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New Leasing Group Fans Airliner Sales Activity

Airliner leasing pioneer Steven Udvar-Hazy is back in business with a vengeance.
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Aircraft

Case for 737 Re-engining Will Weaken if Airframe Advances Accelerate

A decision to re-engine the Boeing 737
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EADS Bullish on Airbus, Raises Order Projection to More Than 400

EADS has raised its order projection for its Airbus unit this year to more than 400 aircraft from its previous estimate of between 250 and 300 following a
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McNerney: Boeing 747-8 at More Risk of Schedule Slippage than 787 Dreamliner

Citing “a couple of workmanship issues, and a design issue or two,” Boeing CEO Jim McNerney planted another seed of doubt about the company's chances of de
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Qatar's C Series 'Issues' Hit Sour Note for Pratt

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker's surprise revelation at the Farnborough airshow that "issues” with the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbo
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Aircraft

Eclipse Owners Flock to Oshkosh

In a forum at this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., Eclipse Aerospace chairman and president Mason Holland pulled no punches with the crowd of some 40 o
ATC

FAA Adopts ICAO’s ‘Line Up and Wait’ Terminology

Current FAA terminology for an air traffic controller’s instruction for a pilot to taxi onto the runway and await takeoff clearance is “position and hold.”
Charter & Fractional

Linear Air Says VLJ Air-taxi Model Can Work

Despite the littered road of failed very light jet air-taxi firms, Linear Air said it has been able to make the model work and has even eked out a profit d
Training and Workforce

Phenom 100 Synthetic Vision, Phenom 300 Sim OK’d

Embraer yesterday received Brazil ANAC, FAA and EASA approval for Garmin’s synthetic vision technology (SVT) system on the Phenom 100, which has a Garmin G
Accidents

NTSB Examines Alaska Crash Site

NTSB investigators are at the site of Monday’s Alaska crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T turboprop-conversion floatplane that killed five, including for
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Falcon Bullish on Brazil Bizav Market

Dassault Falcon predicts that Brazil will be one of the fastest-growing markets in the world for business aviation as the industry recovers, company presid
Aircraft

Boeing Still Inspecting 787 Dreamliners for Workmanship ‘Issues’

Boeing hasn’t finished inspecting parts of the tail sections of flight-test and production 787 Dreamliners, several weeks after the Chicago-based aerospace
Maintenance and Modifications

Spectrum Aeromed, Cessna Team on Medical Mustang

Cessna Aircraft and Spectrum Aeromed have teamed to pre-fit a Cessna Citation Mustang for an air medical interior during manufacturing.
Maintenance and Modifications

Piaggio America Adds to Its Service Network

Piaggio America has added three new locations–Crownair Aviation in San Diego and Carlsbad, Calif., and Constant Aviation in Birmingham, Ala.–to its list of
Maintenance and Modifications

JSSI Enrolls First Phenom 300 into Engine Program

Jet Support Services (JSSI) has signed an agreement with Executive AirShare covering the P&WC PW535E engines on two Phenom 300s under its premium hourly-co
Maintenance and Modifications

AEA Survey Predicts Need for Avionics Techs

The Aircraft Electronics Association has released the results from its 2010 rate & labor survey to its members.
Aircraft

Embraer Legacy 650 To Debut This Week at Labace

The Embraer Legacy 650 will make its public debut at the seventh Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Labace), which starts on Thursda
ATC

GAO, DOT IG Concerned about FAA's NextGen

Each key FAA NextGen project has an individual "metric" to measure how its development is progressing.
Charter & Fractional

On More Solid Footing, NetJets Posts $114M Profit

For the second quarter and first half of this year, fractional aircraft provider NetJets' revenues increased 16 percent and 17 percent, respectively, from
Accidents

J.P.Morgan: New Bizjet Demand Remains 'Elusive'

The pre-owned business jet market is improving, but demand for new jets is "elusive," according to a monthly business jet report released on Friday by J.P.
Accidents

Former Senator, EADS boss in Alaska Floatplane Crash

The NTSB this morning dispatched a go team that includes chairman Deborah Hersman to Alaska to investigate last night's crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-
Maintenance and Modifications

Independent centers prep for 787 completion challenge

Boeing Business Jets has already sold a dozen of its new 787s for configuration as private aircraft, and the independent completion centers are climbing th
Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Profile: Standard Aero Augusta

StandardAero Augusta (Georgia) is the most recent incarnation of an operation that has provided maintenance services to the business aviation community for
Avionics

Primus Apex hits its mark in Pilatus PC-12NG makeover

The addition of the Honeywell Primus Apex integrated avionics system to the NG version of the venerable Pilatus PC-12 turboprop single has made an already
Aircraft

China and Pakistan Push Chengdu JF-17 Fighter for Export

In the same week that the Chengdu JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its
Aircraft

Japan Eyes Further Mitsubishi F-2 Procurement

Japan is examining the possibility of continuing production of the Mitsubishi F-2 to bolster its fighter fleet in the face of growing Chinese capability, a
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Aircraft

Boeing Narrows the C-17, but Widens the Search for Exports

Boeing has revealed its latest thinking on how the C-17 heav
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Aircraft

Brazil Commits to Embraer KC-390

During the Farnborough airshow in late July, the Brazilian air force announced its intention to acquire 28
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Aircraft

Insitu Integrator Wins STUAS Award

Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, has won the U.S.
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Maintenance and Modifications

UK Group Seeks To Fill Entry-level Jet Support Niche

Oriens Advisors, a UK-based consultancy group looking to support entry-level jet operations and helping airports to fulfill their real estate potential, ha