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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Reaches First Airworthiness Milestone
Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on the 787 Dreamliner, the company announced last Friday.
SIA Engineering, Pratt & Whitney Forge PW1000G Partnership
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) and Pratt & Whitney have signed a partnership deal that will see the Singaporean MRO provider participate in the PW1000G risk-r
Aircraft
VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Gets Limited Funding
Limited funding for the Lockheed Martin/AgustaWestland VH-71 presidential
Aircraft
RAF Boosting Chinook Helicopter Fleet with New Builds and Rebuilds
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) plans to order 22 new Chinooks, in its latest response to widespread criticism over the shortage of heavy helicopter lift to s
Aircraft
Final RFP for Latest KC-X Aerial Refueling Tanker Competition Still Awaited
Ten weeks after the deadline for comments on the draft RFP for the latest attempt to procure a new
Aircraft
Boeing Logs New C-17 Prospect, and More Orders
Boeing announced this month that India had formally expressed interest in acquiring 10 C-17 military transports.
Crisis Over A400M Airlifter as EADS Threatens To Stop Work
At a dramatic new year press conference held beneath the second A400M in the final assembly building in Seville, Spain, the chief executive officers of EAD
Aircraft
ATR Delivers 54 Airplanes, Logs Orders for New -600 Series Turboprop in 2009
Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR logged record revenues of $1.4 billion and delivered 54 airplanes last year, the company announced during its ann
Aircraft
Bombardier CRJ1000 Still Grounded
The pair of CRJ1000s participating in the program’s flight-test program remain grounded as Bombardier engineers continue to work on a solution to the softw
FBOs
Improved Landing Aids Coming to Lugano Airport
The Swiss government has approved Lugano Airport’s plan to install more visual aids, including a lead-in light row with strobe lamps for Runway 19.
Aircraft
Hawker Beechcraft Gets Approvals for King Air 350i
Hawker Beechcraft announced only yesterday that it received FAA and EASA type certification for the latest King Air variant more than a month ago.
Embraer’s Bizjet Deliveries Tripled in 2009
While other business aircraft manufacturers struggled last year, Embraer more than tripled its production output of executive jets.
Charter & Fractional
Still Grounded, JetBird’s Phenoms Find Other Nests
JetBird, the Ireland-based would-be air-taxi operator that had hoped to be flying Embraer Phenoms already, says it is now planning to launch operations som
Business Aviation Rallies To Help Haiti Quake Victims
The business aviation community quickly swung into action yesterday to help earthquake victims in Haiti.
Maintenance and Modifications
Associated Air Center Receives ODA
Associated Air Center, a completions center for transport-category executive aircraft, has transitioned its designated alteration station (DAS) to organiza
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviall To Be Piper’s Exclusive Parts Distributor
Piper Aircraft has entered into a global distribution agreement with Aviall Services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Constant Aviation Launches Care Program
After building a parts and rotables inventory worth more than $25 million, Constant Aviation is now making it available to the corporate aviation community
Maintenance and Modifications
Southwind Aviation Acquires Odom’s Aircraft Parts
Odom Aircraft Parts of Salt Springs, Fla., has been acquired by Southwind Aviation, an aftermarket service and support provider for aerospace accessories a
Maintenance and Modifications
GE Aviation Picks Up Speed in the Turboprop Market
When it acquired Czech-based Walter Engines in 2008, General Electric signaled to the industry that it was significantly boosting its commitment to the tur
Training and Workforce
Linear Air, High Performance Team on Eclipse Training
Eclipse 500 air-taxi operator Linear Air and High Performance Aircraft Training (HPAT) yesterday announced that they have partnered to provide Eclipse 500
Avionics
SAIBs Address Honeywell FMS Software Glitch
The FAA late last week issued special airworthiness information bulletins
Safety
NTSB Expands Accident/Incident Reporting Rules
Effective March 8, the NTSB is amending its reporting requirements for aviation inciden
Regulations and Government
FAA Blasts Manufacturers for CVR/FDR Rule Delay
The FAA has grudgingly agreed to delay certain portions of an original April 2010 compli
Aircraft
Pilatus To Resume Full Working Schedules
In a hopeful sign, Pilatus said it will return to full work schedules by February 1.
Airbus Delivers Record Number of Aircraft in 2009
Airbus delivered a record total of 498 aircraft last year, which is 15 more than it shipped in 2008, the company announced today.
Regulations and Government
New Standards Proposed for Composite Helo Parts
Yesterday, the FAA published a proposed NPRM covering new airworthiness standards for composite structures on normal category rotorcraft under FAR Parts 27
Accidents
Cargo Learjet 35 Crashes on Approach to Chicago Exec
A Royal Air Freight Learjet 35 crashed into a river in a forest preserve on Tuesday afternoon while on approach to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, I
UBS Reaffirms Rising Bizjet Flight Activity Forecast
According to UBS Investment Research’s latest business jet update, flight activity in November was roughly unchanged from the same period in 2008, stemming
Aircraft
Embraer Delivers First Phenom 300 and Lineage 1000
Brazilian OEM Embraer launched 2010 by announcing the first deliveries of two of its new aircraft, the Phenom 300 and Lineage 1000.
Safety
2009 Bizav Accidents Decrease as Flight Hours Decline
As flight activity last year declined from that of the previous year, so too did the number of U.S.
