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Professional Helicopter Services signs letter of intent for three Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Helicopters
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today a signed letter of intent (LOI) with Professional Helicopter

SITA luggage robot trialled at Geneva Airport
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: Air transport IT provider SITA has begun trialling a new fully autonomous baggage robot called Leo to assist passengers

Maiden Flight of Prototype 2 for Marenco SKYe SH09
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: The anticipated maiden flight for Prototype Two (P2) of the Marenco Swisshelicopter SKYe SH09 started at 17:24 on February 26th,

TBM 900 is joined by the TBM 930 Daher presents its new range of TBM aircraft.
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: The aircraft and aero structures manufacturer extends its very fast turboprop product line. Daher unveiled the expanded range of its TBM

Bell 412EPI takes off on Five Month Demonstration Tour across Asia Pacific
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announces plans to showcase the versatile capabilities of the Bell 412EPI through

ARGUS Completes Acquisition of Unmanned Safety Institute (USI)
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: Unmanned Safety Institute’s strong presence in UAS safety training, certification and safety management systems, will benefit from ARGUS’ global recognition and

Etihad Airways Statement 3 on EY474 turbulence
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: A specialist team from Etihad Airways has today visited the nine passengers, hospitalised after Etihad Airways flight EY474 encountered severe

Bombardier Faces Off With Airbus, Boeing
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: With Delta deal, Canadian company hopes to gain ground in single-aisle jet market For nearly two decades, Boeing Co. and Airbus

How budget airlines really cut costs
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: United Airlines recently announced plans to retrofit 19 of its domestic Boeing 777 wide bodies with a 10-across seating floor

Heavy jets dominate Middle Eastern market with US$2.8bn deliveries in 2014 and 2015
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: New research from Gama Aviation has revealed that the Middle Eastern business aircraft market is dominated by larger jets,

Fuel efficiency testing on MC-130J
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: Although commercial aviation adopted winglets years ago, the US Air Force transport fleet has many aircraft that could benefit from

First flight for production-conforming EV-55 Outback
AeroBD | The AERO news Company…: Evektor-Aerotechnik’s first production-conforming EV-55 Outback turboprop made its first flight on April 8 from the Czech aircraft manufacturer’s facility at