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DOT IG: NextGen Could Face Delays

A DOT Inspector General report warns that the FAA is facing several challenges that could delay its transition plan to NextGen.

Airbus to Boosts Single-Aisle Production to 40 per Month

Airbus will raise the monthly production rate of its A320-family aircraft to 38 per month in August 2011 and to 40 per month in first quarter 2012, the com

Airbus A321 Crashes in Pakistan, Killing 152

An Airbus A321 operated by Pakistani airline Airblue crashed this morning in the Margalla hills, north of Islamabad, killing all 15

NTSB Go Team En Route to Saudi Arabia to Aid MD-11 Crash Investigation

The NTSB is dispatching a team of investigators to assist the government of Saudi Arabia with its investigation of a cargo airplane accident that occurre

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Airbus Building A350 Fuselage Assembly Facility

Airbus has is progressing with construction of its new 160,000-square-foot A350 XWB fuselage-assembly hangar at its German factory in Hamburg.

Farnborough Show Gives Air Transport Sector a Welcome Lift

People generally leave major international airshows exhausted after a week spent traipsing around vast sites trying to get an unrealistic amount of work do

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes an Entrance

Forget the two-and-a-half years of delays and the speculation about it not making it to Farnborough International Airshow.

Rolls-Royce Skeptical of Re-engined Airbus A320 and Boeing 737

Should Airbus and Boeing put upgraded engines on their single-aisle airliners while waiting for the crop of next-gen turbofans with their promise of much b

Irkut Makes Breakthrough with Sales Announcement for MC-21

Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut signed a memorandum of understanding with Ilyushin Finance at Farnborough for the sale of 50 <link news/single-news-pag

Superjet Pledges First Superjet 100 Deliveries by Year-end

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GP7200 reduces weight to woo A380 customers

The Engine Alliance GP7200 engine is in the middle of a weight-reduction program that may further help sales as the General Electric-Pratt & Whitney jo

Qantas signs for 7 Q400s

Qantas has placed a firm order with Bombardier for seven Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners in a deal valued at $218 million based on list prices for the air

News Clips: Farnborough 2010

Royal Air Maroc Picks Snecma for CFM56-7 Mx Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has chosen Snecma to maintain the CFM56-7B engines that power its

Aerospace deals return as financial freeze thaws

The big financial freeze that has gripped much of the aerospace industry since around the time of the last Farnborough airshow in 2008 is starting to thaw.

News Clips: Farnborough 2010

Michelin Inks 425-Aircraft Tire DealTire manufacturer Michelin has signed two 10-year contracts with Air France and KLM to provide t

Boeing 777-200LRs for Qatar, Air Austral

French operator Air Austral and Gulf carrier Qatar Airways are among several airlines revealed this week as previously unidentified Boeing customers.

Boeing’s test-center group maintains a busy schedule

Boeing’s Test and Evaluation (T&E) division is spread out over 78 locations, but testing is done at many more locations, including at suppliers and oth

News Clips: Farnborough 2010

Virgin Picks Rockwell Digital for A330-300sVirgin Atlantic has selected avionics from Rockwell Collins for its fleet of 10 Airbus A3

Boeing retools as competitors multiply

Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive Jim Albaugh fully acknowledged here at Farnborough that the new 787 faces a possible seventh delay if first del

Etihad takes delivery of first A330 Freighter

Launch customer Etihad Airways took delivery of the first Airbus A330-200F Freighter at a ceremony on Tuesday here at the Farnborough airshow.

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