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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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More 787 Cancellations Announced
Dubai-based leasing company LCAL has opted to shrink the size of its order for 787 Dreamliners from 21 airplanes to five, Boeing confirmed today.
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Rolls-Royce Working On More Thrust for Falcon SMS
Rolls-Royce hinted at a size increase for the still-under-wraps Falcon SMS super-midsize business jet, revealing it received a higher thrust requirement fr
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Grob SPn Light Jet Program Draws Bidders
A new proposal for restarting the former Grob Aerospace SPn light business jet program appears to be taking shape less than a week after H3 Aerospace and F
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Grob Aerospace Deal Paves Way for SPn Resurrection
An agreement for German investors to take over the trainer aircraft activities of the insolvent
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MA700 work gets under way in Xi’an
China’s Xi’an Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) has started preliminary work on the Modern Ark 700 (MA700), a 70-seat turboprop regional aircraft that it exp
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Colgan Doubles Q400 Order
Pinnacle Airlines subsidiary Colgan Air signed a firm order last month to acquire 15 more Q400 NextGen turboprops worth some $432 million.
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Airbus Breaks Ground on A350 Line, Pledges mid-2013 First Delivery
Having badly burned its fingers with production delays on the A380 program, Airbus is determined not to fall into the fire again with its next large airlin
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Cessna Delivers First XLS+
Cessna has delivered the first Citation XLS+ to an undisclosed U.S.-based customer.
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JAARS Takes Quest Kodiak Delivery
The eighth production Quest Kodiak turboprop single was handed over to JAARS last month, marking the first delivery to a missionary or humanitarian organiz
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Horizon Settles On Q400 Deferrals
Horizon Air has negotiated a deferral of Q400 deliveries with Bombardier to re-time the shipments to coincide with the removal of the Seattle-based regiona
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Second SSJ Takes Flight
The second of four planned Sukhoi SSJ100 prototypes–S/N 95003–took to the skies on December 24, joining the flight-test program started in May with the fir
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Great Lakes Boosts EAS
Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Great Lakes Aviation announced it would launch EAS routes to four Montana destinations from Billings on February 1, marking an end to
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ASA To Furlough 80 Pilots
Atlantic Southeast Airlines sent furlough notices to 80 pilots last month as partner Delta Air Lines pares back Bombardier CRJ flying.
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Embraer Lineage 1000 Gets Its Papers
The FAA, EASA and Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency last month granted type certification to the Lineage 1000, the business jet version of the E190 f
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Mitsubishi chooses AIDC as MRJ supplier
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has agreed to design and build the slats, flaps, belly fairings, rudders and elevators for Mit
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Dassault Reviews Falcon Production Ramp-up
Dassault is slowing the planned production ramp-up this year for its Falcon business jets due to the economic downturn.
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Cessna’s New Products Unhampered by Downturn
Cessna Aircraft yesterday confirmed that, global economic woes aside, it is moving forward on new product development projects, including the Citation Colu
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Eclipse Aviation Auction Takes Place Tomorrow
The public auction for the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation is scheduled for tomorrow, followed by the bankruptcy court’s selection of the winner on Fri
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Backlogs shrinking at the major OEMs
Six months ago, business aircraft manufacturers were publicly confident that their backlog of new aircraft orders stretching well into the next decade woul
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Falcon 2000LX On Track for 1Q/09 Certification
France-based business jet manufacturer Dassault yesterday confirmed to AIN that the Falcon 2000LX, a winglet-equipped 2000EX, is slated for certific
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In the Works: Outlook good for major OEMs’ programs, but the future is hazier for smaller firms
In many ways, last year was an extraordinary year for business aviation, with a record of more than 1,000 jet deliveries but also a large number of new jet
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SCAC Eyes First Potential Customer
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) identified its first potential customer in Southeast Asia last month when it announced an agreement with Indonesia’s Kartika A
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Ruag books new orders for 228 NG
An undisclosed Australian regional airline has become the third customer to commit to Ruag Aerospace’s Dornier 228 New Generation program, placing an order
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ARJ21 first flight marks China’s return to jet set
After eight years of design and development, the flight-test program for the ARJ21-700, China’s first homemade regional jet, got under way with its maiden
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Hong kong firm takes first a318
BAA Jet Management last month took delivery of its first managed Airbus, an A318 Elite, making the Hong Kong-based company the first in Asia to operate the
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Backlogs shrinking at the major OEMs
Six months ago, business aircraft manufacturers were publicly confident that their backlog of new aircraft orders stretching well into the next decade woul
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On the heels of EASA certification, Eclipse files for bankruptcy protection
Eclipse Aviation filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S.
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Dassault revises2008 Delivery plans
Dassault Aviation late last month downgraded its 2008 delivery planning for Falcons, citing new FAA “constraints.” The manufacturer said the delivery rate
