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A new thermal/acoustic barrier package promises to reduce cabin noise by as much as 30 percent.

• Almost immediately after his election, President-elect Barack Obama considered possible members of his Cabinet and staff.

Marinus Heijl has joined the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations (ICCAIA) as that organization’s first representative t

Concerned by mounting losses in emergency medical services (EMS) flights, the NTSB has added the safety of such flights to its 2009 Most Wanted List of Saf

The FAA has selected eight additional colleges or universities to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program.

Many respondents expressed concern that the proposed rule would kill the popular airshow passenger flights in World War II-era B-17s, B-24s and other large

Ocean Sky is seeking to capitalize on significant investments it has made to ensure that its FBO at Scotland’s Glasgow Prestwick International Airport meet

James Ballough, the FAA’s long-time director of the Flight Standards Service, has announced that he will retire at the end of the year.

Cessna 750 Citation X, New York, N.Y., April 3, 2008–The Citation X ran off the runway on landing at John F.

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Hiram, Ga., May 21, 2008–The NTSB attributed the buckling of the AS 350’s tail boom to failure of the starflex arm du

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, Baton Rouge, La., April 25, 2008–Structural failure of the right main landing gear torque knee caused the

Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99, Bowling Green, Mo., June 21, 2008–A parachutist was killed because he failed to follow procedures/directives b

Short SC-7 Skyvan, McGrath, Alaska, Sept.

Bell 212, Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Sept.

Bell 222, Aurora, Ill., Oct.

This is a bad month for those of us who work tirelessly toward the goal of ensuring that certified aircraft maintainers are recognized for their knowledge,

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A200, Bridgewater, Va., Sept.

An FAA airworthiness directive (AD) issued in October could ground more than 70 narrow-body bizliners worldwide that are equipped with auxiliary fuel syste

Future fuel prices will determine the markets for regional turboprop and jet aircraft, according to Saab Aircraft Leasing president and chief executive Mic

The first flying prototype of the Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) 100 regional jet, the second airframe built, was handed over to Russia’s Interstate Aviation Commit

What will the regional airline industry look like when the economic dust settles? That’s the question the Regional Airline Association challenged its panel

Bell 407, Sedona, Ariz., Oct.

Irish-American aircraft lessor GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) is to acquire as many as 25 General Electric CF34-powered ARJ21-700ER regional jets

Grand China Express (GCE), the country’s largest regional carrier, wants to be Asia’s biggest regional carrier.

China’s Joy Air has ordered three Modern Ark 60 (MA-60) jets and is negotiating to buy 10 advanced MA-600s.

Mitsubishi Aircraft is considering a stretched variant of its regional jet and is analyzing market demand.

Embraer confirms that “at the present time” it has no large-airplane project.

Piestany, Slovakia-based UTair Europe has announced “an expansion of its flight destinations and an increase in helicopter services” throughout Europe.

Bell 206B JetRanger, Longview, Wash., Oct.

European helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland and Russian conglomerate Oboronprom last month signed an agreement for a civil AW139 final assembly line ne