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Boeing 787 Flight Test Aircraft Keeping Busy

Boeing moved quickly this month to erase any doubts about the progress of the <link news/single-news-page/article/boeing-pushes-first-787-deliveries-into-m

Engines

September 10, 2010

Consulting Firm Suggests Solutions to Aircraft Program Delays

David Bonnus, cofounder of Paris-based Step Consulting, recently analyzed the causes of major aerospace program delays and suggested how airframers could b

September 10, 2010

FAA Proposes New flight- and Duty-time Rules

The FAA today proposed new pilot&nbsp;du

September 10, 2010

Operation Skyshield Remembered 50 Years Later

Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of Operation Skyshield, one of the largest air drills in U.S.

ATC

September 9, 2010

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Smoke Filled Cockpit as UPS Pilots Attempted Return to Dubai

The pilots of the UPS Boeing 747-400 cargo airplane that crashed on September 3 reported smoke in the cockpit as they tried to return to Dubai Internationa

September 7, 2010

NextGen in Obama’s New Infrastructure Plans

President Obama announced in Milwaukee yesterday that airports and the Next Generation Air Traffic System will be part of a more than $50 billion investmen

ATC

September 7, 2010

Porter Orders Four More Q400s

Toronto-based Porter Airlines last month signed a firm order with Bombardier for four Q400s and placed options for another six of the 74-seat turboprops.

Aircraft

September 3, 2010

Embraer Forecasts Climb in Airliner Demand

The size of the 30- to 120-seat airliner fleet will grow by 81 percent over the next 20 years, from 4,285 airplanes last year to 7,780 in 2029, by which ti

September 3, 2010

Willis Lease Finance Inks Deal for Superjets

Novato, Calif.-based Willis Lease Finance, a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, last month signaled its intention to enter the regional jet leasing

Aircraft

September 2, 2010

Delta Tells Comair To Shed 50-seat CRJs

Delta Air Lines has directed regional subsidiary Comair to shed more than half of its Bombardier CRJs over the next two years, according to an internal mem

Aircraft

September 1, 2010

Airbus Starts A350 XWB Production in Germany

Airbus has started making parts for the A350 XWB i

Aircraft

August 31, 2010

Boeing Leaning Away from 737 Re-engining

Chances that Boeing will fit new engines on the existing 737 appear slimmer now than at any time since the company began talking publicly about the prospec

Aircraft

August 31, 2010

Alert Controller Saves Gulfstream IV from Crashing

An alert radar controller monitoring traffic at Shannon air traffic services is credited with helping to prevent a Gulfstream IV-SP from crashing into the

ATC

August 31, 2010

DOJ Approves UAL-CAL Merger Plan

The U.S.

August 30, 2010

Boeing's Shanahan To Oversee Struggling 747-8

Boeing vice president Pat Shanahan has assumed oversight of the <link news/single-news-page/article/mcnerney-boeing-747-8-at-more-risk-of-schedule-slippage

August 30, 2010

NTSB To Host Code-share Symposium

After investigating four accident flights operated under code-sharing arrangements in the past three years, the NTSB will hold a two-day symposium on Octob

August 28, 2010

LAN-TAM Merger Reflects Growing Latin American Solidarity

In what might prove the biggest cross-border airline merger ever between two <link news/single-news-page/article/asian-latin-carriers-join-buying-binge-255

August 27, 2010

IATA: Strong Demand Continues as Recovery Enters Slower Second Phase

Statistics released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the month of July clearly reflect an <link news/single-news-page/article/iata

August 27, 2010

Solena’s GreenSky Turning Garbage into Green Jet Fuel

U.S.

Sustainability and Environment

August 27, 2010

Airline Bean Counters Need To Count Emissions Carefully

Airlines that will be subject to Europe’s new <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/emissions-tradi

Sustainability and Environment

August 27, 2010