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CFM, IAE bown out of C series
October 16, 2006, 8:24 AM
June 2005

Amid the fanfare that came with securing commitments from the Canadian, Quebec and UK governments to contribute some $700 million to its proposed C Series, Bombardier absorbed a pair of punishing blows from the two contenders for providing the project’s engine.

At annual show regionals look back to the future
October 16, 2006, 8:22 AM
June 2005

It seems hard to reconcile the rather dark and anxious tone of this year’s Regional Airline Association convention with double-digit margins and record revenues.

ATR does its part for Tsunami victims
October 16, 2006, 8:19 AM
June 2005

ATR sent a pair of ATR 42-500s to Sri Lanka last month to deliver five tons of medicine, milk and clothing to tsunami victims.

Mesa enters Delta fold, puts 328Jet talks to rest
October 16, 2006, 8:18 AM
June 2005
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Delta Air Lines sent another clear message to its wholly owned affiliates that it won’t hesitate to outsource more regional jet flying to independent partners when it signed Mesa Air Group as the latest Delta Connection carrier last month.

Embraer’s Saudi Arabian sale opens the door to Middle East
October 16, 2006, 8:08 AM
June 2005

Never a hotbed of activity for the West’s two regional jet makers, the Middle East market for RJs has long seemed as barren as the Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter.

SE-Vision pairs EVS with synthetic vision
October 16, 2006, 8:02 AM
June 2005

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins and Max-Viz of Portland, Ore., have teamed to begin flight tests aboard an FAA aircraft of a guidance system integrating synthetic vision and an infrared enhanced vision system (EVS).

Nav Canada sees growth in rate stabilization fund
October 16, 2006, 8:00 AM
June 2005

After sustaining losses of C$116 million ($91.4 million) after 9/11, Nav Canada, the private, non-share corporation that owns and operates Canada’s civil air navigation system, saw its rate stabilization account–a financial savings buffer to offset downturns in revenue–return to the positive sid

Honeywell reveals latest synthetic-vision concept
October 16, 2006, 7:57 AM
June 2005

Honeywell researchers are demonstrating a synthetic-vision system (SVS) that uses terrain and obstacle data taken from the company’s enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) to paint computer-generated views of the world ahead on aircraft flight displays.

Honeywell Calls for Closer U.S./EU Cooperation on ATM Modernization
October 16, 2006, 7:54 AM
June 2005

Honeywell is calling for greater cooperationbetween the U.S. and Europe as the two prepare for the deployment of future air traffic management (ATM) technologies.

Satellite TV System from Rockwell Collins Certified on BBJ
October 16, 2006, 7:52 AM
June 2005

Rockwell Collins last month announced that its Tailwind 550 satellite television system has gainedan STC for installation in the Boeing Business Jet.Completed by Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland,the certification allows Collins to deliver “globaltelevision solutions for current and potential B

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