Boeing’s 3rd Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Shipped to Cape Canaveral

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JetBlue selects Aeroman and Pemco for A320 fleet MRO

JetBlue Airways has selected El Salvador-based Aeroman and Pemco’s Tampa, Florida facility to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) for its entire…

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Japan joins ASPIRE initiative

Japan yesterday joined US FAA, Airservices Australia and Airways New Zealand as a partner in the ASPIRE (Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions) program.

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ATA welcomes results of ICAO HLM, cautious on 2% fuel goal

The US airline industry generally welcomed the results of last week’s ICAO High Level Meeting on Climate Change but appeared to be taking a guarded approach to the organization’s call for a 2% annual improvement in fuel efficiency through 2020, in line with previous comments from IATA and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization.

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CO’s Kellner: Struggling airlines look to serve airports with low fees

Continental Airlines Chairman and CEO Larry Kellner said yesterday that while the airline industry has seen slight economic improvement this year as fuel costs have lowered and credit markets have loosened, “we’re still bouncing along the bottom.”

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JAL reportedly will seek debt forgiveness, slash 2,200 more jobs

Japan Airlines is not commenting on reports in the Japanese media that it will seek ¥250 billion ($2.78 billion) in debt forgiveness from its creditors and increase its planned job cuts to 9,000.

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IATA’s Bisignani meets with UN Secretary General Ban

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Qatar’s al-Baker: GTF on A320 would ‘kill the CSeries’

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Cautious Cathay reports positive September passenger, cargo figures

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ARG/US: Bizav Flight Activity Highest Since Oct.’08

Business aircraft flight activity last month was at its highest level since last October, according to data released yesterday by aviation services company Aviation Research Group/U.S. (ARG/US). The firm’s TraqPak data–which includes serial-number-specific business aircraft arrivals and departures for all IFR flights originating and/or terminating in the U.S.–indicates that business aircraft activity last month increased [...]

JetBird’s Start-up Grounded by Delays at Embraer

Production delays at Embraer’s factory and an associated bottleneck in the pilot training process for its new Phenom 100 light jet have delayed the service launch of air-taxi firm JetBird. The company expected to begin revenue flights last month from its initial operating base at Cologne, Germany, but CEO Stefan Vilner said this will now [...]

Aerion Claims It Will Be First To Market with an SSBJ

Aerion chairman Robert Bass is using the NBAA Convention next week to reiterate the company’s commitment to forging a partnership with one or more OEM partners and to being first to market with a supersonic business jet (SSBJ). “I am committed to the Aerion program as long as we see progress in our discussions with [...]

Embraer Delivers 54 Bizjets in First Nine Months

Jetbird’s assertions of delays notwithstanding, Embraer said late last week that it continues to ramp up production of the Phenom 100, helping the Brazilian business jet manufacturer deliver a total of 54 business jets during the first three quarters. The five-passenger Phenom 100 received FAA certification last December, with two deliveries before the end of [...]

Stratos Nets First Order, To Unveil Mockup at NBAA

Bend, Ore.-based Stratos Aircraft yesterday received the first deposit for its new single-engine Stratos 714 very light jet. Cascade Air Charter, also based in Bend, became the first buyer to put down a fully refundable, escrowed deposit on the $2 million four-seat jet. “The 714 is an impressive aircraft and is like no other on [...]

New appointments at Airbus Military

New appointments at Airbus Military

To reinforce the company’s new operational efficiency

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