Lockheed Martin insists F-35 program is just fine

If Lockheed Martin is to be believed, there’s not much wrong with the F-35 program. In a briefing here yesterday, vice president F-35 business development Steve O’Bryan stuck doggedly to the company mantra that development is moving right along, with plenty of accomplishments despite the slow pace of flight testing. Behind-the-scenes though, Monday’s dramatic [...]

Singapore Airshow News

Airbus: A320 re-engine decision ‘ideally’ by Farnborough Airshow Garuda confirms swapping 10 787 orders for 10 777-300ERs Airbus forecasts demand for 8,000 new aircraft in Asia/Pacific over 20 years Lufthansa Technik inks A330/A340 MRO deal with AirAsia X, deepens Asia commitment SIA Engineering Co. opens S$50 million A380 hangar at Changi 777-300ER performance [...]

Shenzhen reports huge full-year profit increase

Shenzhen Airlines earned a net profit of CNY500 million ($73.1 million) last year, nearly 20 times the CNY26 million surplus posted in 2008.

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AirTran finds pulse of economic, industry recovery

Six of the 10 American carriers that have reported 2009 fourth-quarter results turned a profit in the period, among them AirTran Airways, whose CFO Arne Haak said that “yield and average prices are very different from what we saw 3-6 months ago” and that “even on an absolute basis, things are looking more normal than [...]

NTSB fingers pilots for Colgan crash; FAA to propose new rules ‘soon’

The US National Transportation Safety Board identified pilot error as the cause of the February 2009 Colgan Air Q400 crash that killed 50, stating in its report released late Tuesday, “When the stick-shaker activated to warn the flight crew of an impending aerodynamic stall, the captain should have responded correctly to the situation by pushing [...]

Airlink claims Comair was source of fare collusion e-mail

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AerSale buys UPS DC-8 fleet

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IATA cites improving fourth-quarter numbers

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Operating Status in the Washington, DC, Area

Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are OPEN under an UNSCHEDULED LEAVE policy.

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Boeing Unveils First 787 Dreamliner Interior on 3rd Flight-Test Airplane

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