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Boeing resumed production of 787 Dreamliners yesterday as it joined the major assemblies of the fifth airplane designated for flight test, the company anno

Airbus and a group of Chinese industrial partners today signed a contract to establish a joint-venture manufacturing center in Harbin, China, to build comp

The Wright Brothers’ Master Pilot Awards, which recognize pilots who have demonstrated professionalism, skill and aviation expertise by maintaining safe op

John Winant, 85, former president of the National Business Aviation Association, died on January 13 at his home in Williamstown, Mass.

Michael Scheeringa, former CEO of Flight Options, is joining Signature Flight Support as president and COO.

Having badly burned its fingers with production delays on the A380 program, Airbus is determined not to fall into the fire again with its next large airlin

Boeing estimates that the two-month strike staged by its machinists late last year cost it some $2.5 billion in cash–the single biggest factor in the fourt

GKN Aerospace assumed full ownership of the former Airbus wing component and assemblies factory at Filton, UK, on January 5.

Hawker Beechcraft King Air E90B, Ruidoso, N.M., Aug.

Cessna Citation Excel 560XL, Port Heiden, Alaska, April 30, 2008–The Excel ran off the gravel-topped Runway 23 at Port Heiden Airport (PTH) as a res

Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Page, Ariz., March 26, 2008–The NTSB concluded that the flight crew’s unprofessional behavior and deviation from standard operatin

It took all the resources it could reasonably muster, but Airbus managed to reach its target of delivering 12 A380 aircraft last year when on December 30 i

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Lake Michigan, Mich., April 7, 2007–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the in-flight separation of the left engine transl

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Hilo, Hawaii, Feb.

Hawker Beechcraft Super King Air B200, Liberal, Kan., Nov.

Bell 407, Bow, N.H., Dec.

Bombardier CL600-2B19 CRJ, Philadelphia, Dec.

Bell 206 JetRanger, Sabine Pass, Texas, Dec.

Boeing’s announcement on January 9 that it planned to lay off some 4,500 employees within its Commercial Airplanes business starting in April might not hav

Bombardier Learjet 23, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Dec.

Cessna Citation II, Wilmington, N.C., Jan.

Sikorsky S-76C++, Morgan City, La., Jan.

It seemed unlikely that tightening credit wouldn’t trigger more order cancellations or delivery deferrals among the world’s airlines, so even though the to

u Even before President Barack Obama took the oath of office on January 20 political analysts, media gurus (press, radio, TV talking heads) and a horde of

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has received a gift of $1 million from the estate of long-time FBO Manuel Maciel, most of which will be used to fund the

Because it has not completed guidelines for a Safety Management System (SMS) for U.S.

An FAA plan to consolidate all of the 84 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters working in the nation’s 21 ATC en route centers into two central foreca

International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Giovanni Bisignani characterized December’s decline in international air traffic as “shocki

Growing distrust between elements within various pilot groups and airline management over the use of confidential safety information is threatening the int

Pinnacle Airlines subsidiary Colgan Air signed a firm order last month to acquire 15 more Q400 NextGen turboprops worth some $432 million.