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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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New Delta Unit To Run Regionals’ C/S
Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe
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Rex Offers Wildfire Aid
Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has established a fund worth A$200,000 ($135,000) in the form of air fares and other means to aid victims of the wildfir
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New President at Mitsubishi Aircraft
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s board of directors last month appointed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries director and senior vice president Hideo Egawa to succeed Nobuo T
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BAE Regional Reports Busy 2008
The asset management team of BAE Systems Regional Aircraft placed 75 aircraft last year through new leases, extensions and sales, the company reported in l
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Air Dolomiti takes first of Lufthansa’s 30 E195s
Embraer delivered the first of 30 E-Jets ordered by Lufthansa–a 116-seat E195–
to its Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti on January 27, marking the start
to its Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti on January 27, marking the start
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NatureAir Gets Green Light to Sell Biofuel
Costa Rican regional airline NatureAir has entered talks with the government of the Central American republic for permission to sell biodiesel fuel to othe
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SAL books entire portfolio
All 125 turboprops in Saab Aircraft Leasing (SAL)’s portfolio had found homes by the end of last year, leaving the company with not one of its aircraft ava
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Q Series cushions blow for Bombardier
Bombardier Aerospace plans to raise production of its commercial aircraft by about 10 percent this year, the manufacturer announced last month.
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Taiwan’s AIDC Joins MRJ Team
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has agreed to design and build the composite flaps, belly fairings, rudders and elevators and
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In the Works: Antilles Seaplanes
Decades after the last Grumman Goose rolled off the famed manufacturer’s assembly line, the G-21 Goose is nearly ready to come back to life.
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In the Works: Spectrum Aeronautical
Work is progressing on Spectrum Aeronautical’s all-composite S.40 Freedom midsize jet, but the first-flight dates have been pushed back, from a previously
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In the Works: Embraer Phemon 100
Embraer officially became the third manufacturer to achieve entry-into-service of a very light jet, having delivered two Phenom 100s by the end of last
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ATR 72-600 to fly early this summer
Avions de Transport Regional has scheduled the first flight of a prototype ATR 72-600 regional turboprop for early this summer, following completion of the
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ATR confident it can weather the storm
ATR took in record revenues of $1.3 billion in 2008 and says that despite the financial crisis it will top that figure this year.
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New Delta Unit To Run Regionals’ C/S
Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe
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Airbus To Install SBAS in A350XWB
Airbus plans to install satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) in its A350XWB to support GPS Cat 1-equivalent 200-foot LPV approaches.
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ABJ Popularity Soars in the Gulf
The Gulf region continues to adopt corporate versions of the BAe 146/Avro RJ regional jetliner, generically dubbed the Avro Business Jet (ABJ).
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Investors are considering reviving Grob SPn programƧ
An agreement for German investors to take over the trainer aircraft business of the insolvent Grob Aerospace group might have cleared the way for a separat
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ATR 72-500 Gets OK for London City
The ATR 72-500 was approved to start operations at London City Airport in early February and has entered service with Irish regional airline Aer Arann on i
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Billings up, but pistons dragged down shipments
For the first time in five years, worldwide shipments of general aviation airplanes decreased in 2008, even as industry billings reached $24.8 billion, a 1
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Chapter 7 Filing Signals End of Eclipse Era
In a letter sent to employees on Tuesday, Eclipse Aviation general manager Michael McConnell and CFO Mark Borseth wrote that “our company is out of time an
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Linear Air Forms Eclipse 500 Support Co-op
With VLJ manufacturer Eclipse Aviation facing Chapter 7 liquidation proceedings, an organization is needed to provide support to owners of the 259 Eclipse
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Bombardier: Learjet 85 Design Mature, Plans on Track
Bombardier shared an update on the Learjet 85 program with customers today, revealing that the program remains on schedule for service entry in 2013 and th
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Superjet International Opens U.S. Office
Superjet International today announced the official opening of its new North American sales and customer support office in Washington, D.C.
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Eclipse Board Furloughs Employees Pending Financing
Although the bankruptcy court approved the sale of Eclipse Aviation to EclipseJet International on January 20, the financing to complete the sale has yet t
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Air France GP7200-Powered A380 Takes First Flight
The first Air France Airbus A380 powered with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines successfully completed a four-hour inaugural test flight from Airbus’s Toulous
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MiG Troubled by Debt and MiG-29 Grounding
The Russian government has bailed out the MiG Corporation after it lost more than $300 million last year and reported total debts of $1.25 billion.
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Cessna: Business Aircraft Are Good for Businesses
Cessna Aircraft yesterday kicked off an initiative to debunk myths about business aircraft and outline how t
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P&WC To Lay Off 1,000 Workers
Pratt & Whitney Canada said yesterday it planned to lay off 1,000 workers in the coming months, due mainly to falling demand for the engines it supplie
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NIAR Partners with Bombardier on Learjet 85
Bombardier Aerospace has tapped the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University to provide material and structural testing
