Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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Republic Airways To Take 10 Embraer 190ARs from US Airways

Republic Airways today said it will acquire 10 Embraer 190ARs from US Airways.

Aircraft

October 15, 2009

Goodrich, Rolls-Royce Team on Lean Tech, A350XWB Nozzles

Goodrich Corp.

Engines

October 15, 2009

Mesa, Republic Sign Joint Venture To ‘Rightsize’ Mokulele

Mesa Air Group will take a controlling stake in Republic Airways subsidiary Mokulele Airlines under the terms of a deal signed yesterday that will see thre

Aircraft

October 14, 2009

Japan Joins Green Asia and Pacific Aviation Partnership

Japan has become the latest partner in the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (Aspire), joining the FAA, Airservices Australia and Airways New

Engines

October 13, 2009

Videos

Mitsubishi Signs U.S. Customer for MRJ

Mitsubishi Aircraft scored an enormous marketing coup today when it signed the first letter of intent from a non-Japanese airline for its new MRJ.

Aircraft

October 2, 2009

Spirit Breaks Ground on New French Plant

Spirit AeroSystems yesterday broke ground on a new 57,888-sq-ft facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, where it plans to receive and assemble the composite cen

Aircraft

October 2, 2009

European regionals weather the economic storm

European Regions Airline Association director-general Mike Ambrose struck an extraordinarily positive tone during a recent interview with AIN as the recess

October 1, 2009

Baboo retools amid the financial crunch

Swiss regional airline Baboo is consolidating activities following a hectic 18 months in which the carrier appointed new management, adopted a new brand an

October 1, 2009

Qatar Airways Finances Four Boeing 777s

Against a backdrop of ongoing financial insecurity in the global banking sector, Qatar Airways announced this week that it has secured two “innovative” fin

Aircraft

October 1, 2009

Swiss regionals stare down the recession

Switzerland’s regional scheduled airlines seem relatively well prepared to face a passenger slump expected to last through next year.

October 1, 2009

Software ‘Glitch’ Delays CRJ1000

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

October 1, 2009

ATR 72-600 in Flight Test

ATR late in August announced that the ATR 72-600 regional turboprop made its first flight on July 24 in Toulouse, France, seven months after the first powe

Aircraft

October 1, 2009

BA CityFlyer Takes First E170

Embraer delivered British Airways’ first 76-seat Embraer E170 on September 3, marking the start of a schedule that calls for delivery at a rate of roughly

Aircraft

October 1, 2009

C Series could hold key to Bombardier’s future

The future of Bombardier Aerospace’s airline business might well hinge on what becomes of the final product that emerges from last month’s official ground

Aircraft

October 1, 2009

American Airlines Boosts Bombardier’s CRJ Position

The fortunes of Bombardier Aerospace’s regional jet business received a considerable boost last month when American Airlines announced the signing of a let

Aircraft

October 1, 2009

Mitsubishi to Delay MRJ First Flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJet) announced last month that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 t

Aircraft

October 1, 2009

FAA Ordered To Pay Air Trek’s Legal Expenses

The FAA on August 20 reinstated the air-carrier operating ce

September 30, 2009

Embraer E190 Gains ISA+39 deg Approval

Embraer has received ISA+39-degrees C certification for the E190 airliner from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and the FAA, the company anno

Aircraft

September 30, 2009

Airbus A380 Deliveries Decrease by One for 2009

Airbus confirmed to AIN today that it will build just 13 <link airshow-convention-news/paris-air-show/single-publication-story/article/flying-the-a

Aircraft

September 30, 2009

FAA proposes changes to Hudson River airspace

The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) modifying the airspace over the Hudson River in the aftermath of the August 8 <link news/single-n

ATC

September 30, 2009

Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Latest

Republic Airways To Take 10 Embraer 190ARs from US Airways

Republic Airways today said it will acquire 10 Embraer 190ARs from US Airways.

Goodrich, Rolls-Royce Team on Lean Tech, A350XWB Nozzles

Goodrich Corp.

Mesa, Republic Sign Joint Venture To ‘Rightsize’ Mokulele

Mesa Air Group will take a controlling stake in Republic Airways subsidiary Mokulele Airlines under the terms of a deal signed yesterday that will see thre

Japan Joins Green Asia and Pacific Aviation Partnership

Japan has become the latest partner in the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (Aspire), joining the FAA, Airservices Australia and Airways New

Videos

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Mitsubishi Signs U.S. Customer for MRJ

Mitsubishi Aircraft scored an enormous marketing coup today when it signed the first letter of intent from a non-Japanese airline for its new MRJ.

Spirit Breaks Ground on New French Plant

Spirit AeroSystems yesterday broke ground on a new 57,888-sq-ft facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, where it plans to receive and assemble the composite cen

European regionals weather the economic storm

European Regions Airline Association director-general Mike Ambrose struck an extraordinarily positive tone during a recent interview with AIN as the recess

Baboo retools amid the financial crunch

Swiss regional airline Baboo is consolidating activities following a hectic 18 months in which the carrier appointed new management, adopted a new brand an

Qatar Airways Finances Four Boeing 777s

Against a backdrop of ongoing financial insecurity in the global banking sector, Qatar Airways announced this week that it has secured two “innovative” fin

Swiss regionals stare down the recession

Switzerland’s regional scheduled airlines seem relatively well prepared to face a passenger slump expected to last through next year.

Software ‘Glitch’ Delays CRJ1000

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

ATR 72-600 in Flight Test

ATR late in August announced that the ATR 72-600 regional turboprop made its first flight on July 24 in Toulouse, France, seven months after the first powe

BA CityFlyer Takes First E170

Embraer delivered British Airways’ first 76-seat Embraer E170 on September 3, marking the start of a schedule that calls for delivery at a rate of roughly

C Series could hold key to Bombardier’s future

The future of Bombardier Aerospace’s airline business might well hinge on what becomes of the final product that emerges from last month’s official ground

American Airlines Boosts Bombardier’s CRJ Position

The fortunes of Bombardier Aerospace’s regional jet business received a considerable boost last month when American Airlines announced the signing of a let

Mitsubishi to Delay MRJ First Flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJet) announced last month that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 t

FAA Ordered To Pay Air Trek’s Legal Expenses

The FAA on August 20 reinstated the air-carrier operating ce

Embraer E190 Gains ISA+39 deg Approval

Embraer has received ISA+39-degrees C certification for the E190 airliner from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and the FAA, the company anno

Airbus A380 Deliveries Decrease by One for 2009

Airbus confirmed to AIN today that it will build just 13 <link airshow-convention-news/paris-air-show/single-publication-story/article/flying-the-a

FAA proposes changes to Hudson River airspace

The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) modifying the airspace over the Hudson River in the aftermath of the August 8 <link news/single-n

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