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Engines

CFM takes LEAP into green future

CFM International has launched a new technology development program, LEAP56, that aims to ensure successors to its market-leading CFM56 engines can meet fu

Help Wanted: Bosses for Boeing and Airbus

Both Boeing and Airbus have come to the Paris Air Show without permanent leaders.

Nose-to-nose in the subsidy war

The apparent delay in the launch of the Airbus A350 has raised the intrigue over the escalating subsidy row between Boeing and Airbus.
Engines

New P&WC fan picked to power C Series airliner

Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bomardier C Series line of single-aisle commercial airliners.
Aircraft

Grob springs bizjet surprise

The world of business aviation woke up to a surprise here at the Paris Air Show today with the unforeseen launch of a highly versatile new private jet.
Airports

Will ’Voluntary’ Efforts by TEB Users Be Enough?

Six weeks after the Teterboro Airport Industry Working Group, a cooperative effort between airport users and neighboring residents, reached agreement on se
Airports

Operators Honored for Flying Quieter

Westchester County Airport (HPN) in White Plains, N.Y., today presented its 2005 Spirit of Noise Abatement Award to 32 of its based operators and corporate
Aircraft

Paris crowds in awe as A380 takes a bow

The mammoth A380 made a triumphal arrival on the Paris Air Show’s center stage here yesterday morning.

Deliveries Increase Despite Learjet Strike

Although a strike last summer at Learjet facilities in Wichita held down aircraft deliveries in the third quarter of this year compared with the same perio

Carlyle Group Confirmed Bidder for Raytheon Aircraft

AIN has confirmed that the Carlyle Group, a Washington-based global private equity firm, is one of three bidders for Raytheon Aircraft.
Aircraft

Effect of Grob SPn Crash on Cert. Schedule Unclear

It wasn’t immediately clear how the Grob SPn light business jet program will be affected by yesterday’s crash of the second prototype near the company’s ai
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Europe Alters Pilot Pay and Contracts

NetJets Europe has offered its pilots more pay and new contracts as it seeks to retain existing flight crew and hire 180 more personnel next year.
Aircraft

Eclipse Aviation Reveals Design Changes

In a letter sent yesterday to Eclipse 500 buyers, Eclipse Aviation outlined design changes to help the very light twinjet achieve promised performance goal
Regulations and Government

Approach Limits Raised in Canada

Responding to recommendations from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board after at least two low-visibility landing accidents, Transport Canada increased the
Regulations and Government

Age 60 Panel Issues a Split Decision

In what many observers predicted, the FAA/Industry Age 60 Aviation Rulemaking Committee was unable to reach consensus on whether to raise the mandatory ret
Security

Brazil Court Orders Release of Passports to U.S. Pilots

A Federal Court in Brazil today ordered the release of the passports of the two U.S.
Avionics

Renewed Interest Expressed in TCAS III

The FAA might revive TCAS III.

Middle East Bizav Event Taking Shape

More than 80 exhibitors and 30 aircraft are currently registered for the first Middle East Business Aviation convention, scheduled for January 31 and Febru
ATC

Eurocontrol Study Says European ATC Safer

Europe’s skies have become safer since two landmark accidents, according to a new independent survey commissioned by ATC management agency Eurocontrol.
ATC

China Plans Its Own Global Positioning System

China has disclosed that it intends to build a GPS-like global navigation system.
Regulations and Government

Repair Station Quality Rules Proposed

Nine months later than planned, the FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for repair stations that would revise the system of ratings and requi
Accidents

Premier I Overruns Runway in France

A Raytheon Premier I business jet operated by Spain-based Gestair overran the runway while landing at Deauville, France, on December 6 at about 1:20 p.m.
Regulations and Government

UK Defers Action on Foreign-registered Aircraft

Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT) has decided not to act unilaterally to impose new restrictions on UK-based aircraft that are registered overseas.
Aircraft

Yak/Irkut to assemble 12 Yak-130s

The Yakovlev design bureau plans to build another 12 examples of the Yak-130 advanced trainer, which is on display in the static park here, during the next

ITT has protection for all threats

ITT Industries is showcasing its modular scalable electronic-warfare and self-protection systems that can be tailored for use on fixed- and rotary-wing pla

Marotta offers signal processing controller

Marotta Controls (Hall 3 Stand D12) is unveiling two new products at Le Bourget that represent innovative solutions to long-standing problems presented by

Eurotrainers could be Korean T-50s

EADS has initiated talks with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with a view to offering the T-50 for the Eurotrainer requirement.
Aircraft

King Air set for special missions

Making its first flight just days before the show, the Beechcraft King Air 350ER special mission aircraft is making a debut appearance here at Le Bourget.

Norsk Has Eighth EC 135 on Display Here

One of the helicopters gracing Eurocopter’s static display here at the Paris Air Show is a bright red-and-yellow EC 135 belonging to Norsk Luftambulanse (N

More Airbus Work Goes to Ruag

Following its success in securing contracts to supply wing and fuselage components for the Airbus A380 from its Emmen, Switzerland plant, Ruag Aerospace ha