Aerospace & Air Transport

Cabin-air system thwarts airborne viruses, bacteria

BAE Systems and Quest International of the UK have combined to launch a cabin air system that they say can destroy airborne viruses and bacteria, including

November 12, 2009

ATR’s new 600 series to enter service in 2010

Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) is a little over a year away from completing certification of the new -600 version of its ATR 72 twin turboprop, with th

November 12, 2009

Forecast predicts large aircraft required for Middle East fleets

Middle East carriers will account for a larger share of the global airline fleet as they expand, with an emphasis on increased numbers of large and long-ra

November 12, 2009

Airbus A330-200F Takes to the Skies

Airbus’s new A330-200F freighter flew for the first time today, officially marking the start of a 180-hour flight-test and certification campaign with a fo

November 5, 2009

Air New Zealand orders Airbus A320s to replace Boeing 737-300s

Air New Zealand has ordered 14 Airbus A320s to replace its existing domestic fleet of 15 Boeing 737-300s.

November 3, 2009

CFM International To Set Up Maintenance Training Center in India

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November 2, 2009

Boeing’s Optimism Belied 747-8 Problems

Boeing Commercial Airplanes faced some familiar scrutiny over the fidelity of its program timelines again this month, when, no more than six weeks after 74

October 30, 2009

Airbus Spools Up A380 Production

It might seem only months since Airbus launched the mighty A380-800, but the double-deck, quad-aisle superjumbo marked the second anniversary of its first

October 30, 2009

MJet’s Wing Decision Raises More Questions about Composites

Resorting to worn-out business-speak to describe the merits of any new aircraft program has become customary, but Trans States Holdings president Rick Leac

October 30, 2009

Boeing Uses Delays to Fine-tune 787 Maintenance Plan

While no one at Boeing would dare admit to any level of satisfaction with six separate <link news/single-news-page/article/patience-with-787-delays-running

October 30, 2009

Talk of Narrowbody Re-engine Prospects Intensifies

Now that Boeing and Airbus have made clear their lack of interest in introducing all-new narrowbody models before 2020, talk of any response by the industr

October 30, 2009

Boeing To Place Second 787 Assembly Line in North Charleston, S.C.

Boeing announced yesterday that it will place its second final assembly line for the 787 Dreamliner in North Charleston, S.C., ending months of speculation

October 29, 2009

Mitsubishi signs first U.S. customer

Mitsubishi Aircraft scored an enormous marketing coup last month when it signed its first customer outside Japan for the 78- to 92-seat MRJ.

October 29, 2009

ATR formally unveils -600 series

Franco-Italian regional aircraft maker ATR last month presented to the public the ATR 72-600 during a ceremony in Toulouse, France, where it also confirmed

October 29, 2009

Republic to ground its last 717

Republic Airways plans to ground the last of nine remaining Boeing 717s it acquired with its <link 1 _blank - "http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-pa

October 29, 2009

New T-Props for Libyan, Air Niugini

Bombardier and ATR each announced orders for a pair of turboprops last month, the Canadian manufacturer from Papua New Guinea’s Air Niugini for NextGen Q40

October 29, 2009

Colgan to move HQ to Memphis

Pinnacle Airlines has decided to move the headquarters of its Colgan Air subsidiary to Memphis, placing the two operating units in the same location “mainl

October 29, 2009

E190 gains ISA+39 deg approval

Embraer has received ISA+39-deg C certification for the E190 from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and the FAA, the company announced last mo

October 29, 2009

Pinnacle pilots vote down contract

Pinnacle Airlines and its pilots must head back to the bargaining table now that the airline’s ALPA-represented crewmembers failed to ratify tentative cont

October 29, 2009

NextGen’s ‘Best-Equipped, Best-Served’ Flawed

Department of Transportation inspector general Calvin Scovel III told a congressional panel yesterday that a plan to jump start NextGen ATC equipage by use

October 29, 2009