Civil Aircraft News

AIRBUS have signed a 50 aircraft deal with the Air France-KLM Group worth in the region of 9 billion.

Aerolia's new fuselage assembly plant at Mirabel will supply parts for Bombardier business jets like the Gulf 7000, above.

From their roots in spying and stealth military attacks, unmanned planes are spreading into the civilian sphere and could soon be put to work in tasks as diverse as inspecting oil pipelines, catching rhino poachers and even flying travellers.

LATAM Airlines Group, the holding company for LAN and TAM Airlines, took delivery of its 200th Airbus A320 aircraft at Le Bourget Paris Air Show.

Emirates was tabbed as the world's best airline, according to the annual airline ratings published by SkyTrax.

British Airways is poised to become the first airline in Europe to introduce both the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 787 into its fleet, the report of the company said on Wednesday.

Many key sectors of the Canadian economy have job openings, but no people to fill them.

PPG Industries' aerospace business donated the latest-technology DESOTHANE HD basecoat/clearcoat for repainting the first Dassault Mystere 20 production aircraft, which was restored for the 50th anniversary celebration of its first flight.

New airborne laser scanning data has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating an entire bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex.

Gulfstream's flagship G650 business jet landed at Paris-le Bourget Airport Saturday for the 50th annual Paris Air Show with three new city-pair records on its rA©sumA© - Savannah to Paris, Nice to SA o Paulo and Las Vegas to Madrid.

Bombardier Inc. has announced several orders at the Paris Air Show that could be worth up to US$2 billion if all options are exercised.

That could be what the aviation industry is feeling right now, as Airbus shows off its new Electric Green Taxiing System at this year's Paris air show.

EasyJet said the new 180-seater A320 planes will allow it to boost the number of passengers it can carry Budget airline easyJet is to upgrade and expand its aircraft fleet under a deal to buy 135 Airbus planes over the next nine years.

An Airbus A 380 aircraft flying over Le Bourget airport, yesterday, on the opening day of the Paris Air show.

As airplane makers gathered outside Paris to show off their newest high-tech jetliners on Monday, a less-heralded technology story was unfolding back home on the factory floors of the world's leading aerospace firms.

The Paris Air Show, which opened Monday, is a chance for aerospace companies to show off their latest and greatest military planes, airliners, helicopters and more.

Boeing celebrated the 50th delivery of a 747-8. Malaysian supplier partners who contribute 747-8 machined parts and structural components, include Asian Composites Manufacturing Sdn Bhd and SME Aerospace Sdn Bhd.

Doric chief executive Mark Lapidus said his firm will offer a tailored A380 leasing solution and will make the aircraft "even more accessible to both new and existing A380 operators around the world who prefer to opt for the flexibility of an operating lease".

The National Bank of Kuwait , DVB Bank, and Jazeera Airways Group today announced a USD90 million commercial facility for funding JAG's aircraft purchases through a structured facility led by NBK and DVB Bank SE.

ALMOST a decade after the first designs were drawn up Airbus's latest plane has taken to the sky for the first time.