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Cathay Pacific to buy budget airline HK Express for $628 mn

Mar 27, 2019 (AFP)

The move is its first foray into the budget sector and will leave Cathay controlling three of the four airlines at one of Asia's busiest airports at a time of h...

Study examines commercial hybrid-electric aircraft, reduced carbon emissions

Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)

"In the energy supply chain there's a phrase, from 'well to wake.' That is, fuel production begins at the oil well and ends at the wake of the airplane. Trackin...

State Department approves possible F-16 sales, upgrades for Morroco

Mar 26, 2019 (UPI)

On Friday, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible sales. In a $3.8 billion purchase, Mo...

China buys hundreds of Airbus jets: Macron calls for 'strong Euro-China partnership'

Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)

The signing of the deal came as Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks at the Elysee Palace with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron who welcomed the sale as "a...

Colombian Air Force tanker refuels U.S. Navy Growlers at Red Flag

Mar 25, 2019 (UPI)

Colombia's Multi-Mission Transport Tanker Jupiter 767 was the only one to supply the Growlers at the exercise, held March 11-22 at Nellis Air Force Base near La...

US approves $3.8 billion F-16 sale to Morocco

Mar 25, 2019 (AFP)

Besides the new Block 70/72 F-16s, equipped with state of the art electronic systems and weaponry, Washington also approved the modernization of 23 F-16s alread...

Sikorsky-Boeing's SB-1 Defiant battlefield helicopter makes first flight

Mar 25, 2019 (UPI)

The aircraft, developed by Boeing and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, features two coaxial main rotors and a rear-mounter pusher rotor, which Boeing sai...

Air Force swaps F-35A crews in flexibility exercise

Mar 22, 2019 (UPI)

In the training exercise, a pilot takes off, completes his mission, lands and takes on fuel while another pilot and crew take over the cockpit of the same plane...

Acting Pentagon chief Shanahan investigated over Boeing bias

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

"We have informed him that we have initiated this investigation," said Dwrena Allen, a spokeswoman for the inspector generals' office. Investigators are seeking...

Chinese investor weighs sale of Toulouse airport stake

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

"Maybe a new shareholder or a new operator can bring better value to the airport," Mike Poon told AFP in an interview on Monday, adding the company was "studyin...

U.S. deploys B-52s to Europe for training mission

Mar 19, 2019 (UPI)

In an announcement Monday, the Air Force said the aircraft were conducting a training mission that's part of a coordinated effort across U.S. European Command, ...

China's 737 move shows growing global aviation clout: analysts

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

China ordered its domestic airlines to ground the plane on March 11, a day after the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airways Boeing 737 MAX 8. That touched off a d...

Air Force plans to restock aging F-15 fleet with upgraded F-15X

Mar 19, 2019 (UPI)

The document, which Air Force Magazine reported was released Monday, indicates the Air Force plans to procure 80 F-15EX aircraft between fiscal year 2020 and fi...

British F-35s to gain Meteor, Spear missile systems

Mar 18, 2019 (UPI)

BAE has received its first funding from Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor on the program, to integrate into the F-35 Meteor air-to-air missiles and SPEAR pr...

Space tech poised to make air travel greener and more efficient

Mar 15, 2019 (ESA)

The Iris programme seeks to equip aircraft with satellite-based data communication links to help pilots and air traffic controllers to use the shortest and fast...

At 3,836 mph, which way does the air flow?

Mar 14, 2019 (SPX)

These deafening noises are created by aircraft exceeding the speed of sound, roughly 767 mph. They explain, in part, why passenger airliners cruise the skies at...

Air Force receives first AC-130J Ghostrider gunship

Mar 13, 2019 (UPI)

The plane is an upgrade of the Block 20 AC-130J, with Block 30 improved software and avionics. The aircraft is the first to be delivered to the Air Force's 4th ...

Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific back to profit after two years in red

Mar 13, 2019 (AFP)

The recovery, which compares with a $160 million loss in 2017, also came in a year that saw it suffer an embarrassing data breach that dented its reputation and...

Air Force resumes KC-46 deliveries after Boeing changes inspections

Mar 12, 2019 (UPI)

On Monday, a new Pegasus flew to Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma, the U.S. Air Force said in a news release. It was the third KC-46 tanker, a reconfigured 767,...

Lockheed, AIM Norway to establish F-16 sustainment hub in Norway

Mar 12, 2019 (UPI)

Sustainment services will be provided for the Royal Norwegian Air Force and other regional F-16 customers, Lockheed Martin said in a news release Tuesday. The f...