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First ARJ21 Transferred to Xi’an Flight Test Center

Test pilots yesterday flew the first ARJ21-700 regional jet from its production site in Shanghai to China’s Flight Test Establishment in Xi’an, the capital

Boeing Lands Order for 13 737-800s

Panama’s Copa Airlines has placed an estimated $1 billion firm order for 13 Boeing 737-800s, in a deal consisting of a mixture of option conversions and ne

Iranian Airliner Crashes, 168 Presumed Dead

A Tupolev Tu-154 operated by Iran’s Caspian Airlines crashed today near the city of Qazvin in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people on board, according

NTSB Sends Team To Inspect Hole in Southwest Airlines 737

The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched investigators to examine a Southwest Airlines jet after it made an emergency landing in West Virgin

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Airbus Launches Program To Improve Flight Data Recovery

Airbus has launched a study for improving flight data recovery, including extended data transmission for commercial airliners, the company announced last w

French Investigators Conclude Air France Flight 447 Did Not Break Apart in Flight

The condition of the wreckage recovered from that Ai

Wx Offices at ATC Centers Could Close

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is criticizing the Commerce Department’s proposal to close the National Weather Service center weather ser

FAA boss: Implement NextGen now

New FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has joined a diverse group of aviation industry organizations in calling for an acceleration of the Next Generation Air

Yemenia A310 Crashes, 152 Feared Dead

A Yemenia (Yemen Airways) Airbus A310-300 crashed into the Indian Ocean, just north of the Comoros Island

Pilot Report: Airbus A380

Airbus engineers are never satisfied, and customers of the European airframe builder should have only one response...

ATR eyes U.S. market as it preps -600 for flight

As Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR readies for the first flight of its new 600 Series this month, the company finds itself in a “comfortable position” b

Next Superjet likely a stretch

The next variation of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 will almost certainly involve a stretch of the existing 95-seat baseline platform, leaving the once highly an

Colgan Inspector Blows Whistle on FAA

An FAA inspector has filed a federal “whistleblower” complaint against his employer, charging the agency with removing him from his field position overseei

Gulfstream Intl. under FAA Scrutiny

The FAA continued to investigate charges leveled at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gulfstream International Airlines last month after proposing in May that th

First An-148 Enters Service

Ukrainian airline AeroSvit launched passenger service with the first Antonov An-148-100 regional jet on a June 2 flight between Borispol International Airp

Mitsubishi hitting its stride in march toward first flight

Development of Mitsubishi Aircraft’s MRJ regional jet continues on schedule, as some 800 engineers, designers and subcontractors in Nagoya, Japan, work to

Will retired satellites be revived to fill GPS gap?

Testifying before Congress in May, Stanford University professor Brad Parkinson–the chief architect of GPS and the original GPS program manager before his

Patience with 787 Delays Running Thin

The wellspring of goodwill among customers for the chronically delayed Boeing 787 drained a bit more this past week, when the company <link news/single-new

NTSB Chases New Leads in Air France Flight 447 Crash Probe

The National Transportation Safety Board has launched investigations into two recent incidents in which airspeed and altitude indications in Airbus A330s m

Airbus Inks Financing Deal with Chinese Bank

Airbus hopes to help loosen the grip of tight-fisted credit outlets with an MoU it signed this month with the world’s largest bank, China’s ICBC, to collab

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