Civil Aircraft News

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.

A Falcon 7X is on display near the Dassault Aviation chalet at Le Bourget yesterday on the eve of the opening of the International Paris Air Show.

Airbus SAS is set to win an order for more than 10 A380 double-decker airliners from leasing company Doric Asset Finance Ltd., people familiar with the transaction said.

Honeywell and Safran have completed the first major phase of testing of their electric green taxiing system , and will make the first public demonstration of the technology, installed on an Airbus A320 aircraft , during the 50th International Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget Airport this week.

Engine makers for next-generation Airbus and Boeing narrow-body jets stepped up their war of words on Sunday, claiming their new power plants will burn less fuel than current models plus last longer without maintenance and create less noise than their rival's.

Boeing Co. , the world's largest planemaker, is in talks with several potential buyers for its KC-46A aerial refueling tanker as it aims to make the aircraft available for export one year ahead of its 2018 target.

If there was any doubt as to whether Little Rock was really competing with other places for the expansion of the Dassault Falcon Jet completions center, as Gov. Mike Beebe and others said, a report has surfaced in the hush-hush world of economic development to confirm it.