Content Archive: December 2010

Cost of Qantas A380 Groundings Mounts

Some five weeks after an uncontained engine failure forced one of Qantas’s six Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered A380s to make an emergency landing at Singapor
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Industry Awaits Word on Seventh 787 Delay

Boeing’s conclusion that a short circuit or electrical arc caused by foreign debris in a P100 power distribution panel led to the November 9 fire aboard th
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Search for Doomed Air France Airbus A330 to Resume

The effort to find out what happened to Air France Flight 447 on June 1, 2009 seemed all but over in France, when the government announced the launch of a
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Happy Design brings innovation to interiors

ging a reputation for innovative and exciting aircraft paint schemes, highlighted by its recent win in a competition to design a new livery for the single-
ATC

GAO Warns NextGen Costs Could Quadruple

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky S-76D Enters Production

Final assembly of the first production Sikorsky S-76D medium twin has begun in Coatesville, Pa., the helicopter manufacturer announced this week.

Cessna Seeing Increased Bizjet Order Activity

Despite recent industry forecasts that call for 2011 to look much like 2010, “We are seeing increased activity in new and used aircraft sales,” Cessna Airc
Regulations and Government

FAA Withdraws Action Against Boston Charter Pilots

The FAA has withdrawn the two certificate actions it previously proposed against the pilots-in-command of the pair of Boston Air Charter (BAC) Citations t
Rotorcraft

Russian Medium Twin Helo Program Resumes

Russian Helicopters (RH) said its second prototype of the Mi-38 medium twin started flight test
Charter & Fractional

Universal Jet Seeks Middle Eastern AOC Partner

U.S-based charter operator Universal Jet (Stand E140) has come to MEBA looking to advance its plans to expand operations in the Middle East.