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New System Will Cut Delays at Colorado Ski Airports

Corporate operators heading for Colorado’s Craig, Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Rifle Airports this winter shouldn’t worry about diverting to Denver and ha

ATC

September 24, 2009

Superjet Completes High-Altitude Tests

The second Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 successfully completed its high-altitude flight test campaign in Armenia this week, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) announce

Aircraft

September 23, 2009

AA Boosts Bombardier’s CRJ Position

The fortunes of Bombardier Aerospace’s regional jet business received a considerable boost today as American Airlines announced the signing of a letter of

Aircraft

September 17, 2009

Bombardier Breaks Ground for C Series

The future of Bombardier Aerospace’s commercial airline business might well hinge on what becomes of the final product that emerges from yesterday’s offici

Aircraft

September 16, 2009

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Boeing Charleston Workers Choose To Decertify Their Union

Production and maintenance workers at Boeing Charleston, the former Vought factory in North Charleston, S.C., yesterday voted to remove the International A

Aircraft

September 11, 2009

Mitsubishi To Delay MRJ First Flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJET) announced today that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 to the

Aircraft

September 9, 2009

Gulfstream’s (Enhanced) Vision Really Taking Off

Gulfstream Aerospace last week marked the service entry of the 500th Gulfstream outfitted with the manufacturer’s enhanced vision system (EVS).

ATC

September 8, 2009

FAA Orders Change of ‘Certain’ A330/340 Pitot Probes

The FAA today issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) on Airbus A330s and A340s that requires replacing certain Thales Avionics pitot probes with certain Go

September 3, 2009

Outlook Good for Large-cabin Bizjets; Midsize Less So

Bombardier Aerospace and Gulfstream Aerospace are well known fierce rivals, but that doesn’t mean they can’t agree from time to time, especially when it co

Aircraft

September 3, 2009

Software Glitch Delays CRJ1000 Certification, Deliveries

Bombardier has moved the certification target for its 100-seat CRJ1000 to the first quarter of the company’s next fiscal year, starting February 1, from th

Aircraft

September 3, 2009

FAA Approves Plan for Southwest Airlines To Replace Unapproved Parts

The FAA today approved a plan that would require Southwest Airlines to replace unapproved parts installed on about 50 Boeing 737s–roughly 10 percent of its

Aircraft

September 2, 2009

Boeing Hangs GEnx-2B Engines on the 747-8 Freighter

Boeing mechanics last Friday completed the installation of the new General Electric GEnx-2B engines on the first <link news/single-news-page/article/boeing

Aircraft

September 2, 2009

BA Takes First LCY-Capable A318s

Airbus has delivered the first of two A318 aircraft equipped with “steep approach” capability to British Airways, the manufacturer announced today.

Aircraft

September 1, 2009

Regionals turn in mixed Q2 results

While second-quarter traffic posted by some of the largest publicly traded regional airlines in the U.S.

August 31, 2009

Boeing Sets New 787 Test, Production Schedule

As Boeing’s Randy Tinseth related in his August 24 blog, the company’s employees “continued to keep [thei

Aircraft

August 31, 2009

Europe’s ETS List Complete, New Deadline Set

The implementation of Europe’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) has begun amid widespread confusion on the part of the aircraft operators who stand subject t

Sustainability and Environment

August 31, 2009

Boeing To Shave 3,500 Pounds from 747-8

Boeing has identified, approved and started the process of implementing a weight-reduction effort that will shave some 3,500 pounds from the 747-8, program

Aircraft

August 31, 2009

Airbus Keeping Close Eye on Coming Subsidy Ruling

The World Trade Organization (WTO) any day now plans to issue an interim ruling on U.S.

Regulations and Government

August 31, 2009

MAKS Showcases Demand for Non-Western Equipment

The global recession didn’t seem to suppress the appetite for new equipment among customers of Russia and the former Soviet Union at this month’s MAKS’2009

August 31, 2009

Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson Announces Retirement in Major Realignment

Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Scott Carson announced today that he will retire from the company at the end of the year.

August 31, 2009