IATA: ‘Worst year’ finishes with 3.5% traffic decline

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First 787, Tokyo expansion to highlight ANA’s year

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes Leadership to Focus on Execution Today and Into the Future

Realignment of Leaders Brings Enhanced Functional Excellence, Future Growth

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Panasonic taps MCA Solutions for IFEC aftermarket service

Panasonic Avionics has contracted MCA Solutions to help improve the uptime and availability of its in-flight entertainment and communications (IFEC) systems…

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General Dynamics Fourth Quarter a Strong Performance

In a conference call with analysts yesterday, General Dynamics president and CEO Jay Johnson summarized full-year and fourth-quarter results for the defense and aerospace manufacturing conglomerate. Overall, sales climbed 9.2 percent over 2008, to nearly $32 billion, “driven entirely by our defense businesses,” he said. This growth was offset by a 6.2-percent decline in aerospace [...]

JSSI Helps Speed Bizav Aid for Haiti Relief Efforts

Jet Support Services (JSSI) management and technical services representatives volunteered their time to help deliver supplies to earthquake-damaged Haiti. JSSI purchased 20,000 pounds of critical supplies and helped volunteers in the Corporate Aircraft Responding in Emergencies (Care) network to load and prepare donation flights out of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in Florida. For aircraft covered [...]

June Closing Planned for American Eurocopter LGB

American Eurocopter said it will close its company-owned and -operated Long Beach, Calif. service center by the end of June. The center opened in November 2007 at the Daugherty Skyharbor Complex. When it opened, Eurocopter said the center was designed to support more than 200 client aircraft based in the region by stocking a large [...]

Cleaning Landing Gear Can Cause Corrosion, Says Duncan

Aggressive cleaning of aircraft landing gear may shorten the life of landing gear components, according to Duncan Aviation accessory tech representative Jerry Cable. Water, dirt, debris and foreign objects can act as electrolytes, he said, “producing a corrosive environment,” and possibly leading to premature removal of components. Especially risky is washing landing gear with a [...]

P&WC, Blackhawk Celebrate Sale of 500th PT6A Mod

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Blackhawk Modifications held a celebration ceremony at the engine manufacturer’s Montreal headquarters earlier this week highlighting Blackhawk’s 500th PT6A engine sale and the company’s 250th customer. Blackhawk began offering modifications to improve aircraft performance with PT6A upgrades in 1999. Dan Rogers of Franklin, N.C., is the 250th customer, with an [...]

Boeing B-52 With CONECT Upgrade Accomplishes 1st Test Flight

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Boeing Delivers Record Number of Apache Longbow Crew Trainers in 2009

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Treffer Technologias Becomes Colibrys’ Brazilian Distributor

Colibrys (Switzerland) has appointed Treffer Technologias as Brazilian distributor for its complete range of MEMS motion sensors.

Brazil and South America more widely is recognised as a new and growing market for motion sensors in a wide variety of military/aerospace, energy and industrial applications. Treffer Technologias is well-renowned in Brazil and has extensive experience in [...]

Flight Restrictions During Super Bowl XLIV

Airspace restrictions will be in place during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

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Australia’s Jetstar makes Singapore its main Asian hub

(Change to spelling in sixth sentence) Australia’s Jetstar has picked Singapore as its key air hub in Asia, basing its largest number of Airbus A320s…

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Boeing: Re-engined 737 under ‘active consideration’; 2009 profit falls 51%

Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney said yesterday that “re-engining the 73[7] is under active consideration” with customers “anxious for us to make a move” on a more efficient narrowbody.

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