Bombardier Signs Contract with Air Niugini for Two Q400 NextGen Airliners

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Air Niugini, the national airline of Papua New Guinea, has placed a firm order for two Q400 NextGen high-speed turboprop airliners. The airline has also taken an option for an additional Q400 NextGen airliner.

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Boeing Wideband Networking Waveform, Apache Demonstrate Future Force Interoperability

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Pelton: Bizav Issues Don’t End at Geographic Lines

Business aviation faces similar issues around the world that will require operators to cooperate across regional lines if the industry is to thrive, Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton said today at the 10th annual Regional Aviation Association of Australia Convention held in Sunshine Coast, Queensland. “We have our work cut out [...]

VLJs Neither ‘Revolutionary’ Nor ‘Disruptive’

The marketing hype surrounding very light jets (VLJs) has “largely subsided,” according to Brian Foley, president of business aviation consulting firm Brian Foley Associates, and the VLJ “has yet to prove that it’s anything more than a subcompact business jet. This is in contrast to a time when ‘revolutionary’ and ‘disruptive technology’ were industry buzzwords, [...]

XOJet Dispels Citation X Disposal Talk

Responding to scuttlebutt about selling off its Cessna Citation X fleet, charter aircraft provider XOJet told AIN, “This is incorrect as there are no current plans to sell any Citation Xs from the XOJet fleet.” Instead, a confluence of events fueled the perception that it was disposing of its Xs, namely the fact that six [...]

Charter Demand Still Soft, Say CharterX, Avinode

Executive charter activity is not recovering in line with the prevailing uptick on international stock markets, according to the latest data from online charter marketplace CharterX. While both the Wall Street-based S&P 500 Index and London’s FTSE 100 have made up for lost ground since March, the number of for-hire flights made has continued to [...]

Rockwell Collins Preps Fusion for SVS Testing

Rockwell Collins plans to start flight trials early next week of the software load that will add a synthetic-vision presentation to the Pro Line Fusion avionics system in the company’s Challenger 601. Testing begun earlier this year aboard the Challenger and a Bombardier Global Express XRS centered on evaluations of the Fusion cockpit displays, integrated [...]

Safety Soars in Albuquerque

Read about FAA’s role in ensuring safety at world’s leading hot air balloon event.

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SAS agrees to divest bmi stake to Lufthansa for £38 million

SAS agreed to sell its 20% stake in bmi to Lufthansa-related UK holding company LHBD Holding, effectively giving LH full control over bmi when the transaction takes effect on Nov 1.

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Frontier emerges from bankruptcy, becomes part of Republic portfolio

Frontier Airlines Holdings, parent of Frontier Airlines and Lynx Aviation, officially emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday and was acquired by Republic Airways Holdings as planned.

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IATA: Signs of ‘upturn’ but fuel prices, ‘capacity overhang’ threaten yields

IATA reported yesterday that investors “looked more favorably” at airlines in September “as signs emerged of an upturn in this highly cyclical industry,” but it reiterated that the worldwide industry is on pace for an $11 billion full-year loss.

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ATR presents ATR 72-600 prototype

Exactly two years after ATR announced the launch of its -600 series, the manufacturer officially presented its first ATR 72-600 prototype at a ceremony in Toulouse yesterday.

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Mechanics strike grounds JAT Airways

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Pratt & Whitney Canada to cut 410 workers by end of 2010

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Toronto Pearson landing fees, terminal charges to be cut 10% Jan. 1

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