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GE Studying Engine for New Embraer 50-seater
October 16, 2006, 8:29 AM
June 2005

General Electric has begun studies on a new engine for application on a proposed new 50-seat jet from Embraer. Rolls-Royce AE3007s now power the Brazilian manufacturer’s 50-seat ERJ 145 and 37-seat ERJ 135, the backlogs for which stand at their lowest levels since the late 1990s.

Continental Keen on Saab 2000s
October 16, 2006, 8:28 AM
June 2005

SkyWest Airlines parted ways with Continental Airlines earlier this year in large part because the Houston-based major airline wanted its regional partner to fly 50-seat Saab 2000s, SkyWest CEO Jerry Atkin told AIN during last month’s RAA convention in Cincinnati.

RAA chairman takes aim at bizav
October 16, 2006, 8:26 AM
June 2005

American Eagle president and RAA chairman Peter Bowler posited a proposal to ease the airlines’ burden for funding FAA and ATC services: get business aviation to pay its fair share.

CFM, IAE bown out of C series
October 16, 2006, 8:24 AM
June 2005

Amid the fanfare that came with securing commitments from the Canadian, Quebec and UK governments to contribute some $700 million to its proposed C Series, Bombardier absorbed a pair of punishing blows from the two contenders for providing the project’s engine.

At annual show regionals look back to the future
October 16, 2006, 8:22 AM
June 2005

It seems hard to reconcile the rather dark and anxious tone of this year’s Regional Airline Association convention with double-digit margins and record revenues.

ATR does its part for Tsunami victims
October 16, 2006, 8:19 AM
June 2005

ATR sent a pair of ATR 42-500s to Sri Lanka last month to deliver five tons of medicine, milk and clothing to tsunami victims.

Mesa enters Delta fold, puts 328Jet talks to rest
October 16, 2006, 8:18 AM
June 2005
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Delta Air Lines sent another clear message to its wholly owned affiliates that it won’t hesitate to outsource more regional jet flying to independent partners when it signed Mesa Air Group as the latest Delta Connection carrier last month.

Embraer’s Saudi Arabian sale opens the door to Middle East
October 16, 2006, 8:08 AM
June 2005

Never a hotbed of activity for the West’s two regional jet makers, the Middle East market for RJs has long seemed as barren as the Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter.

SE-Vision pairs EVS with synthetic vision
October 16, 2006, 8:02 AM
June 2005

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins and Max-Viz of Portland, Ore., have teamed to begin flight tests aboard an FAA aircraft of a guidance system integrating synthetic vision and an infrared enhanced vision system (EVS).

Nav Canada sees growth in rate stabilization fund
October 16, 2006, 8:00 AM
June 2005

After sustaining losses of C$116 million ($91.4 million) after 9/11, Nav Canada, the private, non-share corporation that owns and operates Canada’s civil air navigation system, saw its rate stabilization account–a financial savings buffer to offset downturns in revenue–return to the positive sid

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