EC looks to streamline accident investigations

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Airbus: A330-200F first flight next month, EIS in summer 2010

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Hungary to step in, aid Malev

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Boeing Honored by Defense Department for Supporting Job Opportunity Program

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Large-cabin Gulfstreams Sold Out in 2010

Gulfstream “held its own again in the third quarter” despite a planned five-week plant shutdown, Jay Johnson, the president and CEO of parent company General Dynamics, said yesterday during a third-quarter investor call. Due to the shutdown, Gulfstream delivered 14 green large-cabin jets in the quarter versus 24 a year ago; it also delivered only [...]

PiperJet Deliveries Delayed Six Months to Mid-2013

Vero Beach, Fla.-based Piper Aircraft on Tuesday said it is delaying first deliveries of the single-engine PiperJet from the fourth quarter of 2012 until the second quarter of 2013. “Our successful efforts to engage a strategic, long-term ownership group coincided with a drastically weakened business environment,” Piper president John Becker wrote in a letter sent [...]

NextGen’s ‘Best-Equipped, Best-Served’ Flawed

Department of Transportation inspector general Calvin Scovel III told a congressional panel yesterday that a plan to jump start NextGen ATC equipage by users would represent “a significant change” in how the FAA manages traffic. According to Scovel, a proposal to give preferential treatment to airspace users who install new avionics systems would be a [...]

NBAA Supports ATC Modernization

Yesterday, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen told members of the House subcommittee on aviation that general aviation “remains steadfast in its support of modernization of the nation’s air traffic control system.” Bolen–who also serves as chairman of the RTCA, an organization that provides consensus-based aviation policy guidance–testified in support of the recommendations included in [...]

ARG/US Tapped by NBAA as SMS Training Partner

Specialized aviation services company Aviation Research Group/U.S. (ARG/US) has been selected by NBAA as a vendor partner for the association’s new safety management systems (SMS) training classes. “ARG/US has significant experience in all aspects of safety management,” according to ARG/US president and CEO Joe Moeggenberg. “We have been conducting our own SMS training courses for [...]

Boeing Statement on Missile Defense Staffing Reductions

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Boeing Receives Follow-on Contract to Upgrade B-1 Bomber’s Avionics Software

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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation awards Contract for Passenger, Service and Cargo Doors for new Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) to Eurocopter

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation awards Contract for Passenger, Service and Cargo Doors for new Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) to Eurocopter

Donauwörth – Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has signed a contract with Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH to design and manufacture aircraft doors (passenger, service and cargo doors) for its next-generation regional jet, the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), which is [...]

Saudi Arabian Airlines receives first directly bought Airbus A320

Saudi Arabian Airlines receives first directly bought Airbus A320

Blagnac – A major step in fleet renewal

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EADS Defence & Security and ESRI Deutschland GmbH enter into cooperation

EADS Defence & Security and ESRI Deutschland GmbH enter into cooperation

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EASA certifies “Brake To Vacate” (BTV) and “Runway Overrun Warning & Prevention” (ROW/ROP) systems on the Airbus A380

EASA certifies “Brake To Vacate” (BTV) and “Runway Overrun Warning & Prevention” (ROW/ROP) systems on the Airbus A380

Blagnac – Improving runway turnaround time and reducing runway excursion risk at landing

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