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Court Halts Embraer Layoffs

A regional labor court in Brazil has forced Embraer to suspend its plan to cut 20 percent of its 21,000-strong workforce after it agreed to hear a collecti

February 27, 2009

Bombardier Fails To Convert LOI for 60 C Series

Bombardier Aerospace has missed its January 31 target for converting a letter of interest (LOI) for “up to” 60 C Series airliners from Lufthansa, leaving t

February 27, 2009

ATR 72-500 Gets OK for London City

The ATR 72-500 was approved to start operations at London City Airport in early February and has entered service with Irish regional airline Aer Arann on i

Aircraft

February 27, 2009

Boeing Names New 747-8 Program Head

Boeing has named a new leader for its 747-8 program as the company scrambles to meet its latest targets for first flight and certification of the 747-400 s

February 26, 2009

Heroes of the Hudson Say Airlines Subordinating Safety

The US Airways “heroes of the Hudson” pilots used a House aviation subcommittee hearing Tuesday as a bully pulpit to characterize cost-cutting in the U.S.

February 25, 2009

Turkish 737-800 Crash Kills Nine

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed into a muddy field while on approach into Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport at around 10:30 a.m.

February 25, 2009

Airbus Revises Production Rates, Delivery Target Remains Unchanged

Airbus announced today that it plans to cut production of its A320 series from 36 to 34 a month starting this October.

February 19, 2009

NTSB Turns Attention to Human Factors in Q400 Crash Probe

NTSB investigators have turned their attention to “human action” and pilot training in their probe of the crash of a Colgan Air Q400 outside Buffalo on Feb

February 19, 2009

Superjet International Opens U.S. Office

Superjet International today announced the official opening of its new North American sales and customer support office in Washington, D.C.

Aircraft

February 19, 2009

RTCA Task Force Assisting FAA on NextGen Rollout

An FAA-requested RTCA NextGen implementation task force is seeking answers to fundamental questions about the future ATC system.

ATC

February 19, 2009

Embraer to Lay Off 20 percent of Workforce

Embraer will remove an entire layer of if its management structure as part of a plan to lay off 20 percent of its 21,362-strong workforce, the company anno

February 19, 2009

Air France GP7200-Powered A380 Takes First Flight

The first Air France Airbus A380 powered with Engine Alliance GP7200 engines successfully completed a four-hour inaugural test flight from Airbus’s Toulous

Engines

February 18, 2009

NTSB Releases More Details on Colgan Crash

Wreckage crews have recovered both Pratt & Whitney PW150 engines of the Colgan Air Q400 that crashed outside Buffalo last Thursday, and preliminary inspect

February 17, 2009

Colgan Q400 Crashes Outside Buffalo, 50 Dead

The NTSB has dispatched a go team to the site where the crash of a Colgan Air Bombardier Q400 killed 50 people roughly six miles northeast of Buffalo Niaga

February 13, 2009

Bird Remains from US Airways Flight 1549 Identified as Canada Geese

The Smithsonian Institution has identified the bird remains found in both engines of the US Airways A320 that ditched into the Hudson River on January 15 a

February 12, 2009

Delta To Launch Consolidated Customer Service Unit for Regional Airlines

Delta Air Lines plans to base a new subsidiary in Minneapolis that would take over all customer service duties for Delta Connection unit Comair and Northwe

February 11, 2009