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Raytheon Technologies | December 21, 2022

Raytheon Technologies announced today the successful first engine run of the company's regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator, marking a key milestone towards flight testing, targeted to begin in 2024. The propulsion system's initial run took place at Pratt & Whitney's innovation facility in Longueuil, Quebec and performed as expected. The system fully integrates a 1 MW electric motor developed by Collins Aerospace with a highly efficient Pratt & Whitney fuel-burning en...

WingX | May 22, 2020

Global business aviation traffic is down by 55 percent year-over-year as the industry continues dealing with the headwinds posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest statistics released on Thursday by data provider WingX. In its weekly Global Market Tracker, the company noted that the 113,000 legs flown thus far in May stands in contrast to the 254,000 a year before. On average, 2,600 business aircraft were active each day in May, representing 44 percent of the number usually deploy...

Alaska Airlines | June 23, 2020

June 23 and 24 only, Alaska Airlines is running its ‘Take-Care Fare’ flash sale, with one-way flights from select cities starting as low as $39, discovered SeattlePI. If you’ve been waiting for the right deal to come along that justifies going to visit your parents post-COVID-19, it has arrived. Alaska Airlines is bringing out some of the year’s best deals at a time when families and friends are looking to reconnect post-pandemic, and more Americans are again taking to th...

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L3Harris Technologies | November 02, 2020

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has been awarded a firm-fixed price contract to missionize three new King Air 350ER aircraft for the Canadian manned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (CMAISR) project. The aircraft will be delivered to the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) as a Foreign Military Sale managed by the U.S. Army, Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation, Fixed Wing Project Office....