Content Archive: January 2009

Airbus Signs Major Partnership Deal with Chinese

Airbus and a group of Chinese industrial partners today signed a contract to establish a joint-venture manufacturing center in Harbin, China, to build comp

GD Upbeat about Gulfstream, Jet Aviation

Bucking the current economic tide, Gulfstream Aerospace and Jet Aviation parent company Genera

Boeing Tallies Strike Losses, 747-8 Effect

Boeing estimates that the two-month strike staged by its machinists late last year cost it some $2.5 billion in cash–the single biggest factor in the fourt
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Avionics

Inmarsat Begins I-4 Satellite Repositioning Effort

Inmarsat last month began repositioning its I-4 satellite constellation in an effort aimed at providing full global SwiftBroadband coverage and improving n
FBOs

USAirports now sole FBO at ROC

Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) in upstate New York used to have two FBOs, but USAirports has purchased the Landmark Aviation FBO at the airp
Cabin Interior and Electronics

ICG Gains PMA Approval for NxtLink Systems

International Communications Group of Newport News, Va., has received parts manufacturer authority (PMA) for the NxtLink ICS-120A and ICS-220A communicatio
FBOs

US Aviation adding fule service

Based at Denton Municipal Airport north of Dallas, US Aviation Group has been approved by the Denton City Council to add fuel to its list of services.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Regional makeovers find a ready market

at a time when everyone seems to be looking for a bargain, regional jets reconfigured for an executive role–available at considerably less than half the pr
Airports

White Sands Regional Airport adds solar power system

The trend of airports adding solar power systems is growing in the southwest U.S., which sees more sunny days each year than other parts of the country.