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Review Panel Faults FAA, Boeing in Max Certification Report

The JATR panel cited the FAA for inadequate awareness of the function of the 737 Max's MCAS and Boeing for “undue pressures” on members of its ODA staff.

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October 11, 2019

Comlux Completes Its First Wide-Body, an Airbus A330

Comlux Completes Its First Wide-Body, an Airbus A330

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October 11, 2019

Operators Ground 38 Boeing 737NGs for Pickle Fork Cracks

Airlines around the world have completed inspections on 810 NGs in compliance with an FAA airworthiness directive.

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October 10, 2019

First Europe-based Praetor 600 Lands in Germany

The super-midsize twinjet will be operated by Munich-based MHS Aviation.

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October 10, 2019

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Learjet 75 Liberty Mockup To Debut at NBAA 2019

Bombardier's Learjet 75 Liberty already is attracting sales, but executives are offering incentives at NBAA as it showcases a full-scale mock-up.

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October 9, 2019

ATR Board Greenlights Short-runway ATR 42-600 Variant

The European turboprop manufacturer secured 20 commitments from operators and lessors for the ATR 42-600S.

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October 9, 2019

American Airlines Pushes Back Max Return to January 16

American Airlines still expects the Boeing narrowbody to receive certification for service re-entry by the end of this year.

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October 9, 2019

Bombardier Global 7500 Completes 8,225-nm Flight

The October 6 flight by Bombardier's Global 7500 demonstrator bested an earlier record flight by 235 nm.

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October 8, 2019

Boeing Deliveries Slip as Max Effect Fully Takes Hold

Third-quarter deliveries from Boeing totaled 63 during the third quarter, compared with 190 a year earlier.

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October 8, 2019

Piaggio Taps Traxxall for Maintenance Tracking

Traxxall's mx tracking service to be offered as an option on all new Piaggio Avanti Eve deliveries.

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October 8, 2019

TBM Owners Wrap Up 2019 Convention

Attendees included 135 owners and 102 aircraft representing the entire Daher TBM single-engine turboprop lineup.

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October 7, 2019

AirMed Eyes APAC Reach with New Challenger 601

AirMed's fleet comprises Beechjet, Cessna Citation, Hawker, Learjet, Nextant ,Beechcraft King Air, and Pilatus PC-12 turbine aircraft.

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October 7, 2019

TAP Airbus A321LR Takes Off on Transatlantic Flight to D.C.

Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air says its long-range narrowbody lowers trip costs on its Lisbon-Washington route by 50 percent.

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October 7, 2019

More Hawkeye Exports as U.S. Navy Introduces Enhancements

Japan and France are in the process of buying E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes to replace their current E-2C fleets.

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October 4, 2019

Aircraft Broker Speculates On Two New Gulfstreams

The speculation dominated Hagerty Jet Group's just-released Quarterly Market Update for Gulfstream aircraft.

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October 4, 2019

X-57 Experimental Electric Aircraft Lands at NASA

NASA Armstrong took delivery of the agency’s X-57 all-electric experimental aircraft, aiming for a 500 percent increase in high-speed cruise efficiency.

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October 4, 2019

EC Opens In-depth Probe of Boeing-Embraer Combination

Boeing and Embraer now expect the acquisition to close in early 2020 rather than this year.

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October 3, 2019

China Shows Supersonic UAV, Bombers, and SAMs

Among the debutants at the October 1 parade in Beijing were the much-anticipated supersonic UAV and the latest missile-carrying version of the H-6.

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October 2, 2019

Cessna Citation Longitude Enters Service

Textron Aviation has begun deliveries of its super-midsize twinjet following FAA type certification on Sept. 21.

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October 2, 2019

WTO Allows U.S. to Impose $7.5 billion of Duties in Airbus Row

The EU is calling for a negotiated solution and a new regime on aircraft subsidies.

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October 2, 2019