Boeing Delivers Cathay Pacific Airways 777-300ER in Oneworld Livery

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787 remains on track to fly this year

Responding to media speculation that its 787 program may suffer more delays because of the complex side-of-body modification, Boeing VP and GM-787 Dreamliner Program Scott Fancher issued a statement Friday claiming that the troubled aircraft is on schedule to fly this year.

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COMAC to purchase United Eagle stake to boost aircraft sales

Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China last week agreed to purchase a 48% stake in Sichuan Airlines subsidiary United Eagle Airlines in order to facilitate the sale of its ARJ21 and C919 aircraft.

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Flight trim issue leads to slight delay to two Qantas A380s

Qantas will have to wait until December for the delivery of its fifth and sixth A380s after encountering flight stability problems with the fifth aircraft, which had been expected to enter service on US routes next month.

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Boeing, UOP, Mexican agency team for biofuel research

Boeing, Honeywell’s UOP and Mexico’s Airports and Auxiliary Services agency, an arm of the Ministry of Communications and Transport, announced last week that they have formed a “collaboration to identify, research and further the development of a commercially viable market for Mexico-sourced sustainable aviation biofuels.”

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Expiring slot relief frustrates AEA

Assn. of European Airlines expressed disappointment that the EU Council of Transport Ministers did not discuss the prolongation of the slot waiver for the . . .winter season and summer 2010 at its recent meeting.

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Japanese transport minister assures that government will ‘back up’ JAL

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Aeroflot’s first-half profit soars 55.6%

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IATA: Premium traffic shows signs of ‘fragile’ recovery

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Honeywell Receives Certification for Improved Avionics Capabilities for Planeview™-Equipped Gulfstream Aircraft

Key Enhancements Include FANS 1/A Data Link, RNP-SAAAR With Honeywell Go Direct™ Services, FANS, WAAS-LPV and SV-PFD 2.0

Primus Epic® Based Cockpits Can Be Upgraded Overnight

NBAA, ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 18, 2009 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it has obtained Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for new avionics functionality for current production Gulfstream [...]

Honeywell’s HTF7000 Engine Fleet Delivering 99.95 Percent Reliability After Five Years of Service

Gulfstream G250 Flight Test Engines Delivered

Embraer Legacy Engine Passes Primary Design Review

NBAA, Orlando, Fla., Oct. 18, 2009 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced its HTF7000 engine fleet has surpassed the 600,000 fleet-hour milestone while delivering 99.95 percent reliability.

The first two HTF7000 engines have successfully completed analytical core zone inspections (overhauls) – a [...]

Honeywell Offers Greater Efficiency and Safety in Dassault Easy Cockpit Upgrade

EASy II Avionics Include SmartView™ Synthetic Vision, RNP-AR, ADS-B, WAAS-LPV Capability and Automatic Descent Mode

NBAA, Orlando, Fla., Oct. 18, 2009 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it is flying new EASy II avionics on Dassault F900EX business jets, which include SmartView™ synthetic vision for improved situational awareness and Required Navigation Performance – Approval [...]

Honeywell Auxiliary Power Unit Conversion Cuts Maintenance Costs in Half and Reduces Noise by 10 Decibels

More than 400 Conversions from 36-100 to 36-150 APU to Be Completed by Year End

NBAA, Orlando, Fla., Oct. 18, 2009 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that by the end of 2009, business jet manufacturers are anticipated to have completed more than 400 conversions of the Honeywell 36-100 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) to the [...]

Honeywell Tests New Technology That Merges Synthetic Vision and Infrared Camera Images for Greater Safety and Situation Awareness

Upgrade to Primus Epic® Flight Deck Will Lower Landing Minima

NBAA, Orlando, Fla., Oct. 18, 2009 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it is flight testing an improvement to Primus Epic® that merges SmartView™ synthetic vision with infrared camera input for a comprehensive head-down view of the environment outside a business jet.

“A blended [...]

Honeywell Primus Elite Display Reduces Aircraft Weight and Increases System Reliability

New Liquid Crystal Displays Enable Additional Features Like Charts and Maps, XM® Weather and Video Capability

NBAA, ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 18, 2009 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today it has received European Technical Standard Order(ETSO) approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its new lineup of Primus Elite display systems.

The TSO makes [...]