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NTSB Team Assisting Investigation of Aires Boeing 737 Crash on San Andrés Island

The NTSB has dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of Colombia with its investigation of yesterday's airplane accident on the Caribbe

August 17, 2010

787 Dreamliner Training Program Gains FAA Nod

The FAA has granted provisional approval to Boeing Training & Flight Services for its 787 Dreamliner pilot training courses, according to the company

August 17, 2010

Korea Aerospace Industries Considering 90-Seat Turboprop

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) could enter the regional turboprop segment as early as next year, if it proceeds with the launch of a 90-seat aircraft it

August 14, 2010

Qatar's C Series 'Issues' Hit Sour Note for Pratt

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker's surprise revelation at the Farnborough airshow that "issues” with the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbo

August 13, 2010

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McNerney: Boeing 747-8 at More Risk of Schedule Slippage than 787 Dreamliner

Citing “a couple of workmanship issues, and a design issue or two,” Boeing CEO Jim McNerney planted another seed of doubt about the company's chances of de

August 13, 2010

EADS Bullish on Airbus, Raises Order Projection to More Than 400

EADS has raised its order projection for its Airbus unit this year to more than 400 aircraft from its previous estimate of between 250 and 300 following a

August 13, 2010

Case for 737 Re-engining Will Weaken if Airframe Advances Accelerate

A decision to re-engine the Boeing 737</link

August 13, 2010

New Leasing Group Fans Airliner Sales Activity

Airliner leasing pioneer Steven Udvar-Hazy is back in business with a vengeance.

August 13, 2010

Boeing Still Inspecting 787 Dreamliners for Workmanship ‘Issues’

Boeing hasn’t finished inspecting parts of the tail sections of flight-test and production 787 Dreamliners, several weeks after the Chicago-based aerospace

August 12, 2010

FAA Adopts ICAO’s ‘Line Up and Wait’ Terminology

Current FAA terminology for an air traffic controller’s instruction for a pilot to taxi onto the runway and await takeoff clearance is “position and hold.”

August 12, 2010

GAO, DOT IG Concerned about FAA's NextGen

Each key FAA NextGen project has an individual "metric" to measure how its development is progressing.

August 10, 2010

Insitu Integrator Wins STUAS Award

Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, has won the U.S.

Brazil Commits to Embraer KC-390

During the Farnborough airshow in late July, the Brazilian air force announced its intention to acquire 28 <link news/single-news-page/article/embraer-look

Boeing Narrows the C-17, but Widens the Search for Exports

Boeing has revealed its latest thinking on how the C-17 heav

Japan Eyes Further Mitsubishi F-2 Procurement

Japan is examining the possibility of continuing production of the Mitsubishi F-2 to bolster its fighter fleet in the face of growing Chinese capability, a

China and Pakistan Push Chengdu JF-17 Fighter for Export

In the same week that the Chengdu JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft made its <link news/single-news-page/article/pakistans-jf-17-thunders-onto-the-farnborough-

Cathay Pacific To Order 30 A350 XWBs, Convert Purchase Rights for Six Boeing 777-300ERs

Cathay Pacific Airways has signed a letter of intent with Airbus covering 30 <link news/single-news-page/article/airbus-keeps-a350xwb-on-the-787s-tail-2541

Trajectory-based ops pair new tech and flying basics

Now that we’ve all gotten accustomed to acronyms like Rnav, RNP, LPV and all the others, the next big game changer will be TBO, for trajectory-based operat

Operators skewer proposed Long Island VFR routing

Public comments about the FAA’s proposed mandatory helicopter routing over New York’s Long Island are overwhelmingly negative, according to the Eastern Reg

FAA says Gulf TFR working

Helicopter traffic in the Gulf of Mexico has nearly doubled, to nearly 2,000 flights per day, since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20.

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