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Air France receives its first A380

Air France receives its first A380

Airbus’ 20th A380 delivery to date

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James B. Eads (Dodo Press)
Steve Carlton, Star Southpaw

Airbus partners with Tianjin Free Trade Zone to establish a Logistics Centre in Tianjin

Airbus partners with Tianjin Free Trade Zone to establish a Logistics Centre in Tianjin

Blagnac – Logistics Centre to support on-going Airbus’ industrial cooperation programmes in China

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James B. Eads (Dodo Press)
Steve Carlton, Star Southpaw

Boeing’s Optimism Belied 747-8 Problems

Boeing Commercial Airplanes faced some familiar scrutiny over the fidelity of its program timelines again this month, when, no more than six weeks after 747-8 program head Mo Yahyavi portrayed the project as a virtual model of efficiency during an interview with AIN, the company announced that it would take a pre-tax charge against third-quarter [...]

Airbus Spools Up A380 Production

It might seem only months since Airbus launched the mighty A380-800, but the double-deck, quad-aisle superjumbo marked the second anniversary of its first commercial flight on October 25 and will soon have entered service with five airlines on many of the world’s most important routes. Indeed, many industry delegates attending November’s Dubai Air Show will [...]

MJet’s Wing Decision Raises More Questions about Composites

Resorting to worn-out business-speak to describe the merits of any new aircraft program has become customary, but Trans States Holdings president Rick Leach’s description of the Mitsubishi MRJ as a “game-changing regional jet” might actually apply this time. After all, Mitsubishi has changed its own game plan rather late in the development process by deciding [...]

Boeing Uses Delays to Fine-tune 787 Maintenance Plan

While no one at Boeing would dare admit to any level of satisfaction with six separate delays to first flight of the 787, silver linings do exist behind the cloud that has hung over the program for the better part of two and a half years. Take, for example, the airplane’s maintenance schedules. Afforded extra [...]

Talk of Narrowbody Re-engine Prospects Intensifies

Now that Boeing and Airbus have made clear their lack of interest in introducing all-new narrowbody models before 2020, talk of any response by the industry’s two biggest players to demand addressed by platforms such as Comac’s new C919 has begun to center on interim measures. Most notably, the prospect of a re-engining program for [...]

Honeywell Declares Quarterly Dividend

MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. – October 30, 2009 – The Board of Directors of
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of
$0.3025 per share on the company’s outstanding common stock. The dividend is
payable on December 10, 2009 to shareowners of record at the close of business
on November 20, 2009.

Honeywell International (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100
diversified [...]

What Pilots Need to Know About Winter Flying

Check out the new issue of FAA Aviation News for a special focus on winter flying safety.

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Boeing Statement on Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services Staffing Reductions

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