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Pratt Finishes Ground Testing First PW1000G

Pratt & Whitney announced today that it has finished initial ground testing on its first <link news/single-news-page/article/after-two-decades-of-study-pra

Engines

February 16, 2011

UAL’s 757s Returning to Service, Disruptions ‘Mininal’

United Airlines says it expects “minimal disruption” today resulting from its grounding of its 96 Boeing 757s after a check of maintenance records showed t

Aircraft

February 16, 2011

Sixteen Die in Two L-410 Crashes

Two separate crashes involving Let L-410 regional turboprops claimed a total of 16 victims on Monday.&nbsp; The first involved a scheduled flight

Aircraft

February 16, 2011

747-8I Schedule ‘Aggressive But Achievable,’ says Boeing

Boeing plans to fly the 747-8 Intercontinental for

Aircraft

February 15, 2011

New Japanese LCA To Launch A320 Services

A&F Aviation, the new Japanese airline established earlier this month by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and First Eastern Investment Group (First Eastern), will

Aircraft

February 14, 2011

GE-Avic Deal Highlights Old Suspicions

Protectionists have sounded the familiar alarms over GE’s joint venture with China’s Avic, formalized during January’s state visit to Washington by Chinese

February 12, 2011

Cost control continues to challenge Airbus, even as new orders flow

Airbus entered 2011 with a clear perspective on its main challenges and opportunities.

Aircraft

February 12, 2011

Boeing to deliver 787 to Air India in Q4

Boeing will deliver Air India’s first 787 Dreamliner by the fourth quarter, Boeing India president Dinesh Keskar said yesterday at Aero India.

Aircraft

February 10, 2011

Fifth Boeing 747-8 Freighter Enters Flight-test Program

The fifth Boeing 747-8 Freighter took to the air for the first time today from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.

Aircraft

February 4, 2011

Airbus To Raise A330 Rate to 10 a Month

Airbus has decided to raise the production rate for its A330 family to 10 aircraft a month starting in the second quarter of 2013, the company announced to

Aircraft

February 3, 2011

Mitsubishi Closes On Big U.S. RJ Deal

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Aircraft

February 1, 2011

CFM Recruits Ebanga to Lead JV

Former Powerjet chairman and CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga has assumed the role of president and chief executive officer of CFM International

Engines

February 1, 2011

FCC Rescinds 121.5 ELT Prohibition

At the request of the FAA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 11 rescinded its rule prohibiting the “certification, manufacture,

ATC

January 31, 2011

China pushes towards delayed ARJ-21 certification

China’s new ARJ21-700 regional jet appears on track to meet a revised timeline to achieve certification and first deliveries by year-end, according to t

Aircraft

January 31, 2011

On Cusp of Certification, Superjet Gains Big Order

Superjet International secured a key export order for the SSJ100 in January, while SSJ manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) acknowledged that certific

Aircraft

January 30, 2011

DOT Tightens Code-share Disclosure Rule

Some Web sites still do not meet the U.S.

January 30, 2011