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Avionics Update: Sandel terrain awareness system delayed

Sandel Avionics of Vista, Calif., is telling customers that the certification program for its terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) is encountering d
Avionics

Avionics Update: Universal 'Super' FMS gains TSO

Universal Avionics has received TSO authorization for its first so-called Super FMS, the Tucson, Ariz.
Avionics

Avionics Update: ACSS unveils combined TCAS, TAWS

Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a joint-venture company owned by L-3 Communications and Thales Avionics, plans to certify a comb
Aircraft

CCM bucks the trend by relaxing ties with Air France

Compagnie Corse Méditerranée (CCM) Airlines, the French regional airline that specializes in routes between France and Corsica, wants to buck a trend estab
Aircraft

Antonov delivers first An-140 turboprop

Antonov handed over a second example of the An-140 turboprop to its daughter company, Antonov Airlines, early last month.
Aircraft

Latest Antonov An-74 variant now firmly in flight-test trials

Ukraine’s Antonov An-74TK-300 made its international debut at this year’s Paris Air Show.

Embraer and ATR team on Web-based suppot network

A long-anticipated collaboration between Brazil’s Embraer and France’s ATR finally came to fruition in late June during the Paris Air Show, as the two regi
Engines

Snecma courts RJ OEMs with DEM 21 turbofan

French engine manufacturer Snecma is developing a new high-pressure core for regional jet applications, dubbed DEM 21 for “21st century demonstrator,” in t

Heavy losses prompt drastic changes at BEA

After several years of 25-percent compound growth, UK regional British European Airlines is adopting a more measured approach to provide less unpredictable

Continental to spin off wholly owned subsidiary

In a move widely expected to portend an industry trend in years to come, Continental Airlines last month confirmed its intention to sell 20 percent of its

Denied 428JET, ScotAirways scouting for larger aircraft

Having been frustrated by the cancellation of the Fairchild Dornier 428JET, ScotAirways (the UK regional carrier that previously operated as Suckling Airwa

Air Liberté/AOM’s future now in hands of bankruptcy court

The future of the SAirGroup’s troubled French regional airline subsidiaries hung in the balance as the Swiss airline conglomerate awaited a decision from t

American draws blueprint for St. Louis feed network

American Airlines’ absorption of TWA took a major step forward when the Dallas-based American signed a pair of new code-share agreements with TWExpress par

Industry braces for fallout from Comair strike settlement

An unsettling air of ambivalence descended on Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport last month as Comair pilots ended an 89-day strike that cost Delta Air L
Regulations and Government

Under siege by Italian regs, Gandalf digs in at Bergamo

An unknown municipium in the Roman days, the city of Bergamo, Italy, was sacked and set on fire in the early Middle Ages.

Regionals Update: Air Wisconsin preps for pilot strike

The pilot leadership of United Express affiliate Air Wisconsin last month rejected a proffer of arbitration by the National Mediation Board, triggering the

Regionals Update: DCAir chief applauds last-ditch effort to save merger

Despite United Airlines’ apparent decision to abandon its attempt to buy US Airways for $4.3 billion, the airlines agreed to submit to the Justice Departme

Regionals Update: Mesa pulls out of Cincinnati

Mesa Air Group last month reversed its decision to establish a new Cincinnati base and canceled all the flights scheduled to six cities from Cincinnati/Nor
Aircraft

Regionals Update: Northwest takes more CRJs

Bombardier won a long-anticipated and hard-fought operational lease deal from Northwest Airlines for 75 CRJ-440 regional jets, the newly designated 44-pass
Regulations and Government

Regionals Update: FAA denies stay of duty-time crack-down

The FAA has denied a request by the Regional Airline Association and Air Transport Association to defer enforcement of its November interpretation of a lon
Aircraft

Tailwind Shows Off First CRJ Execliner

At EBACE this week, Tailwind Capital unveiled the first of five Bombardier CRJ conversions it plans to sell to business aviation customers.
ATC

Eurocontrol To Study Effects of VLJs on ATC System

To ensure that the increasing numbers of very light jets operating in European skies within the next five to 10 years are handled safely and efficiently, E
Aircraft

In The Works: Spirit Wing Learjet 25D

Problems with the design of the engine nacelle inlets have caused at least a three-month delay in the development of the Williams FJ44-2C-powered Spirit Wi
Aircraft

In The Works: Ibis Ae270

While the first Ibis Aerospace Ae270 has logged about 75 flight hours, the second flying prototype (aircraft number three) is now not expected to make its
Aircraft

In The Works: Explorer 500T

Explorer Aircraft, developer of the single-engine piston and turboprop Explorer airplanes, has moved from its temporary offices in Denver to Jasper County
Aircraft

In The Works: Ayres Loadmaster LM200

Reports of the demise of the Loadmaster program are unfounded, according to Russ Heil, CEO of Ayres Corp., the Albany, Ga.-based agplane OEM and developer
Aircraft

Still Seeking Partner, Aerion Racks Up Orders for SSBJ

Reno, Nev.-based Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capab
FBOs

Jet Aviation Looks West

Zurich, Switzerland-based Jet Aviation today signed a letter of intent with Ogden, Utah-based Kemp Development to open a new Midcoast Aviation maintenance
Aircraft

Grob-Bombardier Strange Bedfellows on Learjet 85

Eyebrows elevated when Grob was named earlier this year as the single source for the Bombardier Learjet 85’s entire primary and secondary composite structu
Training and Workforce

Illinois educator shows young minds how to soar

In December of this year Jim Jackson, who developed what is arguably one of the most successful and innovative aerospace education programs at the high-sch