Takes Virtual Flight

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the company is now conducting virtual flights with “Aircraft 0”* – the on-the-ground Integrated Systems Test and Certification Rig (ISTCR) for the CSeries aircraft. The avionics, electrical, flight control, fly-by-wire, hydraulic, landing gear and wiring systems are now all commissioned, and systems integration and communication have been successfully demonstrated. The […]

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Man dies in light aircraft crash in Clarendon

A man died when a small aircraft crashed in a field in Wiltshire, police have said. Accident happened at about 16:20 BST on Wednesday afternoon in the Clarendon area, near Salisbury, Wiltshire police said. The pilot, who has not been identified, was the only person on board the aircraft, police confirmed. Next of kin have […]

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United Airlines Awards $851,000 In College Scholarships

United Airlines announced that it awarded $851,000 in college scholarships through the United Scholarship Fund to 580 employees and children of employees for the 2012-13 academic year. The United Scholarship Fund remains the only scholarship program in the country funded solely through employee contributions and donations from fundraising. The United Management Association supports the scholarship […]

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United Airlines Announces First 787 International Routes

United Airlines today announced the first international routes for the airline’s newest addition to its fleet, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. In addition to the previously-announced service from its Denver hub to Tokyo Narita, starting March 31, 2013, the airline will operate nonstop 787 service five days a week between its Houston hub and Lagos, Nigeria, […]