Content Archive: July 2010

Coalition Forms To Push for New York-area Airport Improvements

More than two dozen business, civic, labor and environmental organizations have formed a coalition aimed at restoring, maintaining and expanding the New Yo

Business Aviation Prepares for LABACE Show In Brazil

Coming off a record show last year–13,342 visitors, 110 exhibitors and 60 aircraft– organizers of the Latin American Business Aviation Convention & Exh
Aircraft

Boeing Defends AW101 Offer for Renewed U.S. Presidential Helo Requirement

Boeing's controversial embrace of the AgustaWestlan
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Aircraft

Boeing's C-130 AMP Enters Production

Having been dogged by cost overruns, Boeing's avionics modernization program (AMP) for the C-130 Hercules has passed its Defense Acquisition Board Mileston
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Aircraft

Turkey in Urgent Quest for Helicopter Gunships

While it looks forward to accepting its first TAI/AgustaWestland T129 attack helicopter, Turkey is urgently seeking interim helicopter gunships in the face
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Aircraft

Eurofighter Tranche 3B Negotiations Begin, While Upgrades Continue

The Eurofighter consortium in May submitted a proposal for the final batch of
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Aircraft

McDonnell F-4D Phantom Bows Out of Service

The Republic of Korea Air Force brought an era to an end when on June 16 it conducted the last flights of its McDonnell F-4D Phantom IIs.
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Aircraft

Air China Orders 20 Boeing 737-800s

Boeing has finalized an order with Air China, the flag carrier of the People's Republic of China, for 20 Next-Generation 737-800 jetliners, the manufacture
Aircraft

Boeing Finishes Firm Configuration for Dreamliner 787-9

Boeing announced today that it has decided on a firm configuration for the next iteration of the Dreamliner.
Airports

Budget Tightening Causes Airport Project Concerns

Another casualty of the economic downturn could be funding for necessary airport infrastructure projects, according to Kathryn Solee, director of operation