2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Bill Carey

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

New airline passenger protections mandated by the US Department of Transportation take effect this week.

Truth in Advertising Comes to Airline Ticket Pricing This Week

Thierry Dubois

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Wing cracks in A380s prompts AD

EASA Orders Airbus A380 Wing Inspections

Gregory Polek

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

CFM records record year in 2011

CFM Reports Record 2011

UPS pilot union files duty-time issues.

UPS Pilots Engage FAA in Latest Round in Fight for Uniform Duty Time Rules

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Sikorsky and Suppliers Will Self-Fund Raider Development

Charles Alcock

Airbus Success Overshadows EADS Military Business

Vladimir Karnozov

Russian Air Force Takes Upgraded Su-27s Intended for China

BAE Names Training Provider in Pursuit of T-X Program

Airline passenger, freight and traffic numbers softened toward the end of 2011.

Airline Indicators Soften, Slow Growth Seen for 2012 

Ian Sheppard

ATR rides wave of turboprop popularity 

ATR Rides Wave of Turboprop Popularity as It Ponders Larger Model

Chad Trautvetter

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Former Air Traffic Controller Convicted in Disability Benefits Fraud

The Cargo Airline Association (CAA), representing air cargo carriers in the US, has sided with FAA in a suit brought against the agency by UPS pilots.

Cargo Carriers Association Sides with FAA on Duty Rule

2011 was another record year for Airbus for orders and deliveries

Airbus Logs Sales and Delivery Records as EADS Mulls Management Changes

WestJet To Launch Regional Subsidiary

RBS To Sell Aircraft Leasing Business 

RBS To Sell Aviation Lease Business 

Regional Airlines Reach Crossroads 

AIN Blog: Looks Like the Gig Might Be Up for Regional Airlines

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Maurício Botelho, the president and CEO of Embraer from 1995 to 2007, today resigned as chairman of the board at the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer.

Embraer’s Savior, Maurício Botelho, Abruptly Resigns

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

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