Aerospace & Air Transport

Boeing Reorganizes Engineering Leadership

Boeing announced today that it has established several new senior-level engineering leadership positions “to help drive engineering excellence and ensure p

January 7, 2010

FAA and Europe Renewing Air Traffic Vows

With a view to guaranteeing interoperability between the FAA’s NextGen air traffic management system (ATM) and the European Union’s Sesar (Single European

January 5, 2010

Regional Update: UAL Resists Mesa Overture

United Airlines has turned the proverbial tables on Mesa Air Group with an effort to block a plan by Mesa to replace some of the 50-seat CRJ200s scheduled

December 29, 2009

Regional Update: USAPA: Piedmont Jobs in Jeopardy

The union that represents the pilots of US Airways has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate the potential for anti-competitive

December 29, 2009

Regional Update: ExpressJet’s Ream Defects to AA

Jim Ream, the CEO of Houston-based ExpressJet Airlines, has accepted a position with American Airlines as senior vice president of maintenance and engineer

December 29, 2009

More delays for CRJ1000

Bombardier’s CRJ1000 program now appears unlikely to receive Canadian and EASA certification before the second half of this year–a delay of at least anothe

December 29, 2009

Delays to engine certification stall Superjet’s entry into service

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) missed its December target for delivery of the first Superjet 100 regional jets to launch operator Aeroflot after delays invol

December 29, 2009

Niki adds pair of E190s to order book

Austrian low-fare airline Niki in late November converted purchase rights into <link airshow-convention-news/farnborough-air-show/single-publication-story/

December 29, 2009

Comair Jury awards victim’s family $7.1 million

An eight-member jury in Lexington, Ky., has awarded $7.1 million to the family of one of the victims of the <link ain-and-ainalerts/ainalerts/single-public

December 29, 2009

Big order fails to halt CRJ rate cut

Conversion of a letter of intent into a firm order for 22 CRJ700s by American Airlines this month failed to save the jobs of more than 600 employees at Bom

December 29, 2009

The fog lifts on a new year as industry recovers slowly

A shell-shocked business aviation industry is peeking out from behind the bulwarks and wondering if the lull in gunfire signals the beginning of an end to

December 28, 2009

Newsmakers 2009: Hello? Hello? Northwest pilots overfly Minneapolis destination

Not long after Capt.

December 28, 2009

Newsmakers 2009: Alphabets and OEMs tackle negative portrayal of bizjets

The coordinated response by NBAA, GAMA and business jet manufacturers to critics who chose to make business aircraft a high-profile symbol of all that’s wr

December 28, 2009

India’s Mahindra Acquires Gippsland and Aerostaff

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) of India acquired a 75.1-percent stake each in Australia’s Aerostaff Australia (AA) and Gippsland Aeronautics (GA) last w

December 23, 2009

After Its First Flight, Boeing 787 Faces Its Sternest Tests

With the first flight of its mold-breaking 787 Dreamliner final

December 21, 2009

Airbus A350 Makes Quiet Progress Amid 787 Hoopla

While Boeing enjoyed its long-deferred moment of triumph in achieving f

December 21, 2009

Pratt to Partner with Irkut on PW1000G-powered MC-21

Pratt & Whitney’s new PW1000G–formerly known as the Geared Turbofan–found its third application this month in the MC-21 narrowbody under development by Ru

December 21, 2009

Big Bombardier CRJ Order Fails To Save Jobs, Halt Rate Cut

A conversion of a letter of intent into a firm order

December 21, 2009

FAA Won’t Meet Its Own Deadline for New Fatigue Rules

As the anniversary of the Feb.

December 21, 2009

Bahrain Prepares To Host Its First Airshow

Alongside ostentatious neighbors like the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain has tended to get overlooked as a Middle Eastern hub for air transportation.

December 21, 2009