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Hawker 800XPR Obtains EASA Blessing

Hawker Beechcraft received EASA approval for the Hawker 800XPR yesterday, just weeks after receiving certification from the FAA.

Engines

October 3, 2011

Southwest Airlines’ RNP Operations Progressing Slowly

Southwest Airlines’ ambitious fleetwide implementation of required navigation performance (RNP) operations is making slow progress

Aircraft

October 3, 2011

Colgan Grounds Wayward Pilots

Colgan Air grounded the pilots who landed a Saab 340B at the wrong Louisiana airport on September 7, pending the outcome of an internal investigation. Flyi

Aircraft

October 2, 2011

Moscow’s Jet Expo Show Reveals Russian Bizav Recovery

After being dented by the financial crisis, Russian business aviation is back in growth mode.

Charter & Fractional

October 2, 2011

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Bell Explores New Missions for V-22 Tiltrotor

Bell Helicopter is exploring new markets and missions for its Bell-Boeing Osprey V-22 military tiltrotor. The company recently demonstrated the V-22’s s

Aircraft

October 2, 2011

Boeing Philadelphia Employees Busted in Prescription Drug Sting

DEA and FBI agents yesterday arrested 22 employees and former employees of Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pa.

Aircraft

September 30, 2011

New Cessna Citation M2 Relights CJ1+ Torch

Cessna announced a new twinjet derivative yesterday to serve as a step-up for Mustang owners or as a higher entry-level Citation between the Mustang and CJ

Aircraft

September 27, 2011

Big Sales Success for Diamond DA42 Surveillance Version

Diamond Aircraft has revealed a surge of orders for the DA42 Multi-Purpose Platform (MPP), also known as the Guardian.

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

BAE Partners With Northrop Grumman To Offer USAF Trainer

BAE Systems named Northrop Grumman its manufacturing partner to offer the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer System (AJTS) for the <a href="airshow-convention-news/

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

Rockwell Collins Provides KC-46A Cockpit Details

Rockwell Collins has provided more details of the flight deck displays, mission systems backbone and other key systems that it is providing for the new <a

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

U.S. Air Force Leaders Defend F-35, ISR, Bomber Programs

Civilian and military leaders of the U.S.

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

Saab Upgrades the RBS-70 Air Defense Missile–Again

Saab is marketing a “new generation” version of the RBS 70 short-range surface-to-air missile, which has been in continuous production for nearly 40 years.

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

Boeing Presses Hard on Production Rates and Weight as It Delivers the First 787 Dreamliner to ANA

Boeing didn’t have to contrive any sense of jubilation today in rain-soaked&nbsp;Everett, Wash., as it delivered the first 787 Dreamliner to Japan’s All Ni

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

Mature Fleet Replacement and New Markets Drive Airbus Forecast Higher

Airliner fleet replacement in mature markets, along with dynamic growth in emerging economies and strong continued business in established North American a

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

China’s Airliner Fleet Set To More Than Triple by 2030

China’s airliner fleet is set to grow more than three-fold over the next two decades, rising from 1,506 in 2010 to 5,118 in 2030, according to the latest “

Engines

September 26, 2011

Russian Banks See Big Business in Replacement of Soviet-era Airliners

The crash of a chartered Yak-42 regional airliner on September 7 in Yaroslavl, Russia, that left 44 professional hockey players dead has prompted calls fro

Aircraft

September 26, 2011

Atlas Shaves 747-8F Order by Three Airplanes

Atlas Air has cancelled delivery of three “early build” Boeing 747-8 Freighters, lowering the total number of the airplanes covered under its firm order to

Aircraft

September 22, 2011

Piaggio Short Lists Partners for Jet Program

Piaggio Aero Industries apparently will enter the business-jet market only if it can line up an existing major aircraft manufacturer as a risk-sharing part

Aircraft

September 22, 2011

Piper Meridan Approved for Unpaved Runway Ops

Piper Aircraft used the Malibu/Meridian Owners &amp; Pilots Association (MMOPA) Fly-in Convention, held last week in Hot Springs, Va., to officially announ

Aircraft

September 20, 2011

Predator UAVs Opening Up to Foreign Sensors and Control

A cooperation between General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Selex Galileo will enable the integration and control of non-U.S.

Aircraft

September 19, 2011