Bell Helicopter sees China as the brightest spot in its Asian universe. A recent burst of orders there will likely triple its in-country fleet from 120 today to nearly 400 over the next few years.
A key element to Bell Helicopter’s growing success in China and Asia Pacific is a robust customer support operation based in its Singapore maintenance and training center.
A Shandong Airlines Boeing 737-800 equipped with a Rockwell Collins head-up guidance system became the first commercial flight in China to conduct a low visibility takeoff with a runway visual range below 150 meters.
Airbus is confident the newly certified A350-1000 is in position to grab a large slice of the booming traffic growth in the Asia-Pacific market over the next 20 years.
Universal Aviation Singapore, based at Seletar Airport, has earned accreditation under the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling program.
Boeing is preparing to begin flight tests of the third, and smallest member of the 737 MAX family, the 737-7, following the rollout of the first aircraft at its Renton factory in Washington on Feb 5.
U.S. cargo specialist FedEx Express’s 2017 order for new-build ATR 72-600 freighters has ignited interest in the freight industry for both new and used cargo versions of the turboprop, the manufacturer says.
Korean Air is adding Bombardier CS300s to its narrowbody fleet, and is also retiring more of its 747-400 passenger and freighter aircraft as new widebodies arrive.
The U.S. International Trade Commission’s turning down Boeing’s charge of price-dumping by Bombardier in its April 2016 sale of CSeries airliners to Delta Air Lines is seen as a major blow to the U.S. manufacturer.
Despite the extraordinary gathering of fighter types at this year’s event, the so-called super-maneuverability flying display in the Su-35 is one of this year’s most eye-catching and eagerly anticipated.
With digital threats to air traffic on the rise, the aviation-connectivity specialist Satcom Direct has unveiled a series of linked cybersecurity offerings for aviation customers.
While the appearance of a mock-up of the Cloud Shadow UAV on the outdoor static display has grabbed a lot of attention at the Airshow, just as fascinating is a PowerPoint presentation that has been playing on AVIC's stand (894). In it, the Chinese manufacturer is presenting an end-to-end unmanned aircraft capability set, encompassing a range of airframes and payloads with complementary capabilities and a ground-control station (GCS).
Two pioneering companies are bringing airships to Dubai, and both have longer-term plans that will follow on from their initial concept-proving flights in 2018.
