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GA Spoils Europe’s Positive Trend in 2010 Accidents

General aviation as a whole was a stain on an otherwise excellent year for aviation safety in Europe, according to 2010 accident figures released today by

Business aviation makes inroads in Asia

The Asian market is waking up to the fact that companies using business aircraft earn more than those that don’t (141 percent more, according to an NBAA an

Where Does Airbus’s A320neo Sales Success Leave Boeing and its 737?

Last month’s Paris Air Show saw Airbus leapfrog its goal of extending the number of orders and commitments for the new A320neo airliner to at least 500 uni

Boeing 787 on Home Stretch to Certification

Boeing early last week launched function and reliability (F&R) testing and extended operations (ETOPS) demonstrations on the 787 Dreamliner, marking the st

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Neuron UCAV Enters Final Assembly

Dassault released photographs of the Neuron UCAV (unmanned comba

Scramjet Stalls, X-Plane Crashes on Second Flight

A second test flight of the X-51A WaveRider has not gone according to plan.

Export Drive for Maritime Surveillance Version of Predator B

The appearance of the marinized variant of the <a href="news/single-news-page/article/paris-2011-us-customs-agency-showcases-guardian-uas-30236/?no_cache=1

Boeing’s Third 747-8 Intercontinental Takes Flight

The third Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (RC003) conducted a standard B1 test flight yesterday, after taking to the air for first time at 3:06 p.m.

Sikorsky Talks Eclipse at Paris Air Show

Sikorsky Aircraft president (and Eclipse 500 owner) Jeffrey Pino shed more light on the company’s investment in Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aerospace,

Former Gulfstream Exec Moss Joins Guggenheim Partners

Bryan Moss, the former president and vice chairman of Gulfstream, has joined private investment firm Guggenheim Partners as the chairman of its recently re

SJ30 Rebranded “SyberJet.”

The new owners of the SJ30 light jet program are renaming their company “SyberJet Aircraft,” shuttering the former owner’s Martinsburg, W.Va.

Bizjet Sales Boost Bombardier

Bombardier reported $4.7 billion in revenue for its first fiscal quarter (which ended April 30), a 9-percent year-over-year increase, thanks in part to a s

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ADS-B Marks Turning Point in Europe

This month will mark a turning point from the “pioneer” phase to the mandate phase of Europe’s implementation of automatic dependent surveillance-broadc

Boeing Opens New 787 Vertical-fin Assembly Line in Salt Lake City

Boeing today celebrated the opening of a new 787 vertical-fin assembly line at its production facility in Salt Lake City.

AIN Blog: McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II Is Still Haunting the Courts

The McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II’s radical, wedge-shaped design still looks exotic, even in the 20 years since the program was cancelled after an outl

Paris Air Show 2011 Report

Organizers of the 2011 Paris Air Show (June 20-26) promised a feel-good factor that would leave the aerospace industry in no doubt that the long-awaited re

Jazz Flies Its First Q400

Air Canada regional subsidiary Jazz Aviation began operating its first 74-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprop on June 7 on a route linking Toronto Pearson Inter

ATR Wins EASA Approval for 72-600

ATR has gained EASA certification for its new ATR 72-600 following nearly two years of flight testing, the Franco-Italian manufacturer announced on May 31.

Bombardier Lands C Series Orders

The Bombardier C Series appears to have assumed some much overdue sales momentum recently, as the Canadian company announced two separate orders for the ne

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