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Europe Dodges New Volcanic Ash Crisis for Now

For the time being at least, airlines and their passengers appear to have avoided a full-blown rerun of <a href="news/single-news-page/article/volcanic-ash

EASA Grounds Falcon 7X, FAA Action To Follow

The EASA today grounded the Dassault Falcon 7X, via an emergency Airworthines

Air Canada Launches Porter Challenge

Air Canada launched the first direct competition against Bombardier Q400 operator Porter Airlines out of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on May 1, when t

Industry recover appears to be stumbling progress

If the business aviation industry is experiencing a recovery, it is by most indications a stumbling affair, with new markets leading the way. In early May,

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Pluna Extends CRJ Order Book

Uruguay’s Pluna Air Lines has placed a firm order on three more 90-seat Bombardier CRJ900s worth $129 million at list prices, the Canadian manufacturer ann

Bombardier Forecasts 20-Year Market for 24,000 Deliveries

Looking forward to a continued recovery, Bombardier Aerospace released its annual Aircraft Market Forecasts on May 18, predicting 24,000 business aircraft

Korean Air Takes Its First Airbus A380

Korean Air celebrated the delivery of its first Engine Alliance GP7200-powered Airbus A380 at a ceremony at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France.&nbsp

Controller Found Innocent in Brazilian Midair

In an unexpected verdict announced late last week, Brazilian federal judge Murilo Mendes found air traffic controller Jomarcelo Fernandes dos Santos not g

Airbus Military Reveals A400M Schedule

Flight testing of the A400M airlifter is on track, and Airb

AEW&C Version of C295 To fly

Airbus Military is exploring an airborne early-warning and control version of the <a href="news/single-news-page/article/airbus-military-delivers-first-c29

Italy’s 767 Tankers Finally Enter Service; Australia’s A330 Tankers Yet To Be Accepted

There was news last week of two long-delayed air-refueling tanker contracts.

Turkey Joins EADS Talarion Team

During the 2011 International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF), held in Istanbul on May 10 to 13, EADS Cassidian signed a memorandum of understanding with Turk

Hawker Beechcraft Delivers First Export T-6 to Morocco

Hawker Beechcraft has dispatched the first export version of the current variant of its T-6 turboprop trainer, delivering 12 aircraft to the Royal Moroccan

Airbus, BEA Deny Reaching Conclusions about Air France Flight 447

Both Airbus and the French BEA (Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses) have denied reaching any conclusions about the <link news/single-news-page/article/ntsb-ch

Unfazed by 787 Woes, Safran Touts More-electric Aircraft Benefits

Despite the well documented complications arising out of the Boeing 787’s “more electric” architecture, French engine and equipment manufacturer Safran ear

CitationAire Recalls All of Its Furloughed Pilots

CitationAir last month asked all of its remaining 32 pilots on furlough to return to work.

EBACE 2011: VistaJet orders 18 Bombardier jets

VistaJet put itself back in full-blown growth mode yesterday, placing a major order with Bombardier for 18 jets in a move that will take its fleet to more

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CEO Boisture Cautiously Optimistic about Future of ‘Smaller More Agile’ Hawker Beechcraft

“Cautious optimism” for the current business aviation market likely describes the consensus of opinion of the business aviation industry here at EBACE.

EBACE 2011: Argentina Police Take Socata TBM

Daher-Socata has delivered a TMA-MMA, a multi-mission version of the TBM850 turboprop single, to Argentina’s airport security agency.

EBACE 2011: Hawker 800 flies with scimitar-tip Blended Winglets

Aviation Partners (Stand 674) of Seattle, Washington, said the first certified scimitar-tip blended winglets are now flying on a Hawker 800.

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