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Boeing Reports Further Fourth Quarter Losses

Boeing had to announce a downward adjustment of its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results yesterday to reflect a reduction in the value of aircraft

February 10, 2009

Bombardier To Boost Turboprop Production

Bombardier Aerospace plans to raise production of its commercial aircraft by about 10 percent this year, the company announced yesterday.

February 6, 2009

More 787 Cancellations Announced

Dubai-based leasing company LCAL has opted to shrink the size of its order for 787 Dreamliners from 21 airplanes to five, Boeing confirmed today.

Aircraft

February 5, 2009

Europe To Mandate ADS-B Five Years Ahead of FAA

Europe’s regulatory body, the European Commission, has issued a Eurocontrol notice of proposed rulemaking (ENPRM) mandating ADS-B after Feb.

ATC

February 5, 2009

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Ryanair Plans for Big Single-Aisle Order

European low-cost carrier Ryanair has entered “early negotiations” to order 200 to 300 new Boeing 737-800s or Airbus A320-series airliners in the coming tw

February 4, 2009

Material Found in Engines of downed US Airways A320 Identified as Bird Remains

NTSB investigators have found bird remains in both engines from the US Airways A320 that ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, according to analysis

February 4, 2009

Airbus Sells 200th A380

Airbus logged the sale of the 200th A380 with a firm order from Korean Air Lines for another two of the double-decker transports, the manufacturer announce

February 3, 2009

Houston Low-altitude Route Delayed

The FAA has delayed until March 12 implementation of a new low-altitude area navigation route (Rnav), T-254, in the vicinity of the Houston terminal area.

ATC

January 30, 2009

NextGen could integrate Sensis fuel-burn research

Researchers at Sensis’s Seagull Technology Center in Campbell, Calif., have calculated what they call excess fuel burned during taxiing at 13 of the nation

ATC

January 30, 2009

MA700 work gets under way in Xi’an

China’s Xi’an Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) has started preliminary work on the Modern Ark 700 (MA700), a 70-seat turboprop regional aircraft that it exp

Aircraft

January 30, 2009

Colgan Doubles Q400 Order

Pinnacle Airlines subsidiary Colgan Air signed a firm order last month to acquire 15 more Q400 NextGen turboprops worth some $432 million.

Aircraft

January 30, 2009

Regionals hoping to stem tide of distrust toward ASAP

Growing distrust between elements within various pilot groups and airline management over the use of confidential safety information is threatening the int

January 30, 2009

IATA Director Expresses ‘Shock’ in December Traffic Figures

International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Giovanni Bisignani characterized December’s decline in international air traffic as “shocki

January 30, 2009

Weather Forecasters Buck FAA Consolidation Plan

An FAA plan to consolidate all of the 84 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters working in the nation’s 21 ATC en route centers into two central foreca

ATC

January 30, 2009

Jury Still Out on Effect of Credit Crunch on Aircraft OEMs

It seemed unlikely that tightening credit wouldn’t trigger more order cancellations or delivery deferrals among the world’s airlines, so even though the to

January 30, 2009

Boeing Commercial Airplanes Layoffs Puzzle Labor

Boeing’s announcement on January 9 that it planned to lay off some 4,500 employees within its Commercial Airplanes business starting in April might not hav

January 30, 2009

Airbus Meets A380 Delivery Goal, Lowers Target for 2009

It took all the resources it could reasonably muster, but Airbus managed to reach its target of delivering 12 A380 aircraft last year when on December 30 i

January 30, 2009

GKN Transfer Completes Airbus Restructuring, For Now

GKN Aerospace assumed full ownership of the former Airbus wing component and assemblies factory at Filton, UK, on January 5.

January 30, 2009

Boeing Tallies Strike Losses, 747-8 Effect

Boeing estimates that the two-month strike staged by its machinists late last year cost it some $2.5 billion in cash–the single biggest factor in the fourt

January 30, 2009

Airbus Breaks Ground on A350 Line, Pledges mid-2013 First Delivery

Having badly burned its fingers with production delays on the A380 program, Airbus is determined not to fall into the fire again with its next large airlin

Aircraft

January 30, 2009