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Willis Lease Finance Inks Deal for Superjets

Novato, Calif.-based Willis Lease Finance, a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, last month signaled its intention to enter the regional jet leasing

Aircraft

September 2, 2010

Delta Tells Comair To Shed 50-seat CRJs

Delta Air Lines has directed regional subsidiary Comair to shed more than half of its Bombardier CRJs over the next two years, according to an internal mem

Aircraft

September 1, 2010

Airbus Starts A350 XWB Production in Germany

Airbus has started making parts for the A350 XWB i

Aircraft

August 31, 2010

Boeing Leaning Away from 737 Re-engining

Chances that Boeing will fit new engines on the existing 737 appear slimmer now than at any time since the company began talking publicly about the prospec

Aircraft

August 31, 2010

Alert Controller Saves Gulfstream IV from Crashing

An alert radar controller monitoring traffic at Shannon air traffic services is credited with helping to prevent a Gulfstream IV-SP from crashing into the

ATC

August 31, 2010

DOJ Approves UAL-CAL Merger Plan

The U.S.

August 30, 2010

Boeing's Shanahan To Oversee Struggling 747-8

Boeing vice president Pat Shanahan has assumed oversight of the <link news/single-news-page/article/mcnerney-boeing-747-8-at-more-risk-of-schedule-slippage

August 30, 2010

NTSB To Host Code-share Symposium

After investigating four accident flights operated under code-sharing arrangements in the past three years, the NTSB will hold a two-day symposium on Octob

August 28, 2010

LAN-TAM Merger Reflects Growing Latin American Solidarity

In what might prove the biggest cross-border airline merger ever between two <link news/single-news-page/article/asian-latin-carriers-join-buying-binge-255

August 27, 2010

IATA: Strong Demand Continues as Recovery Enters Slower Second Phase

Statistics released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the month of July clearly reflect an <link news/single-news-page/article/iata

August 27, 2010

Solena’s GreenSky Turning Garbage into Green Jet Fuel

U.S.

Environment

August 27, 2010

Airline Bean Counters Need To Count Emissions Carefully

Airlines that will be subject to Europe’s new <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/emissions-tradi

Environment

August 27, 2010

Boeing Pushes First 787 Deliveries into Mid-First Quarter

Boeing today announced yet another delay to the 787 program, following “an assessment of the availability of an engine needed for the final phases of fligh

Aircraft

August 27, 2010

Airbus-led Aire2 Trials To Spearhead Green Trajectories with A380

An Airbus-led partnership with Air France and the air navigation service providers from the UK, Canada and the U.S.—respectively, NATS

Aircraft

August 26, 2010

Rolls-Royce Sues UTC for Patent Infringement

Rolls-Royce today filed a complaint alleging infringement by United Technologies Corp.

Engines

August 26, 2010

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Makes First Appearance in Italy

The third Sukhoi Superjet 100 landed in Italy for the fir

Engines

August 26, 2010