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Airbus Inks Financing Deal with Chinese Bank
Airbus hopes to help loosen the grip of tight-fisted credit outlets with an MoU it signed this month with the world’s largest bank, China’s ICBC, to collab
NTSB Chases New Leads in Air France Flight 447 Crash Probe
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched investigations into two recent incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in Airbus A330s m
Patience with 787 Delays Running Thin
The wellspring of goodwill among customers for the chronically delayed Boeing 787 drained a bit more this past week, when the company
Aircraft
Klapmeier Team Vying To Buy Cirrus Jet Program
Alan Klapmeier, chairman of Cirrus Aircraft, has formed a team to raise funds to try to buy the Vision SF50 single-engine jet program from majority Cirrus
Aircraft
Qantas Slashes 787-9 Order, Delays Deliveries
The Qantas Group has reduced its firm order for 65 Boeing 787-9s by 15 airplanes, delayed first delivery of the type by three years and suspended delivery
ATC
DOT IG: FAA Data Muddles Controller Training Failures
A report to Congress by the Transportation Department inspector general found that the FAA’s reported rate of training failures among newly hired air traff
Dassault Cutbacks To Have Limited Effect on Workers
France’s Dassault Aviation has signed an agreement with three out of four unions for a part-time working arrangement planned from September to February nex
Airports
FAA To Decide Burbank Noise Curfew Fate by November 1
The FAA has acknowledged that the application by the Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority (BGPAA)
Regulations and Government
Unexpected Anomalies Put Future GPS Under Stress
One key benefit of the future GPS III satellites that the DOD plans to launch in 2014 is that they will transmit a second civil aviation signal, called L-5
Engines
Rolls-Royce BR725 Engine Approved by EASA
Rolls-Royce yesterday received EASA certification for its 16,000-pound-thrust BR725 engine.
Captain, Flight Attendant from Air France Flight 447 Identified
Search teams have found the bodies of the captain and a flight attendant among the victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447, the company confirmed tod
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA To Update Composite Aircraft Advisory Circular
Advisory Circular AC 20-107B, pertaining to composite aircraft
Maintenance and Modifications
EASA Considers Part Manufacturing In Europe
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued Preliminary Re
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviall To Expand Distribution of CF34-3 Engine Parts
GE Aviation has signed an exclusive agreement with Aviall Services that expands the latter’s distribution of GE CF34-3 engine parts to include unique life-
Maintenance and Modifications
Comeaux Pleads No Contest in Parts Scheme
Last year Jerry Roy Comeaux and his wife, Vicki, were indicted for “conspiracy to commit fraud, fraud involving aircraft parts, mail fraud, wire fraud, con
Maintenance and Modifications
FAR 21 Rewrite Leaves More Questions Than Answers
Unintended consequences of a proposed rewrite of FAR 21 certification p
ATC
New York Airspace Redesign Moving Forward
The New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign, which is intended to reduce delays in this heavy air traffic area, cleared a “key
Rotorcraft
Sikorsky S-76D Program Progressing on Schedule
According to Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky, two more S-76D prototypes will soon join the helicopter test program, which is expected to conclude next year
Avionics
Honeywell System Aims To Reduce Runway Excursions
Honeywell last week at the Paris Air Show launched SmartLanding, a product intended to reduce runway excursions by alerting pilots if the aircraft’s approa
Charter & Fractional
Platinum Jet Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
Andre Budhan, a cofounder of defunct charter operator Platinum Jet, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a case relating to the 2005 crash of a Challenger 600 f
Training and Workforce
Free Training for Laid-off Bizav Pilots, Techs at FSI
FlightSafety International today announced the Proficiency Protection Program, which is intended to help maintain the currency of business aircraft pilots
More Delays for Boeing 787
Boeing announced today that it has postponed first flight of the 787 Dreamliner once again, this time due to a need to reinforce areas within the side-of-b
Airbus Delivers First A320 Assembled in China
Airbus today delivered the first A320 aircraft assembled at its Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Commits to 10 New Airbus A330s
Virgin Atlantic Airways announced today that it signed a $2.1 billion firm contract to buy six Airbus A330-300s and lease another four from Netherlands-bas
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Elbit and General Dynamics Offer Hermes 90 UAV
Israel’s Elbit showed the latest member of its UAV family for the first time at the Paris Air Show in June.
USAF KC-135s To Test Northrop Grumman Missile Protection
Northrop Grumman has now equipped more than 400 aircraft of 42 types with its AAQ-24(V) Nemesis directed infrared countermeasures system, which is designed
EADS UCAV Development Continues in Secret
EADS hopes to persuade France, Germany and Spain to launch development of its Advanced UAV, now named Talarion, a medium/high-altitude surveillance drone.
