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Jazz Air To Invest in Pluna

Halifax-based Jazz Air Income Fund has agreed to invest $15 million in Latin American Regional Aviation Holding (LARAH) in return for a 33.3-percent non-vo

Piedmont Pilots Appeal to NMB

The pilots of US Airways Express carrier Piedmont Airlines have applied for mediation from the National Mediation Board after 11 months of what they charac

Rolls-Royce Advancing Engine Tech with E3E Core

Rolls-Royce today announced that it has successfully run the latest E3E (efficiency, environment, economy) core engine as part of its two-shaft research pr

Bombardier considers further CRJ rate cuts

Bombardier Aerospace’s sales force will no doubt feel considerable pressure to boost CRJ transactions this month, as the company again considers cutting pr

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Navigating NextGen

Ask any politician or media person what NextGen is and what it will do, and the chances are that the answers will include three common themes.

American Eagle's Bowler to Retire

American Eagle president and CEO Peter Bowler has given AMR notice of his retirement after a 26-year career with American Airlines and its regional subsidi

BA Posts More Record Losses as Strike Looms

British Airways posted another record loss for its fiscal year ending March 31, as the recession, labor strife and adverse winter weather conspired to nega

BA Posts More Record Losses as Strike Looms

British Airways posted another record loss for its fiscal year ending March 31, as the recession, labor strife and adverse winter weather conspired to nega

NTSB Issues Bevy of Recommendations As Result of US Airways Flight 1549 Ditching Findings

As a result of findings from US Airways Flight 1549–which lost power in both engines after hitting a flock of Canada Geese and successfully ditched in t

Airbus Delivers Lufthansa’s First A380

Lufthansa took delivery today of its first Airbus A380 during a handover ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, making it the fifth customer to have taken possessio

Regionals Brace for UAL-CAL Merger

The regional airline partners of United and Continental Airlines will no doubt face a period of some uncertainty as the major airlines prepare to merge the

ExpressJet Confident in Its Position

Houston-based Continental Express regional affiliate ExpressJet congratulated Continental Airlines and United Airlines on their agreement to merge, pending

PW1000G Core Surpasses 100 Hours of Testing

More than 100 hours of testing on a full-scale PW1000G PurePower engine core has so far validated Pratt & Whitney's performance goals for its new generatio

Airbus To Compress A350XWB Flight-test Schedule

Airbus appears to have exhausted all its A350XWB development “buf

Boeing Halts Delivery of 787 Dreamliner Parts

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner factory in Ever

Time Appears Right for United Airlines-Continental Merger

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IATA Applauds EC Support for Airlines Following Volcano Emergency

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Air France Flight 447 Data Recorders Still Eluding Search Efforts

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Boeing Completes First GEnx Engine Runs for Fifth 787 Dreamliner

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A330-200 Crash Lands in Tripoli

An Afriqiya Airways Airbus A330-200 crash landed this morning at around 6 a.m.

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