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Bombardier has selected Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine for its proposed 110- to 149-seat C Series airliners in a deal the Canadian manu

French avionics maker Thales is in Toulouse developing an all-new flight deck for the ATR -600 series–the newly launched pair of upgrades to the now Honeyw

Mesa Air Group has hired celebrated attorney Daniel Petrocelli and asked for a new trial after U.S.

The global scope of the airline pilot shortage became all too clear to Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) last month, when the Sydney-based Saab 340 operat

Bombardier added another name to its list of customers for its new 100-seat CRJ1000 last month, when Slovenia’s Adria Airways signed for one of the big reg

Embraer collected firm orders for 20 E-Jets from two customers in the Middle East and Africa during last month’s Dubai Airshow, raising its profile still f

The European Aviation Safety Agency last month determined that the failure of the main landing gear of a Scandinavian Airlines Q400 on October 27 did not r

The high-flying turboprop market shows no sign of losing altitude, as builders on both sides of the Atlantic continue to collect a steady flow of sizable o

Robinson Helicopter and Rolls-Royce are making progress with their partnership on the Robinson R66.

In a major deal announced at the Dubai Air Show last month, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior ordered 40 Sikorskys.

Sikorsky subsidiary Schweizer is developing a derivative of the existing Schweizer 333 light single.

VIP and government flight specialist Dubai Air Wing has ordered two AW139s in executive configuration.

Bombardier’s bottom line was bolstered by “solid” demand for its business jets, and the company said it plans to increase production to ease record backlog

Local officials and Honda Aero executives yesterday broke ground for the new engine maker’s Burlington, N.C.

The FAA is reopening its investigation of an April 3 ground collision at DeKalb-Peachtree (Ga.) Airport between a Gulfstream II and Beechjet 400A.

The seven-member Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to forward a proposal that would ban Category C and D jets, which includes Gulfstre

Eclipse Aviation president and CEO Vern Raburn told customers in a letter sent Tuesday that the company has missed its high-rate production goals and as a

Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) last month gave an update on its fleet expansion.

McAlpine Helicopters is now owned entirely by Eurocopter, which has renamed the company Eurocopter UK.

Last month the FAA issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SW-08-03) containing “recommendations for rotorcraft during icing conditions.” The

CHC Helicopter has ordered 12 Sikorsky S-92s and 13 AgustaWestland AW139s.

Sikorsky’s Keystone subsidiary will take over final assembly and completion of the S-76C++ and subsequent variants of the twin-turbine helicopter, includin

Early next year, Helsinki, Finland-based operator Copterline will restart one of the few scheduled public helicopter routes in the world.

The Bell 429 can hover out of ground effect (OGE) at 11,000 feet at its maximum takeoff weight of 7,000 pounds.

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Archrivals AgustaWestland and Eurocopter will join forces on a major environmental research program that will include integration technology demonstrators

The NTSB is calling for stricter FAA en route surveillance of Grand Canyon area air-tour operators based on its findings from two fatal helicopter accident

Earlier this year, Bell Helicopter celebrated the 40th anniversary of its popular single-turbine light helicopter, the JetRanger.

At the Air Traffic Control Association’s annual convention this fall, Syracuse, N.Y.-based Sensis announced that its multilateration system will replace th

Iridium satcom supplier Blue Sky Network last month announced that the Gulf of Mexico’s largest privately held helicopter operator has selected the company