NASA and American multinational conglomerate Honeywell say they now know how to reduce sonic booms when flying a supersonic aircraft over land following the completion of a two-year study.
The world wants to fly, or at least a growing number of people around the world do and that's lifting forecasts for new planes, especially narrow-body models, to an all-time high.
Bombardier has dismissed rival Boeing's claim that the Canadian firm is using government subsidies to dump its C-series planes on to the aviation market.
The International Paris Air Show is celebrating its 52nd anniversary this year with the big movers and shakers in the aerospace and defense industry all attending the event. As ever, Boeing and Airbus are the two companies in the spotlight, hunting out those multimillion-dollar orders, but all the key players from the world of civil and military aviation are in the French capital. CNBC brings you exclusive interviews, videos, features and whole host of insight into the industry.
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