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By John Morris
Business aviation has made huge strides in the Middle East over the last decade or so, but growth is being hampered by high prices and a shortage of suitably sized aircraft for charter.

By Angus Batey
The business aviation sector has set itself some ambitious targets in terms of sustainability and emissions reduction. It is unlikely these goals will be reached without a broader take-up of sustainable fuel. But a key barrier to adoption remains the higher price of SAF versus traditional jet fuel.

The magic of the movie theater is coming to the business jet cabin and is being introduced here by SkyCinema, a recently launched a partnership of five companies, including Dolby Labs, with the goal of providing a theater-quality experience in a business jet cabin.

By Paul Jackson
The upgraded turboprop has been in development for more than three years, with flight testing having started in December 2017.

By Guy Norris
General Electric’s Catalyst turboprop is doing well and exceeding performance predictions, but due mainly to the challenges of testing for more stringent certification requirements, development for its first application – the Cessna Denali ­– is behind schedule, says the company.

Safe Flight Instrument has been chosen to provide stall warning/angle of attack systems for Textron Aviation’s new Cessna SkyCourier twin turboprop, and Tecnam’s P2012 Traveller, a piston twin.

By Molly McMillin
On Sept. 11, pilots Amanda Farnsworth and Katie Pribyl set out on a transatlantic flight from North America to Normandy, France, to encourage girls to pursue dreams of flight and honor the female pilots who served during World War II.

Pratt & Whitney is expanding its military aftermarket services in Oklahoma via a multimillion-dollar investment in its existing facilities at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
Among the highlights at the biannual aerospace industry gathering at Le Bourget are Eviation's new all-electric aircraft, the arrival of Boeing's KC-46 and developments in hypersonics. Watch as Guy Norris and Steve Trimble discuss.

By Angus Batey
An extension to a memorandum of understanding between the government of Japan and France’s aviation regulator, signed at the Paris Air Show, will help pave the way for greater business collaboration.

By Sean Broderick
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLRs, adding 20 new aircraft to an order of 30 A321neos that have been converted to the new Airbus long-range narrowbody. The airline plans to take eight in 2023, 22 in 2024, and 20 in 2025, and is likely to use them throughout its network on a variety of routes.

By Angus Batey
For Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services division, cybersecurity challenges are relentless and will become a subset of his business’s evolution over the next few months.

By Angus Batey
Leonardo’s Britecloud program promises a step change in platform protection.

By Guy Norris
Unmanned air system specialists General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has packaged control elements developed for its MQ-9B SkyGuardian and earlier UAVs into an enhanced control and command capability.

CFM International announced orders and commitments for more than 1,150 Leap engines during the 2019 Paris Air Show, along with long-term services agreements, for a total value of approximately $50.2 billion U.S. at list.

By Guy Norris
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into the E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020 as the engine maker assumes a greater role following its recent acquisition of Siemens’ eAircraft unit; a former partner in the project.

A new international education program to reward aspiring young space explorers and their teachers with a hands-on astronaut training experience at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s renowned Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, was launched here today.

By Adrian Schofield
The airline said it will convert 26 existing A321neo orders to the XLR, and will add another 10 new orders. This will boost the carrier’s total A320neo-family orders to 109, including 28 A321LRs and 45 A320neos.

By Thierry Dubois
Call it the federation of French flying clubs if you like, but FFA (Fédération Française Aéronautique) is here exhibiting a Pipistrel Alpha Electro two-seater it has begun using for instruction purposes, thus making it one of the first electric aircraft in service.

By Angus Batey
In an unprecedented move, the chief technology officers of seven aircraft and engine OEMs came together this week to outline a shared commitment to reducing emissions and ensuring a more ecologically sustainable future for aviation.

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian Helicopters is a bright presence at the Paris Air Show this year, bringing two Ansat light twins, the company’s major hope in the commercial segment, to the event.

By Sean Broderick, Alan Dron
Beyond Tuesday’s headline-making announcement of 737-Max orders by IAG, Boeing has announced a number of other deals this week.

By Sean Broderick
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. revealed that it has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 15 SpaceJet M100s from an identified North American customer—the first orders or commitments for the newly revealed type. The MOU, announced June 19, clears the way for “formal negotiations” to begin for a firm order that would see deliveries begin in 2024.

By Steve Trimble
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines enters the Paris Air Show in the midst of a production ramp-up on the F135 engine for the F-35 and a burst of innovative activity based at the newly opened GatorWorks organization in West Palm Beach, Florida.

By Guy Norris
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into the E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020