Flight International - 5 June 2018

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CONTENTS

5-11 JUNE 2018

5-11 June 2018 flightglobal.com

Drive timePartners call for more thrust as

engine choice approaches in Sino-Russian

CR929 pact 19

Midsize riseChallenger 350 claims to beat

competitors on performance; we fly improved

business jet 28

Leading lightRemembering Serge Dassault

while industry marks passing of an aerospace

pioneer 38

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EBACE REPORT

Global disruptor

Bombardier shakes it up with re-powered pair

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Trent issues threaten El Al’s Dreamliner engine replacement plans P20. India seeks Su-30MKI upgrade P

Royal Navy receives intial AW101 Merlin HC4 P

Leonardo Helicopters

AirTeamImages, Indian air force

COVER STORY

12 Bombardier stuns show and stirs up

long-range sector Undercover development

results in two extended-range Globals with

new Rolls-Royce engines and reshaped wing

FEATURES

28 FLIGHT TEST Challenger strives to extend

its lead Among super-midsize business jets,

Bombardier’s early ability to offer the most

aircraft for the least money has been contested

by several rivals – we fly its updated version

33 SINGLE-ENGINE TURBINES Ready, SET,

go...? Modern turbine singles can make

attractive vehicles for passenger transport

businesses, but operators have been slow to take

advantage of new opportunities in Europe

REGULARS

7 Comment

36 Straight & Level

39 Classified

41 Jobs

43 Working Week

NEWS

THIS WEEK

8 Post-Brexit border warning sounded

9 American seeks growth by efficiency.

India sets sights on major Su-30MKI upgrade

10 Ottawa advances Cormorant upgrade.

Latest MH370 search ends in disappointment

11 Sikorsky complaint delays decision on Huey

replacement.

Fare rises after Air Berlin collapse ‘reversed’

EBACE SHOW REPORT

14 Global 7000 rebranded as certification nears.

Start-up to let owners club up and cash in.

Industry pledge to increase the use of biofuels

15 Gulfstream leaves turbulence behind.

TAG Aviation signs up to help Aerion sell AS

16 HondaJet upgrade gets its drive from parent.

Hemisphere fate rests on Silvercrest redesign

17 Space for growth as demand lifts off

AIR TRANSPORT

18 Targeting mental health stigma head-on

19 Greater power demanded for CR929.

Air Baltic orders more CS300s

20 El Al reschedules Dreamliner plans pending

Trent solution.

Max drives Chinese route development

NEWS FOCUS

22 MH17 probe implicates Russian forces

DEFENCE

23 Osprey crash linked to rotor downwash.

Upgraded Merlin HC4 enters service

24 Sensor fusion updates to give Super Hornet

stronger sting

25 UK confirms interest in FVL programme

DATA VIEW

26 Narrowbodies keep on climbing

OBITUARY

38 Serge Dassault

Bombardier

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Our EBACE reporting team

had business aviation’s

main European gathering

fully covered – delivering a

trio of Flight Evening News

publications and a six-page

show report with all the big

stories from Geneva (P12)

COVER IMAGE

Bombardier stunned its

business aviation sector

rivals by unveiling two

new long-range models

at EBACE, including the

Global 6500 depicted in

this BillyPix image P

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