Learjet 75 Liberty Nears Service Entry
Bombardier’s new Learjet 75 Liberty business jet is planned to enter service in 2020. Launched in July 2019, the Liberty is a re-scoped version of the Learjet 75. It seats …
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Spirit AeroSystems Grows Airbus Content, Bolsters Defense
A year into the Boeing 737 MAX crisis and Spirit AeroSystems is feeling some pain. With production halted on the airframe at the beginning of 2020, the company has initiated …
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Germany Drops Triton Plans, Opts for Manned Airborne Surveillance Capability
After years of investment and testing and planning for the procurement of unmanned aerial surveillance platforms for use in the signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission, and unending controversy, Germany is scrapping …
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Bombardier Capping Restructuring with Aerostructures Sale to Spirit AeroSystems
Company now focused solely on business jets and rail transportation. Bombardier’s restructuring program continues to move along with its announcement that it will sell its aerostructures business to Spirit AeroSystems …
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Stage Set for Business Jet Recovery – White Paper
Data from Forecast International’s innovative Platinum Forecast System® 4.0 show that a total of 12,000 business jets will be produced during the 15-year period from 2019 through 2033. The Connecticut-based …
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An Overview of the U.S. Commercial Aircraft Fleet
Recent U.S. DoT Data Reveals Fleet of 7,356 Aircraft Flying as of Year-End 2018 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Recently, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) released …
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A New Bombardier Aviation Is Formed as It Exits Commercial Aerospace
Under a restructuring plan begun almost five years ago, Bombardier has radically narrowed its aerospace focus to business jets and aerostructure production. Three major divestitures have transformed the Canadian company …
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CRJ Likely Flying into the Sunset in Sale to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
by Douglas Royce, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Bombardier announced in June 2019 that it had agreed to sell the CRJ program to Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The deal includes …
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2018 World General Aviation Aircraft Shipments Up 5 Percent
U.S. Manufacturers Deliver 587 Aircraft in Fourth Quarter – Up 55 Units from Q4 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers …
Read MoreWorld General Aviation Aircraft Shipments Up 7% in Third Quarter 2018
U.S. Manufacturers Deliver 416 Aircraft in Third Quarter – Up 39 Units from Q3 2017 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association …
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