Content Archive: May 2009
Aircraft
Superjet To Make Airshow Debut, Flight of Third Aircraft Imminent
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp.
BCA Looks toward ‘Disciplined’ Recovery
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) has so far shed about 40 percent of the 4,500 jo
Aircraft
737 Improvement Plans Erase Thoughts of Early Replacement
If it didn’t become immediately apparent when Boeing began alluding to time frames that implied a replacement of the 737 might not materialize until 2020,
Engines
Engines Running as First 787 Gets Set for Maiden Flight
Boeing took a crucial step toward first flight
Aircraft
First Tianjin-built A320 Flies as China Readies for Recovery
The first A320 aircraft assembled outside Europe at the Airbus Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in
Charter & Fractional
JetSuite Launches Phenom 100 Operation in California
Famed aircraft and spacecraft designer Burt Rutan was the first passenger on a JetSuite-brokered Embraer Phenom 100 Part 135 flight earlier this week to hi
Regulations and Government
GA Groups Hail Amendment To Limit TSA
NBAA, EAA, AOPA, GAMA, NATA and the Airports Council International have come together to support an amendment penned by Rep.
UBS: Bizjet Market On Road To Stabilization
UBS Investment Research’s business jet survey released on Tuesday shows that the market index increased to 35 this month, the fourth consecutive move highe
Safety
FAA-Industry Safety Program Needs Work, DOT Says
A recent DOT Inspector General audit of the FAA aviation safety action program (ASAP) said the agency is not realizing the full benefits of the program.
Dassault Seeks 40-percent Fuel Burn Cut by 2020
France-based Dassault is working to have ready for entry into service in 2020 technologies that would reduce Falcon business jet fuel burn by 40 percent fr
