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Boeing 747-8 Back on Track, Could Fly before 787

Since Boeing 747-8 vice president and general manager Mohammad “Mo” Yahyavi assumed leadership of the program in February, the former head of the 737 P-8A

September 28, 2009

China’s Comac Makes Splash at Asian Aerospace

China signaled in clear terms its plans to mount a determined–and relatively prompt–challenge of Boeing’s and Airbus’s domination of the world’s single-ais

Aircraft

September 28, 2009

Boeing Banks on Albaugh To Find “Handle” On 787

The technical and logistical nightmare that manifested itself in a two-and-a-half-year <link news/single-news-page/article/patience-with-787-delays-running

September 28, 2009

WTO Subsidy Battle between Boeing and Airbus Still Unclear

Despite the partisan claims and counter-claims on both sides of the long-running dispute over alleged <link ain-air-transport-perspective/single-publicatio

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September 28, 2009

Airbus Forecasts Doubling of World’s Airliner Fleet in 20 years

Notwithstanding the continued gloomy financial projections for the air transport industry by groups such as the International Air Transport Association (IA

September 28, 2009

Tinseth: Dreamliner Mods Underway

Boeing has begun installing the reinforcements for the side-of-body modifications</l

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September 24, 2009

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

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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

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September 16, 2009

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