2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Bill Carey

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.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh argued for reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank April 27. 

Albaugh Pushes Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization at 787 Rollout

The first 787 built in North Charleston, S.C., rolled out of the factory on April 27.

Boeing Rolls Out First 787 Built in South Carolina

Ian Sheppard

Boeing Set To Wrap Up Dreamliner Tour 

Charles Alcock

The new Western Approach factory will give GKN the capacity it needs for A350XWB and A400M wing aerostructures work.

GKN Sharpens Its Composites Edge with New Wing Aerostructures Factory

AIN Staff

Dutch Will Not Prosecute Turkish Airlines for 2009 Accident

Air Charter Safety Foundation Receives ASAP Approval

AD Addresses Faulty Lear 60 Extinguishers

Greek Aircraft Mechanic Sentenced to Prison

NTSB 2011 Accident Statistics Show Uptick

Former FAA Safety Inspector Sentenced To Jail

Surviving Loss of Control Requires Manual Flying Skills

FAA Must Improve Its Analysis of Safety Data 

Bird Strikes Prompt Wildlife Hazard Plan

Pakistan CAA Ramps Up Scrutiny after Crash

Gregory Polek

AA unions decry their company's resistance to a merger with US Airways. 

US Airways, American Airlines Employees Press for Merger as AMR Goes Its Own Way

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

Bombardier has expressed satisfaction with progress toward recruiting more interest from the leasing community.

Lessors Buoy Bombardier’s Sales Aspirations 

Neelam Mathews

Politics appears to be standing in the way of liberalization of the Indian airline sector.

Indian Government Set To Renege on Commitment To Allow Foreign Investment in Airlines 

The proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines seems to have support from virtually everyone who matters but the management of bankrupt American

AIN Blog: Airline Unions, Boeing at Odds over USAir-AA Merger  

Chris Pocock

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

BAE Challenges Lockheed Martin for F-16 Upgrade Work

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

Reaper UAV Upgrades Could Include Longer Wings

AeroVironment Scores Another Small UAS Success

U.S. Marines Field APKWS Guided Rocket in Afghanistan

Turkey Upgrades the T-38 Jet Trainer

Chad Trautvetter

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Zenith Jet Forecasts $257B in Bizjets over 10 Years

Curt Epstein

Eclipse Aerospace announced yesterday that it has received a production certificate from the FAA

Eclipse Receives Production OK from FAA

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

General Dynamics Soars on Gulfstream’s Wings

Matt Thurber

First Conforming Cirrus Vision Jet To Fly in 2014

Thierry Dubois

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Eurocopter EC175 Zeroes In on Certification

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Is the FAA Drowning in a Data Tsunami?

Light Jet Deliveries Rise in First Quarter, Notes JetNet

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